Random Spawn Safe Distance from Player?

billybarrington

Hello,

I have enemies spawning randomly within the scene, occasionally the enemies spawn on or unavoidably close to the player, instant death! I don't think I can randomly spawn the enemies relative to the player as the player can move around most of the scene, thus sometimes enemies would spawn offscreen, which I can't have happen.

So, how can one randomly spawn enemies in the scene a safe distance from the player?

InLikeFlynn

You'll want to make your player broadcast it's position by constraining player.position.x and player.position.y to attributes that can be accessed by any other actor.

If you want them a safe distance from your player, you might want to divide your screen into quadrants or halves, then spawn in the area your player is not in. Eg:
Rule: if playerPositionX >240
spawn the enemy at x = Random (0, 200)
otherwise
spawn the enemy at x = Random (280, 480)