Random using

jehd1914

how do you use the term random in spawning?

VoidedSky

----Rule; when touch is pressed: change attribute self.random_Number to random(1,5)

----Rule; when self.random_Number = 1
------Spawn actor XXX

----Rule; when self.random_Number = 2
------Spawn actor XXY

----Rule; when self.random_Number = 3
------Spawn actor XYY

----Rule; when self.random_Number = 4
------Spawn actor YYY

----Rule; when self.random_Number = 5
------Spawn actor XYX

Hope this helps!!
~CTM

jehd1914

what attribute is it?

Weswog

Integer Attribute

Cheers, Weswog

VoidedSky

Weswog said:
Integer Attribute

Cheers, Weswog

Thanks for picking up my slack weswog;-)

jehd1914

So what should the attributes be?

firemaplegames

@jehd1914: To make CowTechMan's code work, you will need to create an integer attribute called 'random_Number' in the Actor.

If you are unsure about creating Attributes and Rules, you should spend some time reading all the articles in the support section up above.

http://gamesalad.com/wiki/

That will give you a more solid footing and help you get up to speed using GameSalad.

jehd1914

Thanks! Also, I'm sorry to ask so many questions, but what should the position be for the actors to spawn at the top so they are not visible at first, and come down?

gyroscope

Hi jehd1914, if you want your spawned actor to be out of screen when its spawned, you need to make sure that its y position is more than the depth of your window. So presuming you're window size is portrait, 320 x 480, then x can be something like 100, and y, something like 520. Hope that helps.

:-)