how do i send a actor to a specific random position?

guilleface

i know how to use random(x,y) but it sends my actor to areas i don't want,
i want to send it between this points. to random when actor is offscreen or destroyed
x=25,y=480
x=50,y=480
x=75,y=480
x=100,y=480
to cover all the way to 280 width, pretty much 8 points. any help will be great

guilleface

i try that but it can go to x= 26,27,28 etc, i don't need those x position , only to 25,50,75 ,,,,

LiquidGameworks

Create a probability attribute (integer). Have it change rand(0,100) every .3 secs (or whatever you need).

Then on your moving actor, say "if game.att.prob < 25, go to x=25". If "25<game.att.prob<50, go to x=50", and so forth. This creates probability distributions that allow you to specify a very specific percent chance that an event happens. You'll have to play with the % to make sure there is even probability (for 8 points probably moving by 12ish).

Hope that helps.

I'm too slow!

guilleface

thanks a lot this sound perfect i will try this right now, thank you

guilleface

ok so i ran into troubles, first i make sure i set the rules right but for some reason sometimes my actor just don't comeback to those position, for example i set when self position y is less than or equal 28 change attribute random position to random(1,5) so it does go to those position but sometimes when is moving down and reach again the y 28 position nothing happen, and also so i drag another actor on the screen but when one actor ready 28 the other actor also disappear, i try to create a self position but can't manage to work

guilleface

thats the one i am using,
when radomposition=1
to to x=14,y=480
when radomposition=2
go to x=42, y=480
when radomposition=3
go to x-70,y=480
when randomposition=4
go to x=98,y=480
when randomposition=5
go to x=126, y=480

and to trigger this i changed to , when actor collides with wall change "randomposition" to random1,5)
so when i click play it can do this like 8 times and when actor is again coming down and hits the wall it just stay there. why is not again going back to one of those position? so i click rester and this time it only works like 3 times and gets stuck

guilleface

i also add a second rule, when actor motion velocity y is =0 to change randompositio to random(1,5) so in the actor i have to display motion velocity y, so when the actor stop i can see the 0 but i just won't go back and also when actor when collide with my main actor i have to change position too, most of the time it does go back but sometimes the actor don't detect the overlapping and it just pass through which looks ugly

guilleface

thanks i still have problems but i should be able to do it with that file, just one think , on the file how is the thing moving, like where is the rule that sets the velocity, i looked everywhere and i can't figure out how tshirtboot set that rule, is driving crazy now to know that lol,

guilleface

lol ok go it, just one thing men , i create a new project from 0 no rules nothing , but this is on portrait, so i set each rule exactly like yours, but when still sometimes , well a lot of times my actor1 won't overlap with actor2 so it just pass throughout, i have no idea what aim doing wrong.

guilleface

ok so i made a video since this you project keeps working fine lol

gmedina.172

Hey I have a problem trying to spawn specific random actors like making a group of actors and spawn them randomly, The thing is that i tried an attribute and I didnt know how it worked, also I want to spawn this group of actors randomly at a random time, but another problem is that when i put a random time using a timer with "every" it justs randomly choose a number and stick to it, and what I want is from that range choose a random time every time it spawns can you help me out??