Jumping once [Resolved]

[lnicol1990]

In my game, I'm trying to make an ability to jump over obstacles. Now, I've got everything as well as possible, using a conditional branch to know when the player is pressing the right button, but my problem is: the character wants to be a rabbit! They won't stop jumping until the button is no longer being pressed.

How do I make the character jump only once when the button has been pressed? I know there's a 'Jump System' in the tutorial, but I can't get my head around it.

Please help.

 

[Sarkilas]

Have you tried using a switch to refuse the player from jumping again? Like this:

Condition Branch: Button X is pressed
Condition Branch: Switch 0001 == OFF
  @>: Set Move Route
  @>: Jump, whatever direction
  @>: Control Switches: [0001: Disallow jump] = ON
Else
  @>: Control Switches: [0001: Disallow jump] = OFF
End

If that doesn't work I have no idea how to fix your problem unless you provide me some more details.

 

[bradleydfc]

Tell him to jump then wait about a second... (20 frames in rmxp, 60 in vx)
It happens because the event repeats itself, no matter how long the button is pushed down for.
Unless there is a loop, adding waits should work. If the ones I said don't, just increase them.

 

[Sarkilas]

I am reckoning that he is using a paralell common event for the fact he wants a specific button to be pressed to jump. Like in for instance jump at any location in the world. The method I posted should work in this case, though if you could provide us a screenshot of your event so we can see where it is placed if this doesn't work, it would help a lot.

 

[lnicol1990]

Tell him to jump then wait about a second... (20 frames in rmxp, 60 in vx)
It happens because the event repeats itself, no matter how long the button is pushed down for.
Unless there is a loop, adding waits should work. If the ones I said don't, just increase them.

I did what you said, and it worked. I was using a 4 frame wait. Thanks for all your help.