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Hey forumers.
I'm having a little issue with my RESTRICT ACTIONS.
Attached is the mfa file for my program.
I am attempting to get the ship to shoot once every .5 seconds, as long as the spacebar is held down. However, when I use restrict actions, it fires once - and never again.
Please help!
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The reason it only (appears) to be firing once is because on Line # 9 you are always creating "Circle enemy" but they never get destroyed and the number of objects for your frame is set to 500. So you reach that limit very quickly and it won't allow you to create ANY new objects.
Also on Line # 3 you have the restrict actions based on the Alterable value A (Shot interval) of the "Circle enemy" and it is set to 0. So it will always shoot (create the laser). Try changing that value to 500 or whatever?
Well, i remade the application. It seems that the problem in my game is that the RESTRICT ACTIONS event works fine when you set it to a time WITHOUT the expression editor. WHENEVER you use the expression editor, it fails to work.
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In this example,(hit R) when the expression editor is used, it does not work. AND there are no other events to interfere.
50/100 is not the same as 50/1000. The 100 vs 1000 is clearly stated in either case.
Keyboarder,.can I ask what you trying to accomplish with this. I'm just not understanding what you're looking to do. If you are looking for the ship to shoot every 00".50 secs, wouldn't it be easier just to "Repeat while "space bar" is pressed" Restrict actions for 00"-50?
I really want to be able to have the ship's attack speed reduce, so it can shoot faster and faster as it collects tokens. And LB, then it would be shooting 10x faster, but it only shoots ONCE, and only once, instead of the normal x10.
Guys, thanks for all the advice so far!
Not for me, it shoots non stop in either case.
really? is it just my version?
I'm using build 253, which version are you using? Here's a video demonstration of it working:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcrqvgkdtl4
oh that must just be my version then. i'm running 251.
thanks for the help LB!
Build 253 is now out, please install this version as soon as you can :)
Hi there,..here is an example of what you're looking for. I used values to increase shoot speed and also to decrease shoot speed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Keyboarder
Shoot by holding down space bar. Collide with a token and your shoot speed will increase OR while holding down the space bar ,..right click to increase shoot speed or left click to decrease. Hope this helps....
John
http://www.mediafire.com/?h062af7n2k8be95
Wow, smanman! Thanks for the AMAZING example! it's a coded restrict actions ;)
And Simon, build 253 sez that I don't have mmf2 dev installed. :( i wish.
You're welcome and I'm glad it helped. There are so many ways to do what I did,.but I thought this was the easiest. You can adjust the times to make the ship shoot slower too. Also,.you can change what the ship shoots. For example,.say you have a bonus that the ship can run into or when a certain score is reached,.you just set a value and when the ships value is equal to that value Shoot rocket 2 instead of the others you have it shooting. Here's an example of this that I added to the example above. Look at group "Change Weapon" in the event editor.Quote:
Originally Posted by Keyboarder
http://www.mediafire.com/?m9mcy9yldchar0c
You can use also WaitFor extension. It will never hang-up like poor restrict actions.
Timon, yes you can and thanks for the heads up! There are so many ways to do things when coding,.so one way is good along with all the others..LOL. I'll have to check out that extension and see what it can do. I don't like using extension unless I have to.
Wow, Smanman! You managed to make an even better example. @.@ iwish others on this forum were as helpful as you were! ;P
I'll have to check out that extension.
No problem at all. I really enjoy this stuff. PM me if there's anything you have any issues with in your game that you can't figure out. Like to see it when it gets done.
John