Insert shape vie tiles at different z height

Boots

I'm attempting to use shapes to automate changing the player sprites Z height.

It works fine when the shape is placed on the same Z as the start point of the map.

However I'm not able to get onInShape hook to fire once the player has been moved to a higher Z height.

I've checked the shape object via console and the properties:{z:number} are present.

I would prefer to not use dynamic shapes as they would need to be mapped to each staircase on a level. (Quite simple via tiled)

One thought came to mind just now, should shape z custom properties be in pixels instead of z index (as you do with sprites)?

Samarium

Hello

There is indeed a bug, I look at this

Boots

Thank you! It seems entering the z as pixels vs index works as a temporary work around.

Also I'm attempting to replicate your sprite following example but I'm not able to place a space on an event and detect player entering it unless I use the onChanges hook which causes frame rate issues.

Should shapes be used sparingly for this reason?(only on the player vs the event)

My other challenge is flipping the array of sprite layers based on player direction (I only setGraphic if a change is detected, not on continues input in one direction) would you have any suggestions for alternate pattern?

I'm thinking to possibly generate the sprite sheet upon player load (web3 custom login module has replaced the title screen) but then there would be a sprite sheet per player which does not seem efficient either.

I have not compared build vs dev, is it possible the production env optimizations would resolve these issues?

This is by far the closest thing to a perfect MMORPG browser framework I have seen in weeks of research. Very excited for v4 😃

Samarium

The problem with Z has been fixed, you can update the packages (3.3.1) with an npm update for example

My other challenge is flipping the array of sprite layers based on player direction (I only setGraphic if a change is detected, not on continues input in one direction) would you have any suggestions for alternate pattern?

I think you can play with:

https://docs.rpgjs.dev/classes/client-engine.html#add-spritesheet

You can create spritesheets on the fly and add in the method addSpriteSheet(spritesheetClass)

I have not compared build vs dev, is it possible the production env optimizations would resolve these issues?

No, I don't think so.

Feel free to open a new topic on the forum on this subject (it will facilitate research for others 🙂) and don't hesitate to put some code, it will help me to guide you

Boots

Thank you for the quick bug fix!

If it's possible to take a looked at removeEvent providing a bounding box undefined error (registers upon player movement input after the event removal) I would really appreciate it

Also if I attempt to move an event into a shape by shape name it always places the event at map origin (assume not finding the shape). This one is not so important as I can always calc the potential x and y random from the shape position manually

Will start a fresh topic for sprite sheet manipulation to document the current approach. My concern with add sprite sheet is the bloat from all the custom sheets once a few players logon and each have their own sheet the server needs to sync to all other clients. So ive been attempting to assemble them dynamically based on player equipment in onInit() but the animation starts to stutter.

Samarium

Thanks for the feedback, it is noted in the future corrections