making characters jump

[Blade]

how could you make a character jump? i mean, you import a picture of a lil dude, and you press a button to make it jump... i tried a for loop for jumping up and down and it worked pretty good... but i cant make him jump on an angle, as if you hold the up and right arrow keys...

[Tony]

The idea is that while jumping, he can still "walk" side to side. So while the jumping process is taking place, you would need to continue to read from input buffer and allow character to walk in the air... Perhas at a different speed

[AsianSensation]

here is something that i used in my mario game(that is, before i changed it to Tactics: Mario), hopefully it will help you.

code:

var chars : array char of boolean var x : int := 0 var y : real := 0 proc jump     for angle : 0 .. 180 by 5         Input.KeyDown (chars)         if chars (KEY_RIGHT_ARROW) then             x += 2         end if         if chars (KEY_LEFT_ARROW) then             x -= 2         end if         y := 0         y += 90 * sind (angle)         drawfilloval (x, round (y), 5, 5, red)         View.Update         delay (25)         drawfilloval (x, round (y), 5, 5, colorbg)     end for end jump loop     Input.KeyDown (chars)     if chars (KEY_UP_ARROW) then         jump     end if     if chars (KEY_RIGHT_ARROW) then         x += 2     end if     if chars (KEY_LEFT_ARROW) then         x -= 2     end if     drawfilloval (x, round (y), 5, 5, red)     View.Update     delay (10)     drawfilloval (x, round (y), 5, 5, colorbg) end loop

[Homer_simpson]

try my bouncing post topic
http://www.compsci.ca/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=733&highlight=bounce
it might help
if you want it more specific check out my 2d shooter forum at
http://www.compsci.ca/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=525&highlight=2d+shooter
i have actually used the formula in there. i'm gonna put the code in the forum now