Help needed

AmateurGameMaker

I have recently downloaded GameSalad and I need some questions answered.

Is it possible to make an actor move on its own accord? If so, how?

Can I make an invisible actor so that if I click an area it destroys a certain actor in that area? If so, how?

Can I make actors spawn randomly? If so, how?

Can I make an actor that acts as a barricade have health? If so, how?

I will have more after experimenting with the program.
Thanks in advance!

SlickZero

I would suggest you spend a couple of hours with these videos. They are extremely informative, and helpful, and will get you up and running with the GameSalad program. But to answer your questions…Yes you can.

http://www.youtube.com/user/GameSaladCookbook

AmateurGameMaker

Just the answer I wanted I'll look at them now.

old_kipper

Is it possible to make an actor move on its own accord? Yes

If so, how? change its speed in the actor attribute. This can be done in rules to give more complex movement control

Can I make an invisible actor so that if I click an area it destroys a certain actor in that area? yes

If so, how? change it's visibility in the actor attribute or destroy the actor with an actor behaviour

Can I make actors spawn randomly? If so, how? have a hidden actor or use other actors with a spawn behaviour to do the spawning and use random rules within the spawning actor.

Can I make an actor that acts as a barricade have health? If os, how? Put it's, and actors' collide behaviour in rules that are dependant on a counter.

Some others may post more information about actually doing these things but look in the wiki, search the forum and look at the cookbook videos. An hour or two of research will payback dividends in time waiting for replies to posts and banging your head against the monitor.

good luck

kipper

aaargh! again. this time mr. slick!

SlickZero

SlickZero

Oh!…And welcome to GameSalad, AGM!

AmateurGameMaker

Thanks! It seems that the Cook Book has not an answer to one of my problems, how to make an actor jump?

calvin9403

when mouse button is click(or something else) change volcity to ...

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SlickZero

Check out the platformer template in the creator when you open it up.

AmateurGameMaker

You seem to be always on xD

AmateurGameMaker

How would I make a character bounce backwards when touching another actor?

liamo

Put a collide rule in it and experiment with the restitution, 0 means that it doesn't bounce, 1 = will bounce up to the same height each time, 1.9 or less = bounces less each time, 1.1 or more = will bounce higher each time. also, if you want to have, for example, a trampoline, but don't want the player actor bouncing all the time, make the trampoline's restitution a value (1, 1.9 or less, etc...), uncheck movable and make the player's restitution 0.

Hope this Helps

Liamo

AmateurGameMaker

I'll try that Now the biggest question of all, how to make the game scroll along the screen? I have made my camera view follow my actor, but I cant go out of the normal screen size.