How to make use of spread values?

[blub]

Hi.

I spawn a number of enemies + their collisionboxes.

Now if i want to kill an enemy it kills ALL collisionboxes.

* on whateverkillsthem

-> destroy enemy, destroy collisionbox

I used then spreadvalues and tested them this way: User clicks on object (enemy or collisionbox) set counter to alterable value B. And it's working so far, every enemy has the same value B as their collisionbox.

So i thought i do this:

* on whateverkillsthem
+ Alterable Value B of Enemy = Alterable Value B of Collisionbox

-> destroy enemy, destroy collisionbox

But that doesnt destroy anything at all.

So either i can destroy one enemy and all collisionboxes or nothing at all....

[Pineapple]

Try: Value B of collision box = value B of enemy.

[blub]

I tried that, didn't work.

[King_Cool]

I think i see what your problem is Bulb
The problem lies in one of your conditions
The condition wich is problematic is the " * on whateverkillsthem " condition

Describe the " * on whateverkillsthem " condition

[blub]

I don't think it's the condition....

The kill condition was alterable value c (energy) = 0
I tried several other conditions to test it like, overlapping, etc

Another condition is movement, the enemies and the collisionboxes move different ways now.

I really need to tie these objects together.

I double checked everything.... every value, condition etc. for typos or other errors.

[Pineapple]

Please post an example .mfa of your code.

[King_Cool]

If your objects and collision masks are moving apart, there is something very wrong.
...
Here is how you can do it:

The Collision Mask Object is the only object that should move, while the Visual Enemy Objects should just reposition on the Collision Mask Object, like this:

Allways
--> Visual Enemy set position to Collision Mask

By doing the above conditon, each seperate instance of Visual Enemy will now find and reposition to a 'different' Collision Mask and be able to read that 'specific' Collision Masks Alterable Values, Flags etc, like this:

Allways
--> Visual Enemy set position to Collision Mask
--> 'Enemy' set MaskMovementSpeed_ to 'Collision Mask' MovementSpeed_

If we now, after doing the above condition, make an opposite Condition like this:

--> Collision Mask set position to Visual Enemy
--> 'Collision Mask' set EnemyEnergy_ to 'Visual Enemy' Energy_

the Collision Masks now knows the Energy_ values of the 'specific' Visual Enemy wich is attached to the Collision Mask. This makes it easy to destroy pairs of Enemy and Masks, like ths:

If Visual Enemy Energy_ = 0
--> Destroy Visual Enemy

If Collision Mask EnemyEnergy_ = 0
--> Destroy Collision Mask

[Corlen]

I think you have to make use of the ForEach object or a fastloop for this particular instance.

[Yikes]

You don't really need the ForEach object, but it does come in handy.
But for me, I would use just loops.
The thing is, instead of setting an ID to the hitbox and the enemies and then comparing the values, you instead run a loop and then compare both IDs to the index of that loop.

I made an example

Edit: Oh, I noticed you might need to position the enemies to the hitboxes instead of the hitboxes to the enemies. I made a second example for that aswell

[Solgryn]

Isn't this what you want?
(I altered Yikes' example)

Instead of:

"Player collides with Enemy"
It should be
"Player collides with Collision Box"

and

"ID of Collision Box = ID of Enemy"
Should be
"ID of Enemy = ID of Collision Box"