How to make use of spread values?

Hi.

I spawn a number of enemies + their collisionboxes.

Now if i want to kill an enemy it kills ALL collisionboxes.

* on whateverkillsthem

-> destroy enemy, destroy collisionbox

I used then spreadvalues and tested them this way: User clicks on object (enemy or collisionbox) set counter to alterable value B. And it's working so far, every enemy has the same value B as their collisionbox.

So i thought i do this:

* on whateverkillsthem
+ Alterable Value B of Enemy = Alterable Value B of Collisionbox

-> destroy enemy, destroy collisionbox

But that doesnt destroy anything at all.

So either i can destroy one enemy and all collisionboxes or nothing at all....

Try: Value B of collision box = value B of enemy.

I tried that, didn't work.

I think i see what your problem is Bulb
The problem lies in one of your conditions
The condition wich is problematic is the " * on whateverkillsthem " condition

Describe the " * on whateverkillsthem " condition

I don't think it's the condition....

The kill condition was alterable value c (energy) = 0
I tried several other conditions to test it like, overlapping, etc

Another condition is movement, the enemies and the collisionboxes move different ways now.

I really need to tie these objects together.

I double checked everything.... every value, condition etc. for typos or other errors.

Please post an example .mfa of your code.

If your objects and collision masks are moving apart, there is something very wrong.
...
Here is how you can do it:

The Collision Mask Object is the only object that should move, while the Visual Enemy Objects should just reposition on the Collision Mask Object, like this:

Allways
--> Visual Enemy set position to Collision Mask

By doing the above conditon, each seperate instance of Visual Enemy will now find and reposition to a 'different' Collision Mask and be able to read that 'specific' Collision Masks Alterable Values, Flags etc, like this:

Allways
--> Visual Enemy set position to Collision Mask
--> 'Enemy' set MaskMovementSpeed_ to 'Collision Mask' MovementSpeed_

If we now, after doing the above condition, make an opposite Condition like this:

--> Collision Mask set position to Visual Enemy
--> 'Collision Mask' set EnemyEnergy_ to 'Visual Enemy' Energy_

the Collision Masks now knows the Energy_ values of the 'specific' Visual Enemy wich is attached to the Collision Mask. This makes it easy to destroy pairs of Enemy and Masks, like ths:

If Visual Enemy Energy_ = 0
--> Destroy Visual Enemy

If Collision Mask EnemyEnergy_ = 0
--> Destroy Collision Mask

I think you have to make use of the ForEach object or a fastloop for this particular instance.

You don't really need the ForEach object, but it does come in handy.
But for me, I would use just loops.
The thing is, instead of setting an ID to the hitbox and the enemies and then comparing the values, you instead run a loop and then compare both IDs to the index of that loop.

I made an example :)

Edit: Oh, I noticed you might need to position the enemies to the hitboxes instead of the hitboxes to the enemies. I made a second example for that aswell :)

Isn't this what you want?
(I altered Yikes' example)

Instead of:

"Player collides with Enemy"
It should be
"Player collides with Collision Box"

and

"ID of Collision Box = ID of Enemy"
Should be
"ID of Enemy = ID of Collision Box"

I found that, the movement the enemy does, i put the whole enemy movement in a groups, only is tied to the values when i move it outside the group.

I think i will delete all the events and do the enemy movement from scratch.
Also, the enemies off the viewscreen don't move.

This is frustrating :/

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Solgryn

Isn't this what you want?
(I altered Yikes' example)

Instead of:

"Player collides with Enemy"
It should be
"Player collides with Collision Box"

and

"ID of Collision Box = ID of Enemy"
Should be
"ID of Enemy = ID of Collision Box"

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Yes, while you wrote that, I made a second example for that :) Nicely spotted ;)

Blub, what i wrote in the previous page should work.
I made an example, it only has 5 conditions and does what you want.

It does not use any FastLoops or ID checks.