DIAGONAL MOVEMENT (WITHOUT USING PRECIOUS NUMBER KEYS!)

Requirments: 2 variables, 1 common event.

Note: This system should not be used in conjunction with the default random encounter system because steps taken diagonally are completely ignored by the built-in step counter.

Steps:

1. Create 2 variables and name one HorizontalKeys and the other VerticalKeys.

2. Create a common event and name it movement or something like that. Make sure the trigger is parallel process, and no switch is used.

3. Add 2 "Key Input Processing" event commands. Make one only process the Up key and the Down key, and store the key code in the VerticalKeys variable. Make the other one only process the Left and Right keys, and store the keycode in HorizontalKeys. Both "Key Input Processing" event commands should NOT have "Wait until key is pressed" selected.

4. Create a "Conditional Branch" that tests if VerticalKeys = 1, with an else handler. In the else handler create another "Conditional Branch" that tests if VerticalKeys = 4, without an else handler.

5. In both branches that test VerticalKeys, create another "Conditional Branch" that tests if HorizontalKeys = 2, with an else handler. In that else handler create another "Conditional Branch" that tests if HorizontalKeys = 3, without an else handler.

6. In all branches that test HorizontalKeys, place a "Move Event" command, make sure it's the Hero that's getting moved, and have it move the Hero once in the diagonal direction the hero should be moving in. Also make sure that the option "ignore impossible movement" is set on all the "Move Event" commands, otherwise the game can freeze of the player diagonally moves against an impassable tile or object.

That's it! The original movement system will still be in place, so don't worry about that.