[4.5.9] Trying to create a special tile type for generating a game object

[Kanbei85]

I am trying to add the CreateObjectOnScreen command to a script for a new tile type I'm working on that will generate an animated puff of smoke by using a game object.

Problem is, for that macro, arg4 is "what screen do you want to create this object on?"

And I don't know the code for saying "whatever the current screen is". Anybody know how to do this? I just want this tile to generate a game object on that particular place on that particular screen wherever I place the tile type.

I'm also not sure I know how to properly code the X and Y coordinates of the tile into arg0 and arg1.

And also, I'm trying to make this tile active (creating the object) regardless of collision. I don't want the character to have to walk on the tile in order to cause it to create the object. Is this possible?

 

[TolerantX]

did you by any chance watch the tutorial videos I made on this during byte off 2020? I don't know which one it's in but I am pretty sure I made one doing this... https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAivaULpvswCD1iGWISRS6v3sHqQVDcwg
(apologies for forgetting. I forgot a lot between 2020-2022)

 

[Kanbei85]

did you by any chance watch the tutorial videos I made on this during byte off 2020? I don't know which one it's in but I am pretty sure I made one doing this... https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAivaULpvswCD1iGWISRS6v3sHqQVDcwg
(apologies for forgetting. I forgot a lot between 2020-2022)

This is the exact problem I've been saying over and over about these tutorial videos. You can't search them. I'll try to get to watching them when I have the time, but obviously I'll have to watch a lot to hopefully run across it.

 

[IMBrendan]

This is the exact problem I've been saying over and over about these tutorial videos. You can't search them. I'll try to get to watching them when I have the time, but obviously I'll have to watch a lot to hopefully run across it.

Here is a breakdown of what is in each of the official NESMaker Tutorials - https://www.nesmakers.com/index.php?threads/4-5-9-tutorial-guide-and-notes.6958/#post-41597

 

[Kanbei85]

did you by any chance watch the tutorial videos I made on this during byte off 2020? I don't know which one it's in but I am pretty sure I made one doing this... https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAivaULpvswCD1iGWISRS6v3sHqQVDcwg
(apologies for forgetting. I forgot a lot between 2020-2022)

Those videos are like a minute each with no audio. That's not very watchable, I'm sorry to say.

 

[TolerantX]

Those videos are like a minute each with no audio. That's not very watchable, I'm sorry to say.

then use Joe's tutorials. he tells you how to make a monster on a timer aka an object. do the reverse. make it check for a variable and when the player steps on the tile it lowers the variable, thus starting it up.

 

[Bucket Mouse]

The variable that stores the number of the screen you're on is currentScreen.
So make currentScreen your fourth number in the macro.

I think you're on the wrong track, though, by trying to get a tile to do this. A tile won't do anything unless a sprite is standing on it.

 

[Kanbei85]

The variable that stores the number of the screen you're on is currentScreen.
So make currentScreen your fourth number in the macro.

I think you're on the wrong track, though, by trying to get a tile to do this. A tile won't do anything unless a sprite is standing on it.

This is what I was concerned about. I was wondering if there was a way around this, to create a tile that does something without a sprite on it. If not, then it's the wrong track.