Hi! So I'm making a Mega Turrican inspired game (Mega Turrican is a run and gun game) and, I'm having trouble with enemy clone health. I made a script witch was this:

when I start as a clone
forever
if <touching [ Shot Type] ?> then  
if <not <(Current Weapon) = [Flamethrower]>> then 
change [Health] by (([Shot Power] of [Shoot Type]) * (-1)) 
else
change [Health] by (([Shot Power] of [Shoot Type]) * (-1)) 
repeat (4)
change [Health] by (-1)
wait (1) secs
end
end
end
if <(Health) < [0]> then
delete this clone
end
end

I hope this script explained my problem well!

To have each sprite have its own health, the variable has to be for that sprite only. If it is a variable for all sprites, each clone won't have its own copy of it.

I also recommend setting the health at the top of the ‘When I start as a Clone’ script, but if you have this elsewhere it might be ok.

I hope this helps!

The Health Variable is not for all sprites, but every time I shoot the enemy, it dies in one shot, even though it's not supposed to. I know I but the health variable set to one somewhere in the script, but when I shoot the enemy that isn't supposed to have 1 health, it dies immediately, therefore implying that only the 1 health enemy would work. When shooting it.

ret12345647 wrote:

The Health Variable is not for all sprites, but every time I shoot the enemy, it dies in one shot, even though it's not supposed to. I know I but the health variable set to one somewhere in the script, but when I shoot the enemy that isn't supposed to have 1 health, it dies immediately, therefore implying that only the 1 health enemy would work. When shooting it.

I would try setting the health at the top of the when I start as a Clone script and see if that works

First of all, instead of using

<(health) < [0]>

you should use

<not <(health) > [0]>>

This will make it so that the enemy can't live on 0 hp.

Here are a few ideas to solve your issue with enemies dying in one hit:
- make sure that the Shot Power variable is set to the right amount
- make sure the the health variable for enemies is set to the right amount before the clones are created.
- Check to make sure that there aren't multiple clones of the Shoot Type sprite hitting the enemy at once
- If you have any broadcasts that mess with variables, know that every clone will run the broadcast script (so if you have created 10 clones and run a broadcast with a script that decreases a health variable by one, it will actually be decreased by 11 because the main sprite and all of the clones will run it)
- Check that you don't have any other scripts in the sprite killing the enemies or changing health values

It would be very helpful if you shared the project and provided a link.

https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/986595721/ Here's the project. The code is in the enemy sprite.

Try deleting the bullet clone when it touches an enemy, the enemies might be taking damage multiple times from the same bullet!

I'll try that!
IT WORKED! THANK YOU!!!

forever
say [Thanks!!!!]
end

np!