multiple clones are created from 1 clone block

flamesscratch

the title says it all. so i am making a cuphead clone game, and i uses a different sprites for the boss (who cloned the bullets) and the bullet (the one that is
cloned)

anyone have any idea of how to fix this?

here is the full project https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/882072649/

mmhmBeans

I couldn't figure out the issue, but clones are actually being created with the normal rate. It seems like they are moving after touching the edge instead of being deleted.

flamesscratch

do that actually means i cant fix it

oh well

Last edited by flamesscratch (Aug. 19, 2023 11:41:22)

StampDanFan

My guess is that the “create clone block” is being run multiple times: once by the main sprite, and once by the clones.
If you are creating clones from a broadcast event / when gf clicked event, both the main sprite and all clones will create a clone, leading to multiple of them.

flamesscratch wrote:
here is the full project https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/882072649/

If you don't mind, could you reshare the project? I might be able to take a closer look.

One way you could avoid this is by:
creating a variable “for this sprite only”,
setting it to 1 before creating a clone and setting it to 0 after creating a clone.

Since “for this sprite only” local variables can be different between the main sprite and clones, you can wrap the clone creation script in an if block, and only let the main sprite create a clone.
For more info, I created a Cloning Tutorial on Scratch

ledude12

I had to overcome this problem you have to make two variables one thats for all sprites and one thats for this sprite only. you need to change both of the variables every time you make a new clone.

Last edited by ledude12 (Aug. 19, 2023 18:14:12)

flamesscratch

StampDanFan wrote:
My guess is that the “create clone block” is being run multiple times: once by the main sprite, and once by the clones.
If you are creating clones from a broadcast event / when gf clicked event, both the main sprite and all clones will create a clone, leading to multiple of them.

flamesscratch wrote:
here is the full project https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/882072649/
If you don't mind, could you reshare the project? I might be able to take a closer look.

One way you could avoid this is by:
creating a variable “for this sprite only”,
setting it to 1 before creating a clone and setting it to 0 after creating a clone.

Since “for this sprite only” local variables can be different between the main sprite and clones, you can wrap the clone creation script in an if block, and only let the main sprite create a clone.
For more info, I created a Cloning Tutorial on Scratch

YOOOO THIS WORKS THANK YOU SO MUCH

StampDanFan

Cool, glad I could help!

FabeBread7

StampDanFan wrote:
My guess is that the “create clone block” is being run multiple times: once by the main sprite, and once by the clones.
If you are creating clones from a broadcast event / when gf clicked event, both the main sprite and all clones will create a clone, leading to multiple of them.

an easy fix is to put the broadcast script into an if block and create a variable called “id” and at the start set it to clone and after set it back to “main sprite”. Don't forget to put a when flag clicked and then set “id” to main sprite

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