Cloning vs Copying

[Gullyking]

I've been trying to create a turn based strategy game. Basically, the objects on the screen are player units and map spaces. I want the map spaces to change color based on the range of the selected unit. I can make them change ink effect upon selection, however, when cancelling the move, Only the original space turns back to the original color. Not the copied/cloned ones.

[Popcorn]

When you clone an object, the cloned object is a completely new object that no longer has anything to do with the orignal object. You can "fix" this by giving both objects the same qualifier, and assign conditions and actions to the qualifier instead of the specific active object.

When you duplicate an object, you don't make new object, rather you make several instances of the same object. That doesn't mean however that they are the same object. If you do something on one of the duplicates, it will not affect the others, but if you do something to any object of that type, it will affect all of them.

Example:

* Start of frame:
- Destroy Enemy Unit
[color:#006600]// All enemy units are destoryed[/color]

* User click on Enemy Unit
- Destroy Enemy Unit
[color:#006600]// Only the Enemy Unit that is involved in the event is destroyed.[/color]

[nivram]

Gullyking, I have a dungeon crawl example on my website that has the squares lighting up. Maybe it can help. Look at the Site Map.

Marv

[Gullyking]

Thanks guys. Let me check it out.