is it possible to change an actor's tag in game?

pinata14

ive tried using the {change attribute} [self.tags] to [New Tag(same as the tag name)] but then other actors dont collide with it when they are set to {collide with actor with tag}[New Tag] any idea how to make this work?

pinata14

hmm thanks @tshirtbooth. Gamesalad is so limiting when it comes to identifying different actors (specifically instances) hope we get those tables soon! it wont fix everything but it will help i hope

scitunes

Here's a trick that works for some instance identification issues (not all but some)

create game.ActorCount (integer)
create self.MyID (integer) in the actor that you need to keep track

in the prototype for the actor have these two behaviors right at the top of the actor's rules:

change attribute game.ActorCount to game.ActorCount + 1
change attribute self.MyID to game.ActorCount

This will give each instance in the scene a unique number. There are a bunch of ways to use this. You could move instances into a scene by a rule like this

if attribute game.ItsMyTurn = self.MyID
then move to ??? , ???

Then you could have a rule in a control actor that does this:
Timer every 5 seconds
change attribute game.ItsMyTurn to game.ItsMyTurn + 1

Just an example. I find my self using this all the time. Hope it helps!

pinata14

@scitunes unfortunately there is no efficient way to use this to have other actor's instances react with the different instance's attributes ie. position