Shadows following monster at creation.

[Kid_Roleplay]

So I don't understand spreaded values or how they work or even how to get them to work, but I have a feeling I'll need them to get what I want done to work.

I got a game with a monster that spawns with a shadow and also an invisible object around it supposed to represent the monster's "aggro" level. The shadow and invisible object follow the monster around at all times. Now, the problem comes for when I want more than one monster to appear. At creation, the shadow and invisible object appears on the new monster but causes the shadow and indicator on the old monster to suddenly stop following and just sit there. I have a feeling it's similar to how I've seen people get tank turrets to work on here, even though I've yet to figure that out either.

[Dynasoft]

Shadows are easy, just make sure you always have the same number as monsters and do:
Always:
Set position of shadow to 0,0 from monster
This will match shadows with monsters pretty much at random, but every monster will get one. If they need to be animated to match the monster or have the direction match the monster, do it in the same event, like this:
Always:
Set position of shadow to 0,0 from monster
Set direction of shadow to direction("monster")
Set animation of shadow to current animation("monster")
Set animation frame of shadow to current anim frame("monster")
--etc
Note that I don't have MMF to hand so the above expressions are likely to be wrong.

Someone else will no doubt explain spreading values and looping individual objects.

[Kid_Roleplay]

Oh, those work perfectly fine with one monster needing a shadow. But multiple ones, sometimes it'll stack two shadows on one monster while another will be shadowless. I'm just looking for like a permanent, fool proof way to get shadows and invisible objects to follow the monsters they're supposed to. ><

[Nick]

Create an alterable value in both the monsters and the shadows, call it ID or something similar.

Then, spread 0 in both of those values. This will give all the monsters a unique number, the first one 0, then second one 1, the third one 2, etc.

Now 'always' start a loop. Do the loop like this:

On 'loop'
+Alt value of monster = loopindex
+Alt value of shadow = alt value of monster
Action: Set shadow to position of monster

If the monsters are to be killed, just 'always' spread the value before the loop runs.

[Kid_Roleplay]

Well, I just put in that code, and it didn't work at all. x.x

[Dynasoft]

I'll upload a demo file of my way when I get home in 7-8 hours.

[Kid_Roleplay]

Alright, neat. Thanks for the help. It'll give me time to crash and then be able to think on this with a clearer mind. =)

[Nick]

http://www.clickteam.com/epicenter/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=109013#Post1090 13

That example displays the exact technique i described above, you must've copied it wrong :P

[Kid_Roleplay]

AWESOME! Yay! It works! I had to put in the "Start loop 'number of objects' times." That's what I missed. =)

Thanks bunches! Now all I have to do is get them to act independantly.