how to make char walk backwards to a position?

[silinky]

hi, i have a weird question
can i make the char to walk backwards between 2 waypoints?
if yes, how?
can i implement this into player:moveto()?

thanks!

[Administrator]

You could probably modify it to do that with a little work. Just change the forward movement to backwards, and reverse the argument order for atan2 (this essentially would rotate the target angle by 180°).

[silinky]

hmm i will try
thx!

[lisa]

If it is purely between 2 locations and no others and you know there won't any other variables to affect it then you could just walk backwards a set amount of time. You would need to make sure to face the direction you want first and then do it and the time to walk backwards would require testing to get it right.

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			keyboardHold( settings.hotkeys.MOVE_BACKWARD.key);
			yrest(3000);
			keyboardRelease( settings.hotkeys.MOVE_BACKWARD.key)

[ZZZZZ]

If it is purely between 2 locations and no others and you know there won't any other variables to affect it then you could just walk backwards a set amount of time. You would need to make sure to face the direction you want first and then do it and the time to walk backwards would require testing to get it right.

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			keyboardHold( settings.hotkeys.MOVE_BACKWARD.key);
			yrest(3000);
			keyboardRelease( settings.hotkeys.MOVE_BACKWARD.key)

That's what I did to solve my gate healing issue. You want the healer to be standing at max range so mages and 'through-wall' skills can't hit you.

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repeat
	keyboardPress(settings.hotkeys.MOVE_BACKWARD.key)
	player:update()
until distance(player, gateTarget) > 250

[lisa]

would look funny steping back a little at a time, if you actually had to worry about what people saw you could do.

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         keyboardHold( settings.hotkeys.MOVE_BACKWARD.key);
         repeat
                  player:updateXYZ()
                  yrest(1)
         until distance(player, gateTarget) > 250
         keyboardRelease( settings.hotkeys.MOVE_BACKWARD.key)

[ZZZZZ]

It was fast enough that it backed up constantly. At least it did when I was testing it. Probably better off doing it your way just in case it was running slower at some point.

[lisa]

well the difference would be in the motion, if you don't have motion files then you may not notice it.
With motion though and key pressing constantly it would look like it was changing from walk back to still to walk back repeatedly but with holding key it would just be walking backwards.

[silinky]

thanks!
the problem is, that it should walk backwards to a set coordinate and kite a boss in a circle, while it should spam a dps macro. so when the boss gets into a range of 120, it should go backwards to the next waypoint coordinates.

basically:
1. have a waypoint file with some waypoints, or a table with coordinates, for example:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><waypoints>
	<!-- #  1 --><waypoint x="-30482" z="1229" y="-478">	</waypoint>
	<!-- #  2 --><waypoint x="-30656" z="1267" y="-471">	</waypoint>
	<!-- #  3 --><waypoint x="-30697" z="1394" y="-452">	</waypoint>
	<!-- #  4 --><waypoint x="-30605" z="1504" y="-445">	</waypoint>
	<!-- #  5 --><waypoint x="-30492" z="1480" y="-446">	</waypoint>
	<!-- #  6 --><waypoint x="-30402" z="1387" y="-455">	</waypoint>
	<!-- #  7 --><waypoint x="-30399" z="1233" y="-475">	</waypoint>
</waypoints>

2. if the aggroed boss comes closer than 120, move to next waypoint (with a greater than normal speed)
3. while keep spaming the dps macro (made with diyce, but that is besides the point i think.

i tried teleporting, but it was too erratic, and the char died from server error. basically the bot should kite the boss in a circle (set in the waypoint), untill it kills it.

i hope it is clearer now, and i hope somebody smarter than me can help. this is how it looks so far, but it is very alpha and nubish yet. and it doesn't work with teleport.

help

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><waypoints>
	<onLoad>
		changeProfileOption("TARGET_LEVELDIF_BELOW", 10)
		changeProfileOption("TARGET_LEVELDIF_ABOVE", 1)
		teleport_SetStepPause(100)
		
		waypointnumber = 7
		index = waypointnumber
		
		function gotonextWP(index)
			if index == 0 then
				teleport(-30482,1229,-478)
				lookatTarget(-30399,1233,-475)
			end
			if index == 1 then
				teleport(-30656,1267,-471)
				lookatTarget(-30482,1229,-478)
			end
			if index == 2 then
				teleport(-30697,1394,-452)
				lookatTarget(-30656,1267,-471)
			end
			if index == 3 then
				teleport(-30605,1504,-445)
				lookatTarget(-30697,1394,-452)
			end
			if index == 4 then
				teleport(-30492,1480,-446)
				lookatTarget(-30605,1504,-445)
			end
			if index == 5 then
				teleport(-30402,1387,-455)
				lookatTarget(-30492,1480,-446)
			end
			if index == 6 then
				teleport(-30399,1233,-475)
				lookatTarget(-30402,1387,-455)
			end
		end
		
		

		function lookatTarget(X,Z,Y)   
			local angle  = math.atan2(Z - player.Z, X - player.X);
			local yangle = math.atan2(Y - player.Y, ((X - player.X)^2 + (Z - player.Z)^2)^.5 );                  
			player:faceDirection(angle, yangle);
			camera:setRotation(angle);
		end
		
		function getaway()
		printf(math.fmod(index,waypointnumber))
			gotonextWP(math.fmod(index,waypointnumber))
			index = index+1
		end
		
		--	do this indefinitely
		while (true) do
			if CountMobs(1, 120) then
				RoMScript("KillSequence()") -- this also takes care of the targetting of the boss so it won't target adds
				getaway()
				yrest(100)
			end
		end
	</onLoad>
</waypoints>

[silinky]

i did it finally in another way, no need to complicate myself needlessly.
i used this waypoint as starter, and set the room center as centerpoint. now i can successfully kite bosses