2 Actors spawning simultaneously

ADSentertainment

I've been trying to get a spaceship in a shoot 'em up to shoot 2 projectiles at the same time, but instead, I get one projectile SLIGHTLY ahead of the other, but enough to be noticeable by someone.

This is what I want:


This is what I get:


Could there possibly be something in the order of what I did that could've caused this?

Socks

Could there possibly be something in the order of what I did that could've caused this?

Almost certainly.

ADSentertainment

Is there any way to make it so the 2 spawn attribute actions are executed at the same time? I tried putting them in a group, but that didn't really work

Socks

Is there any way to make it so the 2 spawn attribute actions are executed at the same time?

Just spawn the two projectiles at the same time and they should be in sync.

ADSentertainment

Is there any way to make it so the 2 spawn attribute actions are executed at the same time?

Just spawn the two projectiles at the same time and they should be in sync.

This is what I did:



If game.Firing was true, then they should both spawn at the same time, shouldn't they?

tatiang

Behaviors fire in order, one after another. So technically, they should be split seconds apart. I don't know the actual timing (e.g. 0.0001), but it's not parallel. In a similar game I made, I did exactly what you did and didn't notice any issues. If you're having problems with double shots, you might set up two rules with the same condition and have a spawn behavior in each rule. That should ensure parallel firing of the behaviors.

Socks

This is what I did:

It's not clear why you have the audio and the spawn behaviours in a timer . . . but I'd start by getting rid of unnecessary code / complexity.

(if there is a good reason for the timer then ignore me).

Chakku

@ADSentertaintment

Yep, do a timer that says "After 0.25 seconds fire projectile 1" "After 0.25000000000000001 seconds, fire projectile 2"

Hope this helps
Chakku

tatiang

@Chakku, I think @Socks' point is that the timer is probably not necessary. If you're spawning an actor, you don't need a "for" timer at all. Same with the audio, most likely.

Chakku

@tatiang

Yep, I see what you mean. I also know that GS loads the stuff at the top first, but if that was not working properly for him, then I suggested that he do a timer where the behaviors are separated by 0.00000001 seconds.

Hope that makes sense
Chakku

@ADSentertaintment

Did it work?