Carrying Objects over to New Frames

[sephy_yo]

I'm currently finishing up a project i'm doing for school. And i was wondering if anyone can help me with an issue. So here's the deal. In from you can obtain in "power-up", and it queues to the bottom of the screen. I want it to carry on over to the next frame. Right now it only stays in the current frame that you obtain it in. Is there a way?

[JoKa]

Not sure if I understand this right, but if you want to restore Active Objects, you could save them with the Savegame Object before leaving the first frame and load them in the second frame.

[sephy_yo]

sorry, i'm a bit of a n00b.. haha. how would i do that?

[Tiny]

In the first frame save the amount of "power-ups" and eventually their position in an Array object or INI file. When loading the second file read these data and show and position the objects accordingly.

[Alonso]

Actually, importing objects from another frame would be a lovely feature.

[Tiny]

Actually, importing objects from another frame would be a lovely feature.

In a way you can. You use the "create object" and select the object to be created from any other frame.

----- correction to my previous post ----------
Where it says "loading the second file" it should say "loading the second frame".

[sephy_yo]

the problem is, is that the certain object only appears in the next frame if the user obtains it in the previous frame. anyway to do this?

[Spike]

Depends how your working this, but if your picking up an item and thus its appearing in a somewhat "inventory" then it may be easier to just use a global value/string.

Simply set the string when the object is picked up, and at the start of each frame set the object to the equivalent string reference.

May be easier than having to use external files etc. Also a lot less "cheat" proof

edit: Just read your last post. You can use global values to check all kinds of values in your levels. For example -
- Player activates a switch in Frame 1
- Set global value A to 1
- Player exits the level and goes to Frame 2
- Theres a door in Frame 2, If global value A is 0 then set the door closed.
- If Global Value A is 1 then set the door to be open.

This can be used for pretty much anything in the same context. May be what your looking for.