Height system help

[lilsniffs3]

In the game I'm making, one character has a glider. When in that character's "glider mode," he can go to any part of the map that's not higher than him. Most of it works, but there is one problem. When switching to the glider, a "Move Event" puts the character into phasing mode. This didn't seem like a problem until I couldn't think of a way for the character to not go to the heights above him. How can I make the invisible blocks?

[A Forgotten Legend]

Well, you could use an event with no graphic that activates when the hero goes on it and it makes them move the opposite direction.

[Prpl_Mage]

Why not just have the glider be an airship type vehicle?

[lilsniffs3]

Because of the height system. I'd have to assemble my own tileset and make the heights different types of terrain. The airship glider would fly over the height checking events, wouldn't it?

And AFL, wouldn't that be kind of weird, seeing as the character would move forward then backwards? Unless that actually makes it not move.

[A Forgotten Legend]

I was thinking more of a bouncing off kind of thing.  Prpl's idea sounds more like what you want really.

[Daetyrnis]

How are you currently implementing the height system?  Terrain seems like the best idea to me.

[lilsniffs3]

I currently have the current height written to a variable. The biggest problem for the terrain is having to assemble multiple types of the same tile on a chipset, having to remove some tiles in the process.

Anyway, thanks for the help guys. I'm going to try the different terrain with the airship glider.

Another thing unrelated to height (I don't wanna make another topic,) I've never been able to figure out how to combine keys together. Like the arrow keys doing something other than moving when you hold down the X key. Can someone tell me how to do this?

[Prpl_Mage]

Well, in theory you make the key input process check every second or so if X or action button is pressed.

Then you have another check that sees if you press any of the arrow keys.

Conditional branches and stuff.

[lilsniffs3]

Ahh, thanks Prpl.