Spawn Randomly
yoaprz
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Hi.
So I want to make a game where there is an element to spawn powerups. I am using the position of the player to spawn the different powerups, but I want it to spawn randomly, like you don't even know what is going to spawn next. How do I do it? I appreciate your help. 
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I can't remember if the spawn behaviour allows attributes yet and don't have GS on this machine. If it does, you only need the first half of this. If it doesn't a quick and dirty way of doing it would be the following.
Let's say you have 10 powerups.
Create a new attribute called random_powerup.
Then change the attribute to random(1,10)
Then use this attribute to spawn your powerups. Create a series of rules that say:
if random_powerup = 1, spawn powerup1
if random_powerup =2, spawn powerup2
etc
Is the attribute a game attribute, scene attribute, or actor attribute? Thanks
@yoaprz actor attribute
@Icebox Thanks a lot!
@imjustmike So if I want the chances to appear be different for each powerup, i just make more numbers for a certain powerup? Thanks.
That's an easy way of doing it, yeah. If you want powerup1 to be twice as common as powerup2 you could have a rule that says
if random_powerup = 1 or 2, spawn powerup1
if random_powerup =3, spawn powerup2