Creating a safe place on a play area

Zombiebrains

Hi guys

I have created a minefield area which is 320 x 450.

I have a character that walks on screen after a series of mines are placed on the screen.

My question is...how can I tell the random mine generator to not place a mine in a certain area on the screen. The safe area is 100 x 64.

Thank you all in advance

ozboybrian

Invisible actors that consist of a boolean that would conflict with your mind placement rule might do the trick.

Zombiebrains

That could work. It how do I add this to the random function?

I have it so GS places a mine in the area and then -1 off a mine tally attribute. I have it set at 10 mines on the screen.

How can I tell the random instruction to not place a mine if it hits the invisible actor?

Clouds

"I have created a minefield area which is 0 x 450."

Are you sure ?

Zombiebrains

Sorry that should be 320 x 450 lol

MotherHoose

@Tynan … )

let Spawner just spawn at random

on Mine:
Rule: when
Event: overlaps or collides with safeArea
--destroy
Otherwise:
changeAttribute: game.mineTally To: game.mineTally-1

(of course … you probably need a rule for colliding on spawn with another mine … destroy … but you don't need the tally reference)

@Ozyboybrian … please post the: mind placement rule

@};- MH

Clouds

There is an easy way of doing ths, no attributes, no collide rules . . . . let me just get to my computer to show you (in bed with bad cold and iPad!).

Zombiebrains

Thanks MH, that's great!
I'll look at implementing that...:)

Maybe something like - if mine collide with mine, Destroy mine, leave mine talley = mine tally +1 so it performs another random drop.

Zombiebrains

Thanks Tynan!

Hope you feel better soon man. Thanks in advance

Clouds

Here's how I would do it . . . simply divide the non-safe area up into rectangular sections . . . . I've just tapped in some arbitrary co-ordinates for the three rectangles I used, but if you were really clever you could extract the X and Y position of a safe area actor (and you already know the size) . . so could dynamically produce the co-ordinates for the random spawning . . . . so in effect you could simply place the safe area where you want it and the spawning would always happen outside of it.

http://www.mediafire.com/?q9346hpgr64h3jy

Clouds

"Hope you feel better soon man"