Terraria Style Tree Generation From Saplings?

Whatsup peeps,

I got a question about trees. How can i make trees that are in parts spawn as a whole trees

But at the same time having the tree still able to be destroyed?

I will have it so the player can grow trees at any time. I know how to do this with regular code I just dont understand how to do it in construct 2

Anybody have a clue?

The only anwser I would have is just making it easier but I dont want that. If someone has aclue im all Ears.thanks in advance

Let's see...

You could have something like this :

globals :

• treeGrowingTick
• treeMinHeight
• treeRandomHeight

treeBase sprite :

• isActive (boolean, true on create)
• currentHeight (int, 1 on create)
• targetHeight (int)

treePart sprite :

• treeBaseID (int)
• initial frame is the top of the tree

TreeSpawning :

• spawn a "treeBase" sprite,
• set targetHeight to round(random(treeRandomHeight)+treeMinHeight),
• call "treeActualise"(treeBase.UID)

on Function treeActualise,

Pick treeBase by UID,

if treeBase.currentHeight < treeBase.targetHeight

Pick TreePart by comparaison (treeBaseID = treeBase.UID):

• wait (treeGrowingTick)
• set TreeBase frame to something more suitable
• set treePart Frame to the middle of the tree
• Spawn treePart at X=treeBase.X, Y=treeBase.Y+(treePart.PickCount+1)*treePart*height
• set treePart.treeBaseID to treeBase.ID

on Function treeDestroy (called with the treeBase UID as a parameter, making the tree base a good candidate for a "HP" variable ^^)

Pick TreePart by comparaison (treeBaseID = treeBase.UID):

• spawnLoot
• treePart.destroy
• treeBase.destroy

As you can see TheNewGuy , I've written this directly on the forums, didn't test it. I hope it does the trick :)

Guizmus   Thanks bro,

I was looking for a way to do this.Alot of what you said is foreign to me but I will do some research on alot of what you posted. Thanks for being detailed with the different options I have in front of me.

TheNewGuy Here is a capx example.

Click on the ground to spawn a seed, it will then grow. 5 events. You can change speed and height with the globals.

capx

This is pretty cool.You didnt have to go though all this bro! But I am very grateful to have had the chance to learn from you.Will this samestyle work if I have more tree parts?

TheNewGuy

More tree part ?

If you mean a higher tree, no problem.

If you are looking for a tree with horizontal branches too, it should, you will have to create a "branch" sprite, and spawn it randomly every 3 successful growth for example.

There is no need for any more sprite that this for the tree, as the tree can always be separated in 3 parts : the base, the middle and the top (top and middle being the same sprite : "treePart")