coyotetime.lua - "Argh, the jump didn't jump!"

[Enjl]

A staple in platformers for decades (notably used in the DKC series since the first entry, for example). Coyote time describes the idea of being able to jump a few frames after leaving the ground, in a nod to Wile E. Coyote from Road Runner.

This script is multiplayer compatible.

The script:
https://pastebin.com/2eb5i94B

You can customize:
coyotetime.frames: A number value corresponding to the frames of coyote time. Default is 5.
coyotetime.onJump: A function to override, with the parameters passed as a jumping player and whether they are spinjumping. If you have any silly jump modifications in your own code, this is where you can take care of them.

Short demonstration:

Spoiler: show

[FireSeraphim]

This is a pretty nifty addition although I personally refer to it as the "Drop Hop".

[lan vuhoang]

And I refer to it as "Jump Extension" as it was how it's called in Doom Eternal.

[Taycamgame]

And I refer to it as the "midair jump" because that is what it is.
Or alternatively, the "fall canceller", or even "invisible ledge jump".

[Hoeloe]

I mean... you can call it what you like, but "coyote time" is the industry standard term.

[Taycamgame]

I mean... you can call it what you like, but "coyote time" is the industry standard term.

Didn't know that... though to be fair I suppose Enjl would not have plucked a random animal out of thin air

[PROX]

ah yes, this definitely fixes the notorious "I refuse to jump" issue.

[DrMekar]

Would it be possible to limit the abilty to one (legacy) Character like Toad?

[Enjl]

Would it be possible to limit the abilty to one (legacy) Character like Toad?

Encase the scope of the player for loop in a character check.

[DrMekar]

Would it be possible to limit the abilty to one (legacy) Character like Toad?

Encase the scope of the player for loop in a character check.

Could you show me where I have to encase the Character Check?

[Enjl]

Would it be possible to limit the abilty to one (legacy) Character like Toad?

Encase the scope of the player for loop in a character check.

Could you show me where I have to encase the Character Check?

Like I said, everything inside the player for loop. An if statement that starts just after the for loop begins, and ends just before it closes.

[DrMekar]

Encase the scope of the player for loop in a character check.

Could you show me where I have to encase the Character Check?

Like I said, everything inside the player for loop. An if statement that starts just after the for loop begins, and ends just before it closes.

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function ct.onTick()
    for k,p in ipairs(Player.get()) do

So after this section, right?

[Enjl]

Could you show me where I have to encase the Character Check?

Like I said, everything inside the player for loop. An if statement that starts just after the for loop begins, and ends just before it closes.

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function ct.onTick()
    for k,p in ipairs(Player.get()) do

So after this section, right?

Yes.

[DrMekar]

Like I said, everything inside the player for loop. An if statement that starts just after the for loop begins, and ends just before it closes.

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function ct.onTick()
    for k,p in ipairs(Player.get()) do

So after this section, right?

Yes.

Okay, Thank You.

[Eclipsed]

Ping

I was wondering since you made this script if you were planning on making a buffer jump script that basically fixes the other issue of why sometimes jumping of smbx doesn't feel like it'd come out.

[Enjl]

Ping

I was wondering since you made this script if you were planning on making a buffer jump script that basically fixes the other issue of why sometimes jumping of smbx doesn't feel like it'd come out.

Not at the moment. I have something like that in my episode, but it works in a way in which it's not suitable for abstracting into a script, unlike coyotetime and playerphysicspatch were. I'd need to rewrite it from scratch to make it work as a library, which is something I miiight do in the future, but that's not a promise and more my own uncertainty.

[Eclipsed]

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Sounds interesting. Also, by any chance does it have a fix to the fact that if you spinjump and then press jump the frame you land, you still maintain a spin jump state. Or is that not included since the character in your episode based off of link,

[Eclipsed]

A staple in platformers for decades (notably used in the DKC series since the first entry, for example). Coyote time describes the idea of being able to jump a few frames after leaving the ground, in a nod to Wile E. Coyote from Road Runner.

Hey, would this script also work with jumps a few frames after leaving water or is this just the ground? As you know, jumping out of a downward moving water layer is super buggy and annoying to do currently.

[Enjl]

A staple in platformers for decades (notably used in the DKC series since the first entry, for example). Coyote time describes the idea of being able to jump a few frames after leaving the ground, in a nod to Wile E. Coyote from Road Runner.

Hey, would this script also work with jumps a few frames after leaving water or is this just the ground? As you know, jumping out of a downward moving water layer is super buggy and annoying to do currently.

Only ground. Never had problems with what you described.

[Eclipsed]

Only ground. Never had problems with what you described.

https://i.imgur.com/vyIP7zO.mp4
Here's a visual representation of it. I pressed jump around 10 times while skimming across the top of the water here. When the water is moving downwards sometimes it randomly doesn't allow you to jump out.