This may seem stupid

[FragSax]

I'm either retarded or having a mental blank because all I want if for a sprite to "jump". so all I want to do is to get a sprite hit the space key and have it jump a certain point then land back to where it was. I'm sorry if it's really stupid question but I thought it was a matter of basic maths so I decided to post it here rather then the game dev forums.

[TomS]

This is how I do it:

I have a "force"-Variable the pushes the sprite down.
This variable is fed by a gravity constant. I simply add this constant to the force every cycle. Otherwise it would just be a linear speed, but gravity is ofcourse an accelerator.

Then I have a jumping force. This is simply a constant (much higher that the gravity constant, but negative, because we want to go up).
When I want to jump, I give the force-variable the value of the jumping force constant.
Add a restriction so that you can't jump in mid-air or fly away by pushing space all the time and you're done.

If you want the sprite to reach a certain jumping height, you have to play around with the constants a bit.

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EnableExplicit
InitSprite()

InitKeyboard()
Define hWnd = OpenWindow(#PB_Any, 0, 0, 800, 600, "Fenster", #PB_Window_ScreenCentered|#PB_Window_MinimizeGadget)
OpenWindowedScreen(WindowID(hWnd), 0, 0, 800, 600, 0, 0, 0)



Define y.f=-100  ;Starting position of the sprite
Define x.f=300

Define downforce.f;actual "force" that pulls the sprite downwards 

Define touchingGround.i 	;1 or 0 to disallow jumping in mid-air and continuous acceleration (=flying)
Define isJupming.i 		;1 or 0 

#Gravity = 1.0		;gravity constant (known as 'g' in physics)
#JumpForce = -20	;Jupming force of the sprite (much higher than gravity, but negative)






CreateSprite(0, 40, 80)			;Create a little sprite
StartDrawing(SpriteOutput(0))
Box(0, 20, 40, 60, $FF0000)
Circle(20,10,9,$DDCCFF)
StopDrawing()




Repeat
	
	
	If WaitWindowEvent(20) =  #PB_Event_CloseWindow
		End
	Else
		
		ExamineKeyboard()
		If KeyboardPushed(#PB_Key_Space) And touchingGround = 1
			isJupming = 1
			touchingground=0
		EndIf 
		
		
		
		ClearScreen(0)
		
		
		
		If isJupming=1
			downforce = #JumpForce
			isJupming=0
		EndIf 
		
		
		If touchingGround = 1
			downforce = 0
		Else
			downforce + #Gravity
		EndIf 
		
		
		If y<=520
			y+downforce
		EndIf 
		
		If y>=520
			y=520
			TouchingGround=1
		EndIf 
		
		
		
		
		
		DisplaySprite(0, x, y)
		
		
		FlipBuffers()
		
		
		
		Delay(5)
	EndIf 
	
	
ForEver

[bobobo]

mixing eventhandling might result in flicker
i tuned it a littlebit

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EnableExplicit
InitSprite()
InitKeyboard()
Define hWnd = OpenWindow(#PB_Any, 0, 0, 800, 600, "so.. ends with ESC", #PB_Window_ScreenCentered|#PB_Window_MinimizeGadget)
OpenWindowedScreen(WindowID(hWnd), 0, 0, 800, 600, 0, 0, 0)

Define.l quit, event

Define y.f=-100  ;Starting position of the sprite
Define x.f=300
Define downforce.f;actual "force" that pulls the sprite downwards 
Define touchingGround.i    ;1 or 0 to disallow jumping in mid-air and continuous acceleration (=flying)
Define isJumping.i       ;1 or 0 

#Gravity = 1.0      ;gravity constant (known as 'g' in physics)
#JumpForce = -20   ;Jupming force of the sprite (much higher than gravity, but negative)

CreateSprite(0, 40, 80)         ;Create a little sprite
StartDrawing(SpriteOutput(0))
Box(0, 20, 40, 60, $FF0000)
Circle(20,10,9,$DDCCFF)
StopDrawing()
Repeat
  If event=  #PB_Event_CloseWindow
    quit+1
  EndIf
      
      ExamineKeyboard()
      If KeyboardPushed(#PB_Key_Space) And touchingGround = 1
     ;If KeyboardPushed(#PB_Key_Space) ;And touchingGround = 1  this for more dynamic in up-direction
         isJumping = 1
         touchingground=0
      EndIf 
      
      ClearScreen(0)
      
      If isJumping=1
         downforce = #JumpForce
         isJumping=0
      EndIf 
      
      If touchingGround = 1
         downforce = 0
      Else
         downforce + #Gravity
      EndIf 
      
      
      If y<=520
         y+downforce
      EndIf 
      
      If y>=520
         y=520
         TouchingGround=1
       EndIf 
       If y<0
         y=0
         isJumping=0
         downforce + #Gravity
       EndIf
       
      DisplaySprite(0, x, y)
      FlipBuffers()
   If KeyboardPushed(#PB_Key_Escape)
     quit+1
   EndIf
Until quit

[PureLeo]

Hey bobobo, why does your example closes with ESC even if we comment:

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 If event=  #PB_Event_CloseWindow
     quit+1
EndIf

?

I mean, you have no WindowEvent() nor WaitWindowEvent() and the window still closes on ESC...

[PMV]

DX has nothing to do with the windows event queue. Just look
for keyboard-commands and you will find your answer.

BUT a WindowEvent() is always needed if there is a window
WaitWindowEvent(20) should be WindowEvent(), so the game doesn't
wait unnecessary for a not needed event.

[FragSax]

Thanks for the help.