every "x" time/score do something

paulofuertes

Hello guys,

I'm trying to do one of those endless games, pretty basic one to learn. How would you guys do this? because I know it would have to spawn random actors until the user dies, or until user reaches 'x' score, but im not sure how people do this.

Another question, is it possible to like:
"every time the score does +1000 score" (for ex., at 1000, 2000, 3000, etc)
"do something, like spawn actor, etc"
or would I have to program everytime i want the actor to spawn thing to happen(@1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000,....,20000)

thanks.

tatiang

See this thread: https://forums.gamesalad.com/discussion/15059/modulus-question.

paulofuertes

Thank you for that, one last thing;
is it possible to add the random(1,5) to the Timer block/behavior? (ex. Every [random(1,6)]... do smth

thanks again!

tatiang

Yes and no. If you do Timer every random(1,6), it will calculate the random number ONCE and then use that for the timer value (e.g. every 2 seconds). If you actually want something to happen at a random time between 1-6 seconds apart each time, you need to change an attribute to random(1,6) after a certain condition is true (e.g. after an actor is spawned) and put the attribute's name in the timer field.

I discuss a solution here: http://forums.gamesalad.com/discussion/48834/spawning-with-a-timer-problem.