when collides w/ actor type x, destroy this actor...

toastytee

Please help! Its a very simple rule but its not working for me! I have a button for a bomb which clears the screen of all enemies. When the player presses the bomb button it spawns an invisible rectangle the size of the screen. I created a rule in the enemy actors that says " when actor overlaps/collides with actor type "bomb explosion", destroy this actor. So, when I drag and drop the enemy onto the scene, it works perfectly, the enemies are destroyed when the bomb button is pressed! BUT, normally the enemies are spawned by another actor, an "enemy spawner", and for those actors the bomb does not work! It simply wont destroy them! Is this a bug, or am I missing something?

Clouds

" I created a rule in the enemy actors that says " when actor overlaps/collides with actor type "bomb explosion", destroy this actor. So, when I drag and drop the enemy onto the scene, it works perfectly, the enemies are destroyed when the bomb button is pressed . . . . "

Are these enemies (with the working rule) instances or are they copies of the prototype ?

MotherHoose

is this a scrollingPlatform? is the camera moving right or up ?

is the bombExplosion relative to actor or scene?

in designPhase … don't have the bombExplosion invisible … change its alpha to 0.5 … so you can see where it is when it is spawned

@};- MH

toastytee

"Are these enemies (with the working rule) instances or are they copies of the prototype ?"
the short answer is I don't know. Im not sure what the difference is. When the player touches the enemy spawner it spawns sometimes 2 or 3 of the same actor on the screen and then the spawner is destroyed.

jonmulcahy

I would do it differently

Create an attribute called clearBombs or something

Have a rule on the button that says when touch is. Pressed change attribute to true and have a timer tht says after .5 seconds change attribute false


Then on your bombs, have a rule that says

When clearBombs is true
Destroy actor.

toastytee

Thanks for the suggestion! I just got done testing that out and yes it seems to work but theres still a big problem.. I don't want the bomb to kill all the enemies in the room, just the ones on the screen. Any ideas?