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    Homing Attack in Sonic 1 - Step 3 - Distance of Homing Attack

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    Post  OuricoDoido Tue Jan 25, 2011 4:48 pm

    Adding a distance of work

    As you may have noticed, Sonic is attacking at any distance, and to corret this,
    we need add a distance calculator using the Pythagorean theorem, because the Homing Attack is 360º.

    go to HA_calcdistance and you see:
    Code:
    HA_calcdistance:
          move.w  8(a1),d1   ; move the object x-position to d1
          move.w  $C(a1),d2   ; move the object y-position to d2
          sub.w  8(a0),d1   ; sub sonic x-position of object x-position
          sub.w  $C(a0),d2   ; sub sonic y-position of object y-position
    below these lines, add this:
    Code:
          muls.w  d1,d1   ; horizontal distance squared
          muls.w  d2,d2   ; vertical distance squared
          add.l  d2,d1   ; add vertical distance to horizontal distance
          cmp.l  #16384,d1      ; is distance of Sonic, greater than or equal 128 pixels of the object? (128^2=16384 // $80^2=$4000)
          bge.s  HA_nextobject   ; if yes, don't execute the homing attack
    This is the Pythagorean theorem (a^2=b^2+c^2)
    D1 and D2 are the leg b and c, and the "16384" is the predetermined "a^2".
    To change the distance by another value, change the #16384 (or $4000) by another number n^2.

    But if you compile and test the ROM, you see that Homing Attack don't work correctly.
    Why? Because the CalcAngle use the d1 & d2, and in these lines of code, the d1 & d2 are changed (multiplied), what cause the error.
    How to correct this? Recalculating the value is a good option.

    Below of HA_Move, add this:
    Code:

    ; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    ; Recalculating the distance between the Sonic and the object (d1 = x distance / d2 = y distance)
          move.w  8(a1),d1   ; move the object x-position to d1
          move.w  $C(a1),d2   ; move the object y-position to d2
          sub.w  8(a0),d1   ; sub sonic x-position of object x-position
          sub.w  $C(a0),d2   ; sub sonic y-position of object y-position
    Why d1 and d2?
    Becuse the CalcAngle uses d1 and d2 as entry points.

    Why not d0?
    If you want to use the D0, you can use instead of d1, d2, but CalcAngle uses d1 and d2 as entry points.


    Homing Attack only work if Sonic is facing the object

    As you may have noticed, Sonic is attacking the object without be facing for him.
    To correct this, we need test if the Sonic is facing the object

    Below this:
    Code:
    HA_calcdistance:   ; distance calculator
          move.w  8(a1),d0   ; move the object x-position to d0
          move.w  $C(a1),d1   ; move the object y-position to d1
          sub.w  8(a0),d0   ; sub sonic x-position of object x-position
          sub.w  $C(a0),d1   ; sub sonic y-position of object y-position
    Add these lines:
    Code:

    ; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    ; test if the Sonic is facing the object
          btst    #0,$22(a0)   ; is sonic facing left?
          beq.s  HA_faceleft   ; if yes, branch
          cmpi.w  #8,d1      ; is distance of Sonic, less than 8 pixels of the object?
          blt.s  HA_calcdistance2   ; if yes, branch
          bra.s  HA_nextobject

    HA_faceleft:
          cmpi.w  #-8,d1      ; is distance of Sonic, greater than -8 pixels of the object?
          bgt.s  HA_calcdistance2   ; if yes, branch
          bra.s  HA_nextobject
    ; end of test

    ; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    HA_calcdistance2:      ; continuation of distance calculator
    What is the "8" and the "-8"?
    Is the maximum distance that the Sonic can attack the object, without be facing for him.


    The basic Homig Attack is complete
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