Random number help please urgent

FirstDan

Hi all

i have an actor that spawns a actor self.pos.x to random(30,290) which works fine
but i want to do the following but don't how to do it in GS:

Variable called game.randomPosX = random(30,290)

first instance: actor gets spawned at 280, 270, 275 etc,
what i want is that

if the the actor was spawned at 280, then the next instance i want it to spawn on the left hand side of the screen.

example

if randomposx >=0 and <=160 the actor has spawned on the left hand side
if randomposx >=160 and <= 320 the actor has spawned on the right side

thanks

gyroscope

Hi @FirstDan

By the sound of it you'll need to split it up into two spawning actions, right, then left, then right, etc; - if I've understood you correctly.

So something like: Make a boolean attribute called Switch

When Switch is false
Change attribute game.randomPosX to random(161, 319)

-- then spawn your actor with it's x pos. as randomPosX
change attribute Switch to true

When Switch is True
Change attribute game.randomPosX to random(1, 159)

-- then spawn your actor with it's x pos. as randomPosX
change attribute Switch to false

hope that's what you're after and it helps out...


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FirstDan

@gyroscope - thank you so much for your help, it works, however my actors get spawned together, i would like u position to have a distance between the
first and second spawn..:)

gyroscope

That's no prob; put in Timer behaviours, set to After how many seconds you want, one just after "When Switch is false" and the other just after "When switch is true"

If you want the first spawn straight away, put this first:

Change attribute game.randomPosX to random(161, 319)
-- then spawn your actor with it's x pos. as randomPosX
change attribute Switch to true

---then...

Rule
When Switch is true
Timer After 5 seconds
Change attribute game.randomPosX to random(1, 159)
-- then spawn your actor with it's x pos. as randomPosX
change attribute Switch to false

Rule
When Switch is false
Timer After 5 seconds
Change attribute game.randomPosX to random(161, 319)
-- then spawn your actor with it's x pos. as randomPosX
change attribute Switch to true

:-)