when I start as a clone
if <(clone id) = [selected id goes here]> then
add [] to [X v]//For all sprites.
add [] to [Y v]//For all sprites
forever
replace item (1) of [X v] with (x position)
replace item (1) of [Y v] with (y position)
end
end

cIoudyness wrote:

you already have an id system. absolutely brilliant.

to get the coordinates of a clone, you need the clone to report its coordinates. no other way to get them.
so we can just tell the clone to, forever, pass its x and y position into lists with item (id). basically a clone with id of 1 constantly replaces item 1 of the x list with its x position and item 1 of the y list with its y position. and so on. then you can reference those when you need

cIoudyness wrote:

im an idiot nevermind
carry on

abcde1234qwe wrote:

when I start as a clone
if <(clone id) = [selected id goes here]> then
add [] to [X v]//For all sprites.
add [] to [Y v]//For all sprites
forever
replace item (1) of [X v] with (x position)
replace item (1) of [Y v] with (y position)
end
end

(technically @cloudyness's idea)

when I start as a clone
set [ cloneX] to (x position)
set [ cloneY] to (y position)