spawn an actor

integr96

How do I get an actor to spawn from my character selection screen to the first level?

UtopianGames

If you mean how do i select a character and have that character appear on the level you could have say 3 actors with heroes 1, 2 and 3 then simply have a game.integer and if they select hero 1 change the integer to 1 and so on then on your level scene you can delete the unused heroes by checking what number the integer is set to.

Darren.

integr96

So if I have character "A" and "B" to choose from on my character selection scene, I choose character "A". I go to level scene 1, which rule would I use so the correct character spawns?

UtopianGames

Made a quick demo for you.

Darren.

integr96

darren ... i am a newbie with this. is there any way you could do a detailed step by step of what to do with just 2 characters. i can provide my email address if that would make it easier.

UtopianGames

Simply delete the actors you don't want in the scenes.

It was a quick demo so I reused one actor (which is good practise tbh), see the rules by double clicking the actors in the scene.

Darren.

integr96

i tried opening the .gsproj file you sent and there was no project in it. all i could see were the screenshots in the zip file.

tatiang

@integr96 If you're working in Windows Creator, you won't be able to open the file (unless you use this method: http://gshelper.com/?p=1655). But it's a very simple set up. On each hero actor on the selection screen, have the rule:

When Touch is Pressed --> Change Attribute game.hero to 1 [or 2, or 3, or self.myNumber if you want to use an attribute].

On the first level (or any level), in the hero actor, have the behavior (no rule) listed at the top of the rules area:

When [attribute] game.hero=1 --> Change Image [and whatever other rules you want]
When [attribute] game.hero=2 --> Change Image [and whatever other rules you want]
When [attribute] game.hero=3 --> Change Image [and whatever other rules you want]