2 of the same object interacting with each other

[Shad0wSP]

Hey, if someone can answer or point me to a relevant thread much thanks; I can't seem to find this anywhere.

I have an object that is interacting with a copy of itself, and I would like to know if there is some way to specify which of the 2 objects I want the event to apply to, but because there is only one check box underneath it will apply to both.

For example, let's say the object bumps into a copy of itself, and I want the copy to move a little but the original to be still. Both will move because both are covered by the same column.

This is probably a newbie question, I just never had to run into this situation before. Thanks in advance.

[Mook06]

quickly made this up, hope its what you were after

clones.zip

[Shad0wSP]

I added an image to clear this up a bit:



In the condition those are two different boxes, but the same object. The problem is MMF can't tell which box im referring to in the event, so it moves both boxes 5 pixels down.

In your example, you have the objects interacting with the blue barrier, but not each other, so it works out fine. I like the idea of using an internal flag, this may help out. I'm trying to think of a way to maybe split the event into two, so that it can have a specific one for each object, using an internal flag check maybe, to say that if one is off to do no movement, if the other is on to run the event.

[Nifflas]

You can always pick which one to move by it's fixed value, or if you refer to an "ID" alterable value assigned with the "spread value" action. You do know which one of the two actives you want to move anyway, right?

If you just want to pick one of the two instances at random, just insert a "Pick one of [Object]" condition under the collision checking.

[Mook06]

changed it to suit your needs

clones2.zip

[Shad0wSP]

I was able to get it to work. Thanks for the help guys.