Help on moving an entity along with the player

[fading mirage]

Attach an entity to the player instead, then attach the area to that entity

you can probably use the blockbox entity to do it

[vast zealot]

but the entity doesn't move with me, it just stays there (At least the last time I tried) I'm going to try again. thanks!!

[fading mirage]

Which entity have you tried?

[vast zealot]

I think it was with a random ball, lmao. I was trying to attach the trigger to me but it didn't work too, it wouldn't move on the map

let me try with this blockbox

[vast zealot]

nah, it doesn't move either

the problem is that I can attach entities to me, but they don't move together with me

[fading mirage]

FG did exactly that so it should work

one moment

Ok you might need to create a custom block box

open it in the model editor, select the physics body and select "can attach character"

save it as a new entity

in your mod folder of course

[vast zealot]

ok, I'll try!

[fading mirage]

make sure these are your attachment settings

[vast zealot]

dude, I'm dumb. I was attaching via script, not from the level editor. With this "ParentAttachLocked" on it works, it moves with me

[fading mirage]

[vast zealot]

but there's still a problem about the rotation

[vast zealot]

I was thinking of creating an area in some random location on the map.

When I passed a specific trigger, that area would teleport to my position, but +50 x position (I don't speak english very well, it's a little difficult to explain these things heh)

So, with the area teleported to that location, I would automatically go to it with a "player_placeatentity".

I know how to send the area to me, but I don't know how to make it go +some position chords

jesus, it's really hard to explain this

and besides that, the rotation never aligns

I think I'll give up, that's too advanced for me

[fading mirage]

rip

[vast zealot]

lmao, cuz my main idea was to do something like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRLQu4V7WSg

But there's this annoying glitch that the camera makes when the teleportation happens (0:12), because the game can't know where you are inside the room to teleport you to the exact same coord in the other identical room that I made on another part of the map.

My solution was to create an area that was always at the same coordinates as me, but in the other room, so that when I teleported there, I would be in the same position and camera rotation.

but it's too hard, damn

[fading mirage]

I remember someone doing a non euclidian illuision in TDD and it looked pretty decent

I think he also used teleporations

I think your best shot to do it smoothly without complicating things is to make the transition occour in extremely narrow spaces so the player won't be able to move much

[vast zealot]

Yes, that was my last resort, but I guess it's better not to do it then, cuz I wanted it to always be a surprise. If every time it's in a narrow spot, the player would start to notice and expect it to happen.

[fading mirage]

That's true

Another way to do it is to take control away from the player when it happens

but again it will be noticeable over time

Also rotating the entity according to the camera shouldn't be too difficult

I could try to help with it later

[vast zealot]

yeah, I'll try to find more info about this stuff and try more later. thanks for the help!!