Question about objects

Hi I am new to MMF2.

I am creating my game off an open source engine someone else developed. I have done my fair share of game making from scratch in other programs, but I would like to start building from theirs and adding in my own things.

I am having a problem though copying their objects. How would I go about doing this? Right now the object I want to copy is a sprite so I can put in my own images, but I don't want to get rid of the preexisting sprite.

When I right click the sprite their is no copy option, I am going to need this a lot because I am taking what is in the engine and skinning my own stuff. So if anyone can help that would be much appreciated. Also if this is the wrong section please point me in the right direction. Thank you for your time.

Hi there, and welcome to MMF :)

You have two basic options to copy an object in the right-click menu - "Duplicate" and "Clone Object". Duplicate will create a new "instance" (or copy) of the same object - these objects will appear as one object in the Event Editor. I promise this makes sense once you see it...

I think that in your situation, "Clone Object" is what you want - this creates a new object using the animation frames, value names and so on of the original one. The new object is completely independent of the old one, appears as a new object in the Event Editor and the two objects won't be affected by changes you make to the other one.

It sounds like what you want to do here is Clone the existing object and put the newly created clone off to the side somewhere, so that that object holds the original images that you don't want to get rid of - then edit the original object with your own images, so that all the events on that original object stay intact.

Thank you!

I kept trying to duplicate/copy my object, but cloning was the way to go. Thank you very much for the help on such a beginners question. I really appreciate it!

You're welcome - beginners' questions are good, they're easier to answer :)

And remember, we were all beginners once!