I am making a shooter game where you have to shoot the enemy ships, and I need to make the enemy ships shoot lazers and the best thing i could think of was a clone block. so I added the ‘create clone of’ block but it wont shoot from the cloned spaceships (the spaceships are clones of a hidden spaceship on the screen) even though I am using the ‘When I start as a clone’ block to start the script! Can someone help please?

One option is to use a list to make the bullet clones. Implementing it would go something like this:
replace the “create clone of” block with this:

//the list "laserSpawn" must be for all sprites
add [someLaserType] to [laserSpawn v] //your laser type would be used to create different kinds of lasers
add (x position) to [laserSpawn v]
add (y position) to [laserSpawn v]
add (direction) to [laserSpawn v]

Then in the laser sprite add this:

forever
create lasers
end
define create lasers
//Make sure you check the "run without screen refresh"
if <(length of [laserSpawn v]) > (0)> then
repeat until <(length of [laserSpawn v]) < (4)>
set [laserType v] to (item (1) of [laserSpawn v]) //the variable "laserType" should be for this sprite only so that each clone can have it as different values
set x to (item (2) of [laserSpawn v])
set y to (item (3) of [laserSpawn v])
point in direction (item (4) of [laserSpawn v])
create clone of [myself v]
repeat (4)
delete (1) of [laserSpawn v]
end
end
end

hopefully this helps

that did not work

Ranger_07 wrote:

One option is to use a list to make the bullet clones. Implementing it would go something like this:
replace the “create clone of” block with this:

//the list "laserSpawn" must be for all sprites
add [someLaserType] to [laserSpawn v] //your laser type would be used to create different kinds of lasers
add (x position) to [laserSpawn v]
add (y position) to [laserSpawn v]
add (direction) to [laserSpawn v]

Then in the laser sprite add this:

forever
create lasers
end
define create lasers
//Make sure you check the "run without screen refresh"
if <(length of [laserSpawn v]) > (0)> then
repeat until <(length of [laserSpawn v]) < (4)>
set [laserType v] to (item (1) of [laserSpawn v]) //the variable "laserType" should be for this sprite only so that each clone can have it as different values
set x to (item (2) of [laserSpawn v])
set y to (item (3) of [laserSpawn v])
point in direction (item (4) of [laserSpawn v])
create clone of [myself v]
repeat (4)
delete (1) of [laserSpawn v]
end
end
end

hopefully this helps

You can put the delete thing on the clone instead without the repeat, unless you make a block and do no screen refresh.

ADAMTHEGREAT2013 wrote:

that did not work

If you share the project I could have a look and see if I can get it to work?

I know for the shooting mechanic!

when green flag clicked

forever
change [cooldown v] by (1)
if <(cooldown) < [6]> then
create clone of [bullet v]
end
end

Bullet:

when green flag clicked

hide

when I start as a clone

repeat until <<touching [enemy v] ?> or <touching [edge v] ?>>
move (7) steps
end

delete this clone

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