Collisions with self.name

networ

Hi, I need to do this:
I have only one actor in my game call "characters"
--> In this actor I Have:
If self.name = 1 then do something.....

I have names 1-9 ....

I need rule : If self.name= 1 collide with self.name = 2 then do something..... Is it possible?
Hope you can understand
Thanks.

POM

It was possible up to 0.92 !
for some reason they took this ability out!
in 0.93 we cant use self.name in a rule , sadly.

roy.

networ

What? Why? Omg... I really need it !

POM

networ said:
What? Why? Omg... I really need it !

I know , me too.
i hope they will bring it back in the FIX update

Roy.

networ

Do you know when will be fix update?

POM

I wish i did mate , TSB said the fix is in the hands of QA so im hopping soon

Roy.

networ

Ok, I wrote this question to User support. I hope they will bring it back

POM

networ said:
Ok, I wrote this question to User support. I hope they will bring it back

Great , please post here if they reply to you !
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Roy.

networ

Ok, I post it here if they respond
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calvin9403

it works for me though

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POM

Sorry mate i made a mistake , self.name do work
Its self.image that doesn't work.

Roy.

calvin9403

ya self image is not working

networ

So, How can I make rule like this?
If sef.name = ball collide with self.name = wall
Then do something...

Thanks.

simo103

I don't think you can do that (ie: self refers just to the actor in which the rule is contained so the ball actor can't know the wall actor has a self.name). That is why Game attributes are used (ie: to write self attributes to a game attribute so other actors can access them)

Can it just do a normal collide? Or you will need to set a Game attribute that takes the self.name and then compare it in the ball actors rule.

networ

I need 9 different types of "blocks" - but they must be all in 1 actor. So, I want to do this way:

If self.name = red_block then
Change image to red.png .....and do something....

If self.name = yellow_block then
Change image to yellow.png .....and do something....

And then I need rule like this:
If red_block collide with yellow_block
Then do something.....

Is it possible? i hope so.

JohnPapiomitis

you can still MAKE a self attribute though. Use the same block and give each one a self attribute number 1-9. then when actor collides and self attribte number =1 do this, if self attribute number =2 do that, ect

networ

Thanks!