multiple actions for one actor in sequence

danshaw

hey gang....
how would i differentiate between the 1st, second, third etc click on a actor? for example i have a "sword" actor that is in the scene...the first time i click on it, it goes into my inventory area. the second time i click on it, it becomes active. then if i click on something else it de activates...the problem i have is each time i click on it, all the rules for each action are activated....

is it just a matter of setting up a bunch of game attributes that register what "stage" the sword is in and using those to control the rule logic?

thanks
Dan

tatiang

You could use position if you like, but I'd stick to a simple counter, self.status (integer) and just change it from 0 to 1 to 2.

tatiang

Yes.

ingenious.applications

tatiang may know much better than myself, but I would guess that another work-around could be that you could create two different rules within the actor. Each rule's conditions will include the actor's current position (and "if pressed..."), so as to determine what actions you would like to have happen (assuming the inventory location is different than the other location it would appear in.