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[souptardd]

So I have a large crowd of people moving in a certain direction but I'm having trouble with two things.
First I need them to maintain a certain distance from each other, meaning they can't go farther or closer to each other.
Second I need it so if another object I have moves into the crowd, that they will move out of the way to maintain the same distance from him as they do each other.

I can't really figure this one out so any code help would much much appreciated.

Thanks,

[Logfan200]

I guess you could try with:

create event:
n = instance_nearest(x,y,obj_crowdpeople);
step:
n = instance_nearest(x,y,obj_crowdpeople);
if distance_to_point(n.x,n.y) < 3 {
move_away_code_here;
}

Probably not the best way, but it should work if you play around with it a little bit.

[souptardd]

I guess you could try with:

create event:
n = instance_nearest(x,y,obj_crowdpeople);
step:
n = instance_nearest(x,y,obj_crowdpeople);
if distance_to_point(n.x,n.y) < 3 {
move_away_code_here;
}

Probably not the best way, but it should work if you play around with it a little bit.

The move_away_code_here bit is what concerns me. How do I get it so they always move in the opposite direction to the other people.

[Logfan200]

Well, uhm. One way you can do, is just change the direction of 180 when it's to near another person. But yeah, that will look kind of ****ed up. Doesn't really know how you can do it to look realistic. Probably should let somebody else answer your question.

[Toxic Tom]

You could try moving towards the nearest person with a negative speed.

[souptardd]

You could try moving towards the nearest person with a negative speed.

That sound good I'll give that a go.

The only thing is though is that I have a big piece of code making all the people move in the average direction in the step event. How do I make them do this at the same time?

[Toxic Tom]

Errrm, not sure. Just play about with it a bit.