Multiple duplicate objects overlapping, not individually responding to Qualifiers.

[ratty]

I've run into an interesting issue. I've made a grid of 2 different actives, each with its own qualifier. They'll be invisible eventually, so ignore the aesthetic.

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I have square tiles set over that grid. I'm trying to make it so when you click/right click on grid lines, it moves the tiles that are overlapping it either +/- on their X/Y axis based on if you clicked a vertical or horizontal grid line. That works...except one issue. It moves ALL the tiles, not just the tiles overlapping that line! The events are linked to the qualifiers, not the actives, which I thought would avoid this issue.

The movement is based on the object values being 0 or greater. They are -1 until clicked. When it hits a certain value (derived from the object size), it resets back to -1, stops moving and waits to be clicked again.

Any idea what to do?

[ratty]

I've tried clones instead of duplicates, having the variables of the moving active affect things, rather than the grid line object, etc. Nothing seems to be working.

[MuddyMole]

I'm not 100% certain I understand, but I think I might.

If you say:
+ Player left clicks on "Row"
+ "Tile" is overlapping "Row"
-> Tile: Set X position to X("Tile") + 50

...that will move ALL the tiles.

If you say:
+ Player left clicks on "Row"
+ "Row" is overlapping "Tile"
-> Tile: Set X position to X("Tile") + 50

...that will only move the correct tiles.

[Konidias]

Here is your problem in a nutshell. Your single event is actually two separate conditions.

1. is the player clicking on a vertical/horizontal grid line?

2. is a tile object overlapping a vertical/horizontal grid line object?

Note #2 there... Because MMF isn't selecting ONLY the grid lines you clicked in the previous condition. It's checking all tiles overlapping all grid lines. Simply checking an "on mouse button clicks object" condition does not actually select that object to be used in following conditions.

Now, in the action of that condition, it WILL position the tiles based on the clicked grid lines, because MMF does recognize the grid line objects you clicked... just not in the conditions. So essentially MMF is doing this:

1. user clicked grid line object? yes.
2. tiles overlapping grid lines? yes.
3. move "tiles overlapping grid lines" (all tiles that are overlapping any grid lines) to the grid line object's x/y that was clicked.

So MMF is working properly... you just need to actually isolate the grid lines first and then fastloop through your squares that are overlapping the isolated grid lines.

My solution would be to toggle a flag when a grid line is clicked, when the flag is on, then fastloop through all tiles and check to see if each tile is overlapping the grid line that has it's flag toggled on. If so, then move that specific tile during the fast loop, and then continue. Once the fastloop is done, toggle off all grid flags.

[Konidias]

Also I don't think you understand what Qualifiers are actually supposed to do. They don't individualize each instance or anything. They are just used to group different objects into one object.

[MuddyMole]

You don't need fastloops - the method I suggested does work.