how to spawn an actor in the same position every scene

AEPstudios

i want an actor spawned in the same position in every scene, i want to give it a direct position for 100% accuracy,
please help thanks

ericzingeler

Create a Position X real game attribute and a Position Y real game attribute. Set those Position X and Y attributes to the coordinates of your choice.

Now in the spawn actor behavior, set Position X to game attribute Position X and Position Y to game attribute Position Y. Set the bottom "Relative to:" drop down to the scene option.

done.

AEPstudios

but what actor do i set the spawn actor behaviour in ?

kobayaashi

I tend to put my spawn actor instructions in the background actor, unless the spawning is the result of actor interaction (such as spawning following an attack, destruction, or attribute change in another actor)...

There may be a better way for your needs, but it works fine for me...

MotherHoose

@AEPstudios … for your scenario of spawn in same position in every scene

on the actor being spawned:
1st behaviors …
-changeAttribute: self.Position.X To: the correctX
-changeAttribute: self.Position.Y To: the correctY

no gameAttributes needed (conserve resources)
and you can leave the Positions for the spawn at 0

… spawnBehavior can be on any actor in the layer where that spawnedActor is active

often best to have an actor control its own behavior … such as position

MH