Spawning any of my 7 jewels at random

Nocturne31

Hi

I'm relatively new to GS and am still learning...

I have 7 different characters (jewels) and would like to spawn any one of these
jewels at random to fall from the top of the screen... I have learnt how to spawn a
specific actor in random locations, but this is not what I want. I want any one of
my 7 jewels to appear at random so that there isn't an apparent sequence
(It's obviosuly a columns/Tetris style game

Hope I'm making sense

Thanks in advance!

matarua

Hey there, on each row, to do this simply...

You need to have have a loop that produces a number between 1 to 7.

To prototype it use a timer that says every X seconds change attribute row1 to random(1,7)

Use this number to control rules which spawn certain gems.

Rule says in the actor, if row1 = 1 then spawn Green Gem, next rule if row1 = 2 then spawn Red Gem.

That's the simple solution.

Repeat for each row ~ row2 row3 etc.

You will need integer attributes for each row you want to make different.

I built a gem engine that even has rarity in it which is more complex using tables and mod loops but that's more advanced.

Hope that helps

Nocturne31

@matarua said:
Hey there, on each row, to do this simply...

You need to have have a loop that produces a number between 1 to 7.

To prototype it use a timer that says every X seconds change attribute row1 to random(1,7)

Use this number to control rules which spawn certain gems.

Rule says in the actor, if row1 = 1 then spawn Green Gem, next rule if row1 = 2 then spawn Red Gem.

That's the simple solution.

Repeat for each row ~ row2 row3 etc.

You will need integer attributes for each row you want to make different.

I built a gem engine that even has rarity in it which is more complex using tables and mod loops but that's more advanced.

Hope that helps

Thank you! I'm sure that's how you do it, now all I have to do is learn about tables can you note for me step by step how to do this using a table? Thank you and sorry for the inconvenience

matarua

Sorry not got much time to do a complete run down or demo at the moment.

But, the only reason I used tables was to get combos going with specific locations or patterns.

You can get your prototype working, then come back and I can show you how to extract your data from tables if you like

Nocturne31

Sure dude! Thanks a lot for your time I'll be back...