Hi!
I'm attempting to make a platformer. My first level is divided into multiple parts. When the player sprite goes to either edge of the screen, the ground sprite changes to indicate the next part of the level.


I am currently trying to implement enemies into my game, and I'm having a hard time figuring out how to get them to work. How could I code them that so they appear only when the ground's costume is set to one that I want them to appear in? How would I program their movement? (I have a lot of different ideas for enemies, so generic code rather than exact numbers is fine movement-wise)

If you need to have multiple enemies that function the same, I'd suggest using clones. Make the code in the beginning to create the clones, and then use a local variable named “clone_id” that's set to a different value each time the clone is created.

(clone_id) // make sure this is a local variable, set to "this sprite only"

Making them only show when the ground's costume is set to a certain one:

when I start as a clone
forever
if <(clone_id) = [1]> then
if <([costume # v] of [Sprite1 v]) = []> then // makes it show only when sprite1 is a specific costume
show
else
hide
end
end
if <(clone_id) = [2]> then
...
end
...

Having the enemy move from side-to-side is a pretty common, generic motion, so that's what I'll demonstrate.

Create more local variables to specify the range, starting direction, and speed of the enemies.

(range)
(direction :: variables)
(speed)

// all of these are local variables

Now using if statements and the clone_id variable, make it initially set the range, direction, and speed variables to different amounts, depending on its clone_id.

when I start as a clone
if <(clone_id) = [1]> then
set [ v] to []
end
if <(clone_id) = [2]> then
...
end
forever
...

Then program in the code for the enemies to change their x positions by the speed times the direction, and then when it's x position is greater than its original x plus the range variable, reverse its direction.

I'm sorry if this is hard to understand, I'm not that good at explaining things

-ShadowOfTheFuture- wrote:

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Thank you for answering about the movement, though I don't think clones would be particularly helpful in this situation as I only need one of a particular enemy to appear per section. Do you know how would I code the enemies so that they only appear when the ground's costume is set to a certain number?

For that part use

if <([costume number v] of [ground sprite v]) = [#]> then 
show
and move/ do stuff here or put movement elsewhere
else
hide
end

You'll want a forever or something similar around that too so it's always on. You may want the movement in a separate script so you aren't stuck in an unending or time consuming loop when you switch ground costumes.

If there's only one per backdrop you don't need the extra complication of clones, just have a script (and costume if necessary) for each different behaviour. If the backdrops appear in a known order you can then have a control script for the sprite which detects when the backdrop changes.

eg

broadcast [level1 v]  
wait until <>  // whatever indicates next level
stop [other scripts in sprite v]  // to stop level1 receiver
broadcast [level2 v]  
wait until <>  // whatever indicates next level
stop [other scripts in sprite v]  // to stop level2 receiver

and so on.

Uniquename1 wrote:

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Thank you!!! I had no idea that a sprite could sense another like that… This in combination with lists makes things very simple. Thank you very much.

yeet

gamestopstudios wrote:

yeet

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what does the … block mean

cd321 wrote:

what does the … block mean

It's just a placeholder, kind of like saying “et cetera”, or “and the rest”.

Also, please post your own topic next time.

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