I'm making a top down game and I want the enemy to slowly and smoothly turn in the direction of the player, but I tried to do it and failed miserably. If anybody could help, that would be great.

SemiTruk wrote:

I'm making a top down game and I want the enemy to slowly and smoothly turn in the direction of the player, but I tried to do it and failed miserably. If anybody could help, that would be great.

define findDirection
set [ originaldir] to (direction)
point towards [ player]
set [ direction2] to (direction)
point towards [ (originaldir)]
repeat until <(direction) = [(direction2)]>
turn cw (1) degrees
end

Hope this helps (I was kinda rushed so idk if it works lol)

MineTurte wrote:

define findDirection
set [ originaldir] to (direction)
point towards [ player]
set [ direction2] to (direction)
point towards [ (originaldir)]
repeat until <(direction) = [(direction2)]>
turn cw (1) degrees
end

Hope this helps (I was kinda rushed so idk if it works lol)

Quick Question, does it run without screen refresh?

This is a better solution as it will always turn towards the player (as opposed to turning clockwise until it's in the right direction). Put a call to this custom block in the update script of your enemy so that it runs every frame

define Turn towards player
set [current direction v] to (direction)
point towards [player v]
set [target direction v] to (direction)
set [delta direction v] to (((((target direction) - (current direction)) + (180)) mod (360)) - (180))
if <([abs v] of (delta direction)) < (rotation speed)> then // rotation speed is the speed at which you want to turn towards the mouse pointer
  point in direction (target direction)
else 
  point in direction ((current direction) + (((delta direction) / ([abs v] of (delta direction))) * (rotation speed)))
end

RokCoder wrote:

This is a better solution as it will always turn towards the player (as opposed to turning clockwise until it's in the right direction). Put a call to this custom block in the update script of your enemy so that it runs every frame

define Turn towards player
set [current direction v] to (direction)
point towards [player v]
set [target direction v] to (direction)
set [delta direction v] to (((((target direction) - (current direction)) + (180)) mod (360)) - (180))
if <([abs v] of (delta direction)) < (rotation speed)> then // rotation speed is the speed at which you want to turn towards the mouse pointer
  point in direction (target direction)
else 
  point in direction ((current direction) + (((delta direction) / ([abs v] of (delta direction))) * (rotation speed)))
end

Yeah I knew that turning always right would be a problem. I would've made it correct if I had more time lol.

RokCoder wrote:

This is a better solution as it will always turn towards the player (as opposed to turning clockwise until it's in the right direction). Put a call to this custom block in the update script of your enemy so that it runs every frame

define Turn towards player
set [current direction v] to (direction)
point towards [player v]
set [target direction v] to (direction)
set [delta direction v] to (((((target direction) - (current direction)) + (180)) mod (360)) - (180))
if <([abs v] of (delta direction)) < (rotation speed)> then // rotation speed is the speed at which you want to turn towards the mouse pointer
  point in direction (target direction)
else 
  point in direction ((current direction) + (((delta direction) / ([abs v] of (delta direction))) * (rotation speed)))
end

Thks for the help! This worked great.

@RokCoder So after i do:

when green flag clicked
forever
wait (1) secs
create clone of [ myself]
end

when I start as a clone
point towards [ Player]
move (-200) steps
forever
endif <[ID] = [1]> then
switch costume to [ Square]
(Turn Block)
end

?
The turn block is in the If/Then script

RokCoder wrote:

This is a better solution as it will always turn towards the player (as opposed to turning clockwise until it's in the right direction). Put a call to this custom block in the update script of your enemy so that it runs every frame

define Turn towards player
set [current direction v] to (direction)
point towards [player v]
set [target direction v] to (direction)
set [delta direction v] to (((((target direction) - (current direction)) + (180)) mod (360)) - (180))
if <([abs v] of (delta direction)) < (rotation speed)> then // rotation speed is the speed at which you want to turn towards the mouse pointer
  point in direction (target direction)
else 
  point in direction ((current direction) + (((delta direction) / ([abs v] of (delta direction))) * (rotation speed)))
end

So i have a few questions. 1, Are these all open variables?
2, what should i do with the block? (example down here)

when green flag clicked
forever
point towards [ player]
move (var) steps
Then the custom block
end

You call the Turn towards player custom block to carry out the rotation towards the player - it will need to be in an update loop or similar. That said, I pointed to the response in this post because it contains the code you need to use. It's not regarded as good forum etiquette to piggyback on someone else's post in this manner though. You should start your own thread.