Problem with Attribute Detection?
Hey guys,
So i'm having a really strange issue, and i can't seem to pin point it. First off, lets take a look at my test level:
So the point is to get these guys from the purple box at the top, to the purple box at the bottom. When you get 8 of them together at the bottom, they should all vanish. Note the counter on the left.
When 8 of them are placed on the bottom box, it changes an attribute which should cause the actors to be destroyed if they are overlapping that box... The counter then resets to 0 and you start all over again. There is an animation that goes off every time you hit an increment of 8 as well, so i know the math is working.
The issue is they are not all getting destroyed when they are supposed to:
When that counter reads "8", that box should be empty. The funny thing is sometimes it will destroy them all, but sometimes it misses some, and occasionally it will miss a lot...
Does anyone know what's going on?
Thanks!
So i'm having a really strange issue, and i can't seem to pin point it. First off, lets take a look at my test level:
So the point is to get these guys from the purple box at the top, to the purple box at the bottom. When you get 8 of them together at the bottom, they should all vanish. Note the counter on the left.
When 8 of them are placed on the bottom box, it changes an attribute which should cause the actors to be destroyed if they are overlapping that box... The counter then resets to 0 and you start all over again. There is an animation that goes off every time you hit an increment of 8 as well, so i know the math is working.
The issue is they are not all getting destroyed when they are supposed to:
When that counter reads "8", that box should be empty. The funny thing is sometimes it will destroy them all, but sometimes it misses some, and occasionally it will miss a lot...
Does anyone know what's going on?
Thanks!
Comments
Sometimes the guys don't read when they are dropped in the box, and i'll have to tap them again to make them register....
Sometimes they register and the counter goes up, but when they are shipped (i.e. actors in the box are supposed to be destroyed) they aren't destroyed, however, they will get destroyed later, when another set of 8 actors is supposed to get destroyed....
I made no sense : D
Make a boolean for each actor, A1Box, A2Box, etc:
In each actor, changing the boolean accordingly, of course, put
When actor overlaps or collides with actor of type Box
Change attribute A1Box to true
Change Attribute Counter to Counter +1
When A1Box is true
And
When counter = 8
Destroy behavior
The above would mean that the last actor in the box sets all of them to be destroyed; I think that's what you're after? Hope it helps, anyway.
Love your jolly graphics, by the way!
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Currently they are supposed to die when the counter reaches 8:
When the birds are released into the box, it gives you +1 to your score, which is "picount", and plus one to the counter which is "pipackage". Once it's in the box, i have a game attribute that is boolean, which is "piboxed" that gets turned on.
when the birds are in the box, and pibox is true, and the counter = 8, they are destroyed...
Although, now i'm thinking a i did it a little backwards.
If the birds are in the box, the pibox should only be true when the counter hits 8. If pibox is then true while overlapping with the bottom box, then they actor should get destroyed.
I think that might work.... i will see! Any other suggestions are also welcomed.