I want to make a Clone inside of a forever loop, only one, but hundreds come out

b3rnardo_o

I want to make a Clone inside of a forever loop, only one, but hundreds come out. This is my script:

when green flag clicked
forever
if < (y position :: variables) = [320]> then
create clone of [myself v]

This suddenly makes hundreds of clones the entire time and scratch even crashed once. what can i do to only make one clone?

Last edited by b3rnardo_o (March 5, 2023 19:41:45)

medians

Why are you using a variable for the y position? If you're trying to get the y position of another sprite, you can do this:

Are you trying to make less than or equal to, or greater than or equal to?
And it's because of the forever loop, wait until the position is not 320.

b3rnardo_o

b3rnardo_o wrote:
I want to make a Clone inside of a forever loop, only one, but hundreds come out. This is my script:
when green flag clicked
forever
if <<(y position :: variables) = [320]> or < (y position :: variables) = [320]>> then
create clone of [myself v]
This suddenly makes hundreds of clones the entire time and scratch even crashed once. what can i do to only make one clone?

Catscratcher07

after creating the clone,

stop [this script v]

medians

b3rnardo_o wrote:
(why exactly was the op quoted?)

Yes I know, but you don't need to use a variable for the y position of another sprite if that's what you're trying to do because there is a sensing block that reports an attribute of the selected sprite (including y pos).
And do you mean this?

Or this?

b3rnardo_o

I edited it back. srry

medians

Catscratcher07 wrote:
after creating the clone,
stop [this script v]

They might want it to keep going.
In that case:

(replace the code inside the if statement with this)
However, I'm not sure how the y position is changing here, so it might be creating infinite clones if it just keeps going back to 320.

Last edited by medians (March 5, 2023 19:43:15)

smisamul6

Catscratcher07 wrote:
after creating the clone,
stop [this script v]

an_unknown_user123

You can stop this script after making a clone.
Should look like this:

when green flag clicked
forever
if <(y position :: variables) = [320]> then
create clone of [ myself v]
stop [this script v]
end
end

Last edited by an_unknown_user123 (Sept. 23, 2023 16:35:16)

medians

smisamul6 wrote:
Catscratcher07 wrote:
after creating the clone,
stop [this script v]

Well, if they wanted to stop the script right after, they could just use a wait until block:

However, if they wanted it to continue, they would need to just use a wait until block like done in the other way.

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