Grid of Counters

[Bipolar_Games]

I have a grid of counter objects, and I need to be able to set the value of just one of them at a time. They are all duplicates the same object, so this is difficult.

I have tried referencing their Fixed values:

Pick Objects with Fixed Value [one of the counters fixed values]
- Set Counter to 1

This sets ALL the Counters to 1, even though they all have different fixed values.



If I do this though:

Start of Frame
- Set Counter to X of Counter

This sets all the Counters to their X coordinate. This tells me that it is possible to set them all to different values.

I just need to figure out a way to single out one counter at a time to set its value (without looping through all of them in a For Each loop)!!

[LB]

It is not possible to compare to a counter's fixed value like that because that condition would be in the Alterable Values submenu, which counters don't have. I'm guessing you used Compare Two General Values, which doesn't actually select or differentiate any objects.

The only way to get MMF2 to select and differentiate between objects is to use a condition from the object you want to select/differentiate. So, you're only option is using coordinates or selecting a counter by its current value. I tried to do some hackery with qualifiers but couldn't get it to work.

[Corlen]

What exactly are you trying to do anyway? Maybe you could do it based on their X and Y positions.

[LB]

He made it very clear that he wanted to select a counter by its fixed value and change its displayed value.

[Corlen]

Yeah but I wanted to know what he's trying to do with the counters. I could maybe give him a solution if I knew what application he was trying to use this for. Like is he trying to make the counters list the number of the squares on the grid, is he trying to put random values on each counter, or what?

[Bipolar_Games]

I'm creating a simple "weekly calendar" specifically catered toward hourly workers (retail, etc), so I need a counter on each day displaying the Hour+Minute of their start and end time. So yeah, lots of counters, haha...

[LB]

Hm. I know a trick I used once for strings, and it should work for counters too. Have an active object (invisible ofc) for every counter (need not be in any specific place), and assign to the alterable values of those actives (because you can easily choose which one you want to mess with). Then, in one event, you can simply do Set Counter to Alterable value of Active, and MMF2 will pair them up with each other and set the values accordingly.

[Bipolar_Games]

WOAH! It's magic!! lol, thanks so much man, I would have never thought of this!!