Active Selection

[Jacob]

Hey, it's been awhile since I made a post in this forum. A long while. Really.

Anyway, I have an issue with object selection. I need to select a certain few Active objects with certain attributes.

Basically, I need to set the counter to the number of tiles that are both overlapping the yellow thing, and have their Internal Flag 0 on.

http://mfa.aquadasoft.com/upload/1258189630-sweeptest.mfa

[nivram]

Hi and long time. Have you tried the Select Object Extension by chance?

Marv

[Jacob]

Yes, and that doesn't work.

[RickyRombo]

Try a loop?

In the detection, have an extra condition (eg internal flag so-and-so is on) and turn it off in the events. That way each one will be detected once

[Jacob]

I have tried that. It doesn't work.

[variant]

Hi,

I'm new to this, but you might be able to assign each one of those red/blue squares an alterable value and then when the yellow thing overlaps that square change it's alterable value to something else. Then have some kind of counter available, and set it so that whenever an alterable value of a red/blue square is changed to something else you add 1 to the counter. And when the yellow thing isn't overlapping that red/blue square change the alterable value of the red/blue square back to it's original value and subtract 1 from the counter.

-Variant

[Jacob]

You'd think that would work, but it doesn't. It sets them all at once and then only adds one to the counter.

[Dynasoft]

Hi and long time. Have you tried the Select Object Extension by chance?

Yes, and that doesn't work.

Really?

Make sure your version of the select object is up to date.

[Jacob]

Oh. You win. My version was quite outdated.

Thanks!

[variant]

Wow, how ironic! I spent like six hours trying to solve that problem and it turns out it was already solved! Helping people is hard.

-Variant