Timer and Random problem

tufire

So i have this set up where

Timer every 2 seconds
Spawn a Blue Ball
Works fine

New Set up
Timer every 2 seconds
Ball Spawn Value = random(1 to 4)

Ball Spawn Value = 1
Spawn Blue ball

Ball Spawn Value = 2
Spawn Red Ball

Ball Spawn Value = 3
Spawn Green Ball

Ball Spawn Value = 4
Spawn Yellow Ball

Problem. Random balls are spawning but sometimes its not every 2 seconds. so i have like gaps in my ball drops
The balls are moving at the right speed.

tufire

https://www.dropbox.com/s/hvu64tv2z7dh1hv/mess up spawn.png
heres a screen shot. the balls are being drop from above. ball 1, 3 and 4 are at the right distance. but the ball 2 at the top is way off. the gap between ball 4 and ball 2 is not at the correct space

gyroscope

Hi @tufire

My guess is the gaps are when you get the same number more than once (a sort of a glitch then...) - so try this: add the following to make your attribute Ball Spawn Value zero after each round. This should fix it for you hopefully.

Timer every 2 seconds
Ball Spawn Value = random(1 to 4)

When Ball Spawn Value = 1
Change Attribute Ball Spawn Value to 0
Spawn Blue ball

When Ball Spawn Value = 2
Change Attribute Ball Spawn Value to 0
Spawn Red Ball

When Ball Spawn Value = 3
Change Attribute Ball Spawn Value to 0
Spawn Green Ball

When Ball Spawn Value = 4
Change Attribute Ball Spawn Value to 0
Spawn Yellow Ball

tufire

ill try that

tufire

whoo hoo. resetting the ball spawn to zero fix the job.

i thought it was something else since i change the random value to a bigger range. 1 to 100. 1 to 25 would be blue ball. that way i wouldnt get repeated number as much. but the gap still happen then.

gyroscope

I'm glad I could help then. :-)