Pathfinding players

[ocarmo6819]

im trying to make a game with the pathfinding and im trying to make it pathfind a player and not a location. also it will only pathfind the player if it is within like 20 tiles or smth. also im not using the follow block

[WoofWoof]

You can do this with the a-star extension! Just paste the GitHub link into the extension search bar!

Tilemap Path Finding ( a* ) (beta)

This extension can be used to find the shortest path between two points on a tilemap, and to make a sprite follow that path. This could be useful in situations like a tower defense game, where you have enemies that need to move along a path from the start to the end. Quick note that this extension is definitely in a ‘beta’ form; the blocks ‘work’ but may change after trying it out a bit more / there may be more additions. Also, I’ll almost definitely change how the path following works; right n…

[ocarmo6819]

i know that the pathfinding extension can move between points but is it possible to make the sprite that is pathfinding to pathfind a player instead of 2 points

[WoofWoof]

Just put in the player x/y as the point to be path-found(?) to! If it requires a tilemap position there’s a “tilemap position of (mySprite)” block. Then you just update the a* code every so often in a loop so that when the player moves it updates correctly.

[ocarmo6819]

Ok Thanks!