If actor "x" is destroyed then actor "y" is destroyed as well

lowski

How do I do this?

Step by step please, I am a noob

butterbean

There are probably many ways to do this, but one could be:

Create a global game attribute: Call it ActorXDestroyed, set by default to false

Within Actor X, Create a Rule that states when the actor is destroyed:

ie: Rule: When actor overlaps with enemy:

Change attribute ActorXDestroyed to true

Timer: After 0.1 seconds: Destroy this actor

Then in Actor Y Create a rule that says:

When game.ActorXDestroyed is true:

Destroy this actor

Hope this helps!

gyroscope

Also make sure that your "destroy" Rule isn't in the Prototype, only in the Instance ( the one on screen)!

:-)

firemaplegames

@gyroscope: make sure NO code is in any the instances!!! Make sure ALL code is only in the Prototypes when you are starting out...

gyroscope

OK, thanks firemaplegames. I was thinking that if actor "x" and actor "y" were Instances of the same Prototype, then asking the Prototype to destroy itself would destroy both Instances?

firemaplegames

Once you drag an instance of the prototype out into the Scene, it becomes it's own entity. One instance does not affect another.

The Rules and behaviors of an instance only apply to that instance.

gyroscope

Sure thing, thanks; that's why I suggested to make sure the destroy "me" in the Rules of actor "x" was in its Instance, if actor "y" was another instance of the same Prototype. But that last bit I didn't mention, in my post to lowski...so sorry to have mislead you as to what I meant!

:-)

lowski

butterbean said:
There are probably many ways to do this, but one could be:

Create a global game attribute: Call it ActorXDestroyed, set by default to false

Within Actor X, Create a Rule that states when the actor is destroyed:

ie: Rule: When actor overlaps with enemy:

Change attribute ActorXDestroyed to true

Timer: After 0.1 seconds: Destroy this actor

Then in Actor Y Create a rule that says:

When game.ActorXDestroyed is true:

Destroy this actor

Hope this helps!

Worked wonderfully. Thanks a bunch!

Thanks for the other clarifications as well

Nawee

Sorry, I needed the same help however I don't understand how to create a Global Game Attribute. Please help, thanks!

gyroscope

Hi Nawee, very straightforward. Go to the Scene Editor (any scene); there's the Inspector on the left hand side; Two buttons, Game and Scene, make sure it's in Game; 3 buttons underneath, 2nd button is Attributes; just click the + like you do adding to Scene or Actor attributes.

:-)

Nawee

Thanks, Great help!

Nawee

Sorry to bother you, one more question, what attribute type do I pick?
Thanks, Nawee

Nawee

Never Mind!