Change speed of launched object

[ST]

I have object1 launch object2 with a set speed, I want to be able to change the speed of object2 once it collides with another object. How do you accomplish this? Thanks.

Steve

[nivram]

One option is to destroy Object2 and create another object2 at object2's location and have the object it collided with relaunch the new object2.

Marv

[ST]

Thanks for the reply. I have a follow up question. I used the alterable value A of object2 to track the number of collisions before destroying it. Now that I'm destroying object2 on the first collision and launching a new object2 at that location, the alterable value A is no longer updating properly. How do I carry over or set the alterable value of the newly launched object2 within the same event?

Steve

[KLiK-iT]

Can you post your example so I can see what is going on? Every time you destroy an object it's values are gone. You can say... on collision,..set A value to new object2.

[TheSynapse]

ST,

regarding speed - there is a built in 'change speed' command within MMF.

E.g. if your condition is 'when object2 collides with <other object>', then you can right click under object2 in the event editor and then choose Movement>>Set Speed.

You have to have a movement type for object2 selected for this option to be available.

Hope that helps.

[LB]

It does not affect launched objects as they use an entirely different movement mechanic.

[ST]

That's what I figured. It wasn't obvious to me how to set an alterable value to new object2 so I changed my approach. I no longer use the launch object. I set a bouncing ball movement on the object so I can control the speed on collision tests and randomized the timing of when the object appears. It actually plays better now and there are fewer runtime objects. Thanks for the ideas. It was getting too complicated and I needed to rethink it and simplify.