Actors stop spawning

Bolt2

Greetings Gamesalad!

I am new to the forums and the application, so I ask that you bare with me. So I've looked at multiple tutorials and I've replicated many however the one I am struggling with at the moment is the 'Spawning Random Actors in Random Locations..."

I have several blocks falling from the top of the iPhone and they spawn at regular time intervals. However, after about 3 seconds or so, they stop spawning.

What is the cause of this?

Thanks,

Blackmill

Jrnhubbard

Hi Blackmill,

Im having the same issue, i've been following a video; as a tutorial, its really helpful, but I've come up with the same issue. After about 3 seconds the spawning of the blocks stops.

In the video he also forgets to mention that you have to turn gravity up to make them fall (500 is normally a good number to plug in)

I hope someone can help us with this issue.

Ilford

jonmulcahy

I'm guessing your spawner was falling with gravity and getting destroyed after 3 seconds. Your fix will work, but you could have also unchecked moveable.

jonmulcahy

You'll have to share your code for us to help. It's impossibl to tell what your doing.

Bolt2

You'll have to share your code for us to help. It's impossible to tell what your doing.

Do you wish for me to describe what I've done or is there a physical way of copying my code?

tatiang

Do you wish for me to describe what I've done or is there a physical way of copying my code?

You can post a screenshot by hosting the screenshot file (e.g. dropbox, imageshack, etc.) and then using the following tag:

Bolt2

http://imageshack.us/f/26/screenshot20120329at181.png/

That's the attributes given to my 'Spawner' actor. All the rules are the same (bar the fact when it's a different number, a different coloured block is produced).

Gravity is set to 250 (On the scene) and I've yet to destroy the blocks if they reach the bottom of the screen.

Bolt2

Thanks all for your suggestions - I've fixed the issue myself.

Note: Randomly falling blocks wouldn't spawn after 3 seconds.

Solution: Turn off gravity on Scene. Add 'Accelerate' as a rule to each individual actor.

Thanks again forum

-Blackmill

Jrnhubbard

Thats really helpful, well thought out. My gravity was obviously the issue as well then.

Ilford