Brain Blocked: Creating New Ability (Vertical Wall Run)

[Matt-The-Slayer]

I am working on a new ability for my character, however I am having difficulty figuring out which direction to head in so that the ability remains efficient and requires the least amount of custom scripting.

I will explain the ability below as concepted:


My game uses a 2.5D perspective.

Ability: Vertical Wall Run

• Player jumps into a wall, while pressing the Vertical input for moving up.
• Player characters upward velocity continues as long as the player is on the wall and holding the input, velocity slowly falls off to slow the character.
• If Player nears a ledge he performs an automatic climb that puts him on top of the wall.
• If Player's vertical velocity becomes lower than a specified value (in editor) then they begin to slowly slide down the wall.
• While on the wall, Player can perform a jump that will propel them away from the wall and slightly upwards.

I own the Agility Pack, and can reference code from there if it would be helpful.

 

[Justin]

• Player jumps into a wall, while pressing the Vertical input for moving up.
• Player characters upward velocity continues as long as the player is on the wall and holding the input, velocity slowly falls off to slow the character.
• While on the wall, Player can perform a jump that will propel them away from the wall and slightly upwards.

This would be a new ability.

If Player's vertical velocity becomes lower than a specified value (in editor) then they begin to slowly slide down the wall.

You could subclass slide and add this logic.

 

[Matt-The-Slayer]

What would you recommend as the parent class for the wall run functionality?

 

[Justin]

Maybe DetectObjectAbilityBase, but you may need to just start fresh with inheriting Ability.