Hi. I’d really appreciate some advice. I’m new to Cospaces and I’ve been grappling with building a Parkour Game using the tutorial material for several days. At times it will work, but at others the camera/player no longer appears to collide with the ground so I can’t deduct lives or end the game. I’m not sure what I’m doing to cause this to happen and it means I’m not confident to try it with students. Apologies for not being able to describe the problem well. Here’s my parkour: CoSpaces Edu :: Parkour problems. Many thanks.
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Hi @mgorman33,
The problem and solution are fairly simple, but an awful trap for coders new to CoSpaces.
The problem is that a 2nd CoBlocks collision event will override the 1st collision event, if the first parameter is the same. In your case, the player is the first parameter, so your 2nd event (reaching the target) overrides the 1st event (hitting the ground), causing it not to occur.
The solution is to switch the position of the 1st and 2nd parameters in your first event, so that in your example, player and ground are swapped.
There is another issue in your CoSpace, which is that your starting position block is on the ground, so when the Camera position is set, it also goes onto the ground, which causes the number of Lives to immediately drop to 2. The solution is to have a separate block placed high above your starting platform, where your Camera can safely re-position to. See this remixable CoSpace for fixes:
Hope this helps! Let me know if you have any further questions about this. If this solves your problem, please mark this post as the Solution.
Many thanks,
Geoff @ TechLeap
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Thanks so much. Really appreciate the support.
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I read the thread and wanted to check out the fixes, however, the link is broken. Can you please share it again.
Other issues I am having with this parkour is that my student wants to create checkpoint where the player fall and goes back to a specific resting area.
The first problem we have is exactly what I wanted to check on the fix, the player’s position won’t be set correctly, it keeps falling. Even though I added flags or marks, the player (camera) keeps falling. I hope you can take a look and provide some feedback. we’ve try a lot! We were currently trying changes in scene 2. Scene 1 is the “original”
https://edu.cospaces.io/Studio/Space/hbvsZ5tUnbeq2lKW
Thank you so much in advance!
Heey! Your link doesnt work. Can you share a remixable version?
Hi @Betzabe_Orenos,
You’ve shared the private editor space (which is inaccessible to everyone except you). To publish your CoSpace as unlisted or in the Gallery, you need to click on “Share” next to the help button in the top menu, then share the newly-generated URL.
It appears I’ve deleted the CoSpace I remixed & fixed (woops!), so if you can share yours I’ll take a look.
You’ll need to use a variable to store checkpoint locations (XYZ coordinates).
Many thanks,
Geoff @ TechLeap