question-Trying to use one button to destroy and spawn a different actor each time it is pressed

WhiteLightningWhiteLightning Member, BASIC Posts: 8
edited May 2015 in Working with GS (Mac)

Brand new to GameSalad, but I am trying to make it so that when the screen is touched actor 1 is destroyed and actor 2 is spawned in another position. Then when the screen is touched again actor 2 is destroyed and actor 3 is spawned in another different position. So far the actor are all being destroyed and spawned with one press of the screen. Thank you to anyone who can help me out.

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  • allc1865allc1865 Member, PRO Posts: 777

    Let me see if I can make a template.

  • WhiteLightningWhiteLightning Member, BASIC Posts: 8

    thank you

  • allc1865allc1865 Member, PRO Posts: 777

    I know after the first item was destroyed, you wanted another object to destroy, but um..I simply don't know how to do it.
    But maybe @tatiang can help with this one; he's very brilliant.
    Hopefully this template will start you off into a wondrous adventure into GameSalad and you can learn from it.
    https://www.dropbox.com/s/slca6cujezfq7i1/Archive 3.zip?dl=0

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  • tatiangtatiang Member, Sous Chef, PRO, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 11,949

    @allc1865 Thanks for the compliment. :)

    Do the actors have be separate actors? If not, a simple way to accomplish this is to move the actor each time to a new position (change attribute self.Position.X to ____ and change attribute self.Position.Y to ____).

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  • WhiteLightningWhiteLightning Member, BASIC Posts: 8

    You were right, they do not need to be separate actors, and I can move them. But I am still confused how to make it per press. It is still going through all the actions with one press. @tatiang

  • WhiteLightningWhiteLightning Member, BASIC Posts: 8

    Never mind, I was wrong, I think they do need to be separate actors because each one has its own different animation when coming in contact with an enemy. Sorry for the confusion @tatiang

  • tatiangtatiang Member, Sous Chef, PRO, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 11,949

    Here's something to consider: have a game attribute (integer) called game.whichActor set to 1. When the actor is clicked (when Touch is Pressed), change its position and then change attribute game.whichActor to game.whichActor+1. Have rules for each possible value of game.whichActor that then determine the specific animation for that value.

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  • WhiteLightningWhiteLightning Member, BASIC Posts: 8

    I tried what you said, but I can only seem to get the first action to work. I press actor 1(which is the screen), actor 2 is destroyed and actor 3 appears in a new position which is perfect. But on the next press nothing is happening. I have game.whichActor attribute set to change to game.whichActor+1 when pressed, but when I make a new rule following the same guidelines but game.whichActor+2 it's not working. @tatiang

  • tatiangtatiang Member, Sous Chef, PRO, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 11,949

    Here's a demo that might clarify things...

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  • IceboxIcebox Member Posts: 1,485

    I suggest you see a video of Gamesalad Guru , about mod on youtube , it might help , it talks about how to trigger different actions with one button , im kinda new as well so I cant help much but I think the video tutorial might help you figure out the way to do it..

  • WhiteLightningWhiteLightning Member, BASIC Posts: 8

    Both of you were extremely helpful. I finally solved the first problem. Thanks for all the help, I'm sure ill be needing more soon. @tatiang @Icebox1910

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