Working out distance

chrisal

Hi,

I think my question can be answered in one word "no", but just incase I shall ask it!

Can gamesalad work out the distance between to actors???

Many thanks
chris

Eastbound

Yes it can, but at least one of the actors needs it's position constrained in global variables.

For instance, you could find the magnitude (distance) of self.position (x and y) and any object with global variables telling its position.

mrfunkleberry

use the magnitude(x, y) expression...

magnitude(actor1.X - actor2.x, actor1.y - actor2.y)

ooops. sorry i was beaten to it

chrisal

is there anything that gamesalad cannot do!!!

Is there any tutorials??? Might just try it for myself

cheers

Eastbound

Firemaplegames has made a magnitude demo. Just search for it in the templates.

quantumsheep

chrisal said:
is there anything that gamesalad cannot do!!!

Plenty. A simple pause is just one example

zombieninjas

I was just about to ask the same thing. I was trying to figure out how to delay an actor from spawning instances until the player is within a specified distance.

It looks like this will solve that... I'm glad that this community isn't full of wanna-be elitist programmers that scoff at anyone with a simple question, like some game engine communities...

*cough* Garage Games *cough*

Personal experience... I'm sure it's not that way for everyone.

quantumsheep

Empathy is a wonderful thing

chrisal

Think I am over my head a little but i am keeping going!!!!