create you actor 'spawn point' and create the actor you want to spawn (character).
on 'spawn point' add a timer that
every: random(3,7) seconds
spawn actor: character
Obviously you can change 3 and 7 to suit you.
This will spawn and actor 'character' randomly every 3 to 7 seconds at spawn point. I'm not too sure how random it is thought because I often see patterns.
Have an integer game attribute set to 0. Call it random (or anything you like!)
Create another actor and make it invisible (set its alpha to 0).
In this "clear" actor add a timer and set it to every 5 seconds (or how often you want a random actor to spawn) change attribute game.random to random(1,5). This is assuming you have 5 different characters to spawn. If you want it to randomly choose between 7, make that random(1,7).
Now inside this same actor, create 7 rules: if game.random = 1, spawn character 1
if game.random = 2, spawn character 2
...and so on...
You can specify the position for each actor to spawn when you use the spawn actor behavior. If you want this position to be the same at ALL times, just create 2 more game attributes called spawnX and spawnY, and set their values to the position you want to spawn at and in the spawn actor behavior set the x and y to game.spawnX and game.spawnY.
Just drag this actor onto the scene anywhere, and it wont show up because it is "invisible" but it will continue to update the timer.
This will randomly pick between the specified actors and spawn them at a predetermined locations.
dee99
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For the time maybe you can use the same concept for the spawntime by changing it randomly too.
on 'spawn point' add a timer that
every: random(3,7) seconds
spawn actor: character
Obviously you can change 3 and 7 to suit you.
This will spawn and actor 'character' randomly every 3 to 7 seconds at spawn point. I'm not too sure how random it is thought because I often see patterns.
Create another actor and make it invisible (set its alpha to 0).
In this "clear" actor add a timer and set it to every 5 seconds (or how often you want a random actor to spawn) change attribute game.random to random(1,5). This is assuming you have 5 different characters to spawn. If you want it to randomly choose between 7, make that random(1,7).
Now inside this same actor, create 7 rules:
if game.random = 1, spawn character 1
if game.random = 2, spawn character 2
...and so on...
You can specify the position for each actor to spawn when you use the spawn actor behavior. If you want this position to be the same at ALL times, just create 2 more game attributes called spawnX and spawnY, and set their values to the position you want to spawn at and in the spawn actor behavior set the x and y to game.spawnX and game.spawnY.
Just drag this actor onto the scene anywhere, and it wont show up because it is "invisible" but it will continue to update the timer.
This will randomly pick between the specified actors and spawn them at a predetermined locations.
Hope this helps!