Vector Objects

These can be used as paths or destinations for entities or the camera. Place these on a map with Tiled. Be sure to give these vector objects a name in the Name properties view so that scripts can identify them.

WARNING

When a vector object has the same name as an entity on the map, you may experience errant behavior. Best to keep all vector objects uniquely named.

The Mage Game Engine (MGE) can detect whether an entity's hitbox is inside a polygon, so polygons are useful for script triggers such as doorways.

All geometric shapes can be made visible when using vector view while running the game.

Vector Origins

When a MGE entity is teleported to a vector object (or begins to walk along a vector path), it is moved to the object's origin:

• polyline: first vertex placed
• rectancle: upper-left corner
• circle: rightmost point (0º)

Coordinate Overflow

If a vertex crosses the left and/or top edge of the map coordinate space, its coordinates will overflow (i.e. become a very, very high value). This can cause unexpected behavior in scripts trying to interact with the vector object.

This goes for the coordinates of entities, too, since they use the map coordinate space.