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[Fede-lasse]

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Title: Advanced RTS Example

Description: This is a RTS (Real Time Strategy) example I once made for some kind of game I had in mind. At first, I found out my base engine for the game was coded inefficiently, so I re-coded most of it. After adding comments and description, this was what it turned out to be. Moreover, I added more stuff like pathfinding, enemies, basic sprites (by me), etc., to make it seem more like an example/tutorial. Since then, it has grown a lot.

• Some of the Features:
• Unit pathfinding
• Completely smooth movement using GM's motion_add()
• Automatic enemy attacking
• Multi-select and single-select
• Enemy chasing (right-click when the yellow circle appears)
• Basic healthbars above the units (when selected, of course)
• Enemies with basic AI
• Basic sprites
• Minimap
• Smooth view scrolling
• An "defend on discovery" feature
• Group adding/removing
• Multiple unit types

Type: .gmk source file
GM Version: 8.0 (Pro)
Link: Download link here (GM7 version can be found here as well).

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Edited by Fede-lasse, 28 April 2011 - 07:13 AM.

[tdmgames]

I saw this while you were building it, seemed pretty good, downloaded now and seemed much better

I see you took my quotes =P

[erty906]

Excellent work! It works like a charm! I mean, not like a Lucky Charms' charm, but a real one, you see.

[benetonmovie]

Very good, it works PERFECTLY.

[Fede-lasse]

Thanks for the comments

Also, I just added minimap support, view scrolling (By edmunn) and enemy attack snapping.

[blaketheawesomedude]

perhaps a lite version for us peasents?

[Fede-lasse]

Out of the question... It uses too many functions and such, for it to be able to work with Lite.

[P-entertainment]

There still seems to be an error when there are no enemies left, as fast as I press right mouse button it gives me an error that the variable x is unknown.

[blaketheawesomedude]

ah oh well then i still learned from the scripts

[Fede-lasse]

@P-entertainment: Yes, I noticed that in the end. I forgot to upload that fixed version.

I'll upload it right away

Edited by Fede-lasse, 14 May 2008 - 06:47 PM.

[Elum]

Wow, Very smooth! This game engine has a nice set of controls, the path finding is pretty good too.
All we need now is a gobstopper factory and we have ourselves a full RTS game!

The game at the moment makes me think that I could do with a set of those classic stance controls for those units, Aggressive, Passive, Neutral and maybe even way point mode, but that of course would depend on the style of game someone would make.

This is definetly the best RTS Example / Tut I have seen so far.

[Blue_eyes_zombie_2]

A very well done, detailed, sophistimacated (joke intended) Real-Time Strategy example. Can't wait for things like different enemies, buildings and other systems.

8/10 (The lack of features was the shortcoming)

[masterofhisowndomain]

I don't think this qualifies as an 'Advanced RTS Example' since it only skims the features of the genre. I found the tutorial quite helpful however, but I certainly couldn't begin to build an RTS game purely using this.

[Gamestar1]

Very nice. But when you replace the guy with a different sprite (tank in my case) it gets kind of glitchy. When you click, it really only moves part of the distance.

[Fede-lasse]

@masterofhisowndomain: Of course not.

This is not a base engine. It just shows you how to move the units around and such. Enemy AI and building structures are currently not available. Maybe they will become available, but I dunno. For now, you have to implement that yourself.

Also, I named it Advanced RTS Example, because I couldn't find any other RTS example that had full movement and selecting.

@Gamestar1: I implemented motion_add() and various physics on purpose. If it's too annoying, try replacing motion_add() in the mp_move() script with mp_potential_step(). Not sure it will work, so you might need to edit it a bit

Regarding the glitching, try using a mask, e.g. a round circle. There appears to be a problem when using move_bounce_solid() in the collision event of a block or unit in GM. I had to use a loop to fix it... Well, almost.

Edited by Fede-lasse, 17 May 2008 - 09:17 PM.

[stitches]

howcome when u get the units to move a really close range, they wont move. is there some way to change it?

[Foxx]

what it needs now is a square in the minimap that shows what your looking at so then you can know where your looking plus it would be really easy to put in

[Fede-lasse]

@stitches:
There's a loop in the object, obj_control, that does this. Remove it, and it should work. If you want me to do this, then PM me.

@Foxx:
I don't quite get what you mean.

Edited by Fede-lasse, 12 June 2008 - 10:51 AM.

[Foxx]

what i mean is in the minimap there should be like a square or something showing where abouts you are on the map as in what your looking at like in the age of empire seris they have a square in the minimap showing where you are in the world

[stitches]

[quote name='Fede-lasse' date='Jun 10 2008, 10:47 PM' post='2728066']
@stitches:
There's a loop in the object, obj_control, that does this. Remove it, and it should work. If you want me to do this, then PM me.


is it the last loop in the step event of obj_control. cuz i deleted it and nothing happened?