Push Box Spread Value Events

[Kentronisk]

Hi

I have some trouble getting spread value to work in my push box event. I also have some trouble understanding this in general. But how can I make these events work with more than 1 box? Where do I add spread value events?


PushDetector is overlapping Box
+ Box is NOT overlapping Obstacle: Set HorizBox to HorizPlayer

Push Detector is NOT overlapping Box: Set HorizBox to 0

HorizBox <> 0
+ Box is NOT overlapping Obstacle: Start loop "MoveBox" ABS(HorizBox("Box")) times

On Loop "MoveBox": Set X position of Box to X("Box")+(HorizBox("Box")/ABS(HorizBox("Box")))

On Loop "MoveBox"
+ Box is overlapping Obstacle: Set HorizBox to 0, Set X position of Box to X("Box")+(0-HorizBox("Box")/ABS(HorizBox("Box"))), Stop loop "MoveBox"



... Or are my choice of events generally wrong?

[LB]

You don't. Don't use spread values and fast loops unless you want to export for something that isn't Flash or Java; use the ForEach object as it both increases simplicity and it has a linear speed decrease rather than an exponential one.

Basically, for anything related to a box at all, you have it on a ForEach loop for object Box.

[Kentronisk]

I have fully access to ForEach object, and I tried that first... But mainly as a spread value replacement. I can give it a shot again.

Edit:

Well that did not work. How should I change the events to add ForEach?

[LB]

Did you make sure you put the "On ForEach Loop "Boxes" for object Box" at the top of the events, and you had an event "Always: Start ForEach Loop "Boxes" for object "Box"" ?

[Kentronisk]

Yeah.. But should I still have the Loop events to move the box? Or should ForEach replace those aswell?? I mean, do I use ForEach as a spread value short cut, or as a loop that moves the box?

[LB]

It's neither. It is a spread value replacement. For the looping, ForEach just need to be updated to run a loop on the currently selected objects, as looping during a for-each loop defeats the performance gain that it is intended for.

[Kentronisk]

Ok I tried switching to ForEach events, and it actually worked one time on one box. One of the 3 boxes were pushable, but the remaining 2 were not. When I restarted the application, none of the boxes were pushable anymore. These are my events:

Always: Start ForEach loop "BoxPusher" for object Box

On ForEach loop "BoxPusher" for object Box
+ PushDetector is overlapping Box
+ Box is NOT overlapping obstacle: Set HorizMove of Box to Horiz("Player")

On ForEach loop "BoxPusher" for object Box
+ PushDetector is NOT overlapping Box: Set HorizMove of Box to 0

On ForEach loop "BoxPusher" for object Box
+ HorizMove of Box <> 0
+ Box is NOT overlapping Obstacle: Set X position of Box to X("Box")+(HorizMove("Box")/Abs(HorizMove("Box")))

On ForEach loop "BoxPusher" for object Box
+ Box is overlapping Obstacle: Set HorizMove ("Box") to 0, Set X position of Box to X("Box")+(0-HorizMove("Box")/Abs(HorizMove("Box")))

Anything wrong? I think its weird that it worked one time, and then stopped.

[LB]

They don't look wrong and they work perfectly in a temporary MFA; the fact that it only worked once makes me think you have it in a delicate situation...could you post a stripped-down MFA?

[Kentronisk]

I think I managed to fix it myself. It had nothing to do with the above events, but some gravity stuff that pushed the box down in the floor, thus making it overlapping an obstacle.

EDIT:
I dont understand how this works... If you wanna take a look, I have uploaded it on MegaUpload.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=G3UD01HO

It seems its a bit random if the box overlaps the floor or not. And also, it seems like its a bit random when you push the box that it gets pushed into the wall or if it stops properly. Anything to change?