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Hello!
Well, Ive been working up on something a little, just trying to get fimilier with a lot of different things that Java can do and I've run across something that I'd like to get some feedback on.
I've found a few sources such as:
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/essential/threads/timer.html
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/misc/timer.html
and I have a few books.
Maybe its the thinking that Im getting confused the most about. What I would like to do is to get an image(bad guy) to pop onto my 10x10 playing board and chase the player around. I to set it as a timer so that every 30 seconds a bad guy comes out and every two seconds or so he'll move closer to the player. However, if I do in fact make the bad guy chase the player around, isn't that leaning more on the AI side of the house?
10x10 board
| | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | x = the player
| | | | | | | | | |B| b = bad guy
| | | | | | | | | | |
|X| | | | | | | | | | in more depth this is what im looking at: http://pastebin.com/281910
Any suggestions would be helpfull. Expecially if you've found a great timer tutorial or an idea perhaps.
Regards,
Dave
Well, Ive been working up on something a little, just trying to get fimilier with a lot of different things that Java can do and I've run across something that I'd like to get some feedback on.
I've found a few sources such as:
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/essential/threads/timer.html
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/misc/timer.html
and I have a few books.
Maybe its the thinking that Im getting confused the most about. What I would like to do is to get an image(bad guy) to pop onto my 10x10 playing board and chase the player around. I to set it as a timer so that every 30 seconds a bad guy comes out and every two seconds or so he'll move closer to the player. However, if I do in fact make the bad guy chase the player around, isn't that leaning more on the AI side of the house?
10x10 board
| | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | x = the player
| | | | | | | | | |B| b = bad guy
| | | | | | | | | | |
|X| | | | | | | | | | in more depth this is what im looking at: http://pastebin.com/281910
Any suggestions would be helpfull. Expecially if you've found a great timer tutorial or an idea perhaps.
Regards,
Dave
Mick Barry
A Swing Timer would seem the way to go, what problems are you having implement it?
You just need two timers really. One fixed to a BadGuyFactory, the role of which would be to produce bad guys every 30 seconds and a timer on the BadGuy, that decreased the delta between it and the good guy every 2 seconds
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I think its how to combine both tasks which is getting to me. Using a timer to have some image come up onto the board to start chasing the good guy.
CEHJ:
BadGuyFactory? I've seen a lot of this 'factory' stuff, expecially when it comes to U.I. or pulling system icons. Is there some place that references this?
>> that decreased the delta between it and the good guy every 2 seconds
0_0.... So its no AI, its just math? hah! Sounds a bit odd to implement though .
I think its how to combine both tasks which is getting to me. Using a timer to have some image come up onto the board to start chasing the good guy.
CEHJ:
BadGuyFactory? I've seen a lot of this 'factory' stuff, expecially when it comes to U.I. or pulling system icons. Is there some place that references this?
>> that decreased the delta between it and the good guy every 2 seconds
0_0.... So its no AI, its just math? hah! Sounds a bit odd to implement though .
You have two actions, one that would create a new bad guy and add them to the board, and another that would move an existing bad guy.
When you create a new bad guy, you would also start the timer that would up update their position every n seconds.
When you create a new bad guy, you would also start the timer that would up update their position every n seconds.
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I have a great idea for that!
Thanks gnoon!
Regards,
Dave
Thanks gnoon!
Regards,
Dave
Thanks :-)