how to stop messages from repeating

jimbob37andahalf

in the game i am making, when you touch a coin it is supposed to move to 1 of 9 different locations. The problem is, that it likes to repeat the same message many times in a row. any help is useful

Quantum1993

This should patch it:

when green flag clicked
forever
if <touching [coin v] ?> then
broadcast [move v]
wait (1) secs
end
end

Now the script will pause instead of indefinitely sending the message,

Malicondi

jimbob37andahalf wrote:
in the game i am making, when you touch a coin it is supposed to move to 1 of 9 different locations. The problem is, that it likes to repeat the same message many times in a row. any help is useful

try using this:

if <touching [coin v]?> then
broadcast [move coin v]
wait until <not <touching [coin v]?>>
end

hope this helps!

Last edited by Malicondi (Feb. 15, 2024 20:50:00)

undeterminstic

when green flag clicked
forever
if <touching [coin v] ?> then
broadcast [move v]
wait until <not <touching [coin v] ?>>

end
end

jimbob37andahalf

i think that there was some misunderstanding, my problem was that when i touched the coin, it would teleport back to the place that it already was. is there a patch for this?

the game is posted, play/remis it here: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/962204294/

Last edited by jimbob37andahalf (Feb. 20, 2024 17:51:49)

-Zorra-

If you replace this:

With this:

it shouldn't show up in the same place. For the future, it would be helpful to provide a link to your game in the main post so people can see what isn't working more clearly.

jimbob37andahalf

i tried that and it works great, but now it counts multiple coins collected because it takes a little bit to move. any suggestions

-Zorra-

The reason is because in your “coin” sprite, you have duplicate broadcasts that are meant to spawn different zones. All of them need to be unique numbers from 1-9 for it to work. Since you didn't include 7-9 in the “coin” sprite, if it lands on those numbers it won't respawn and you'll get a double coin.

Last edited by -Zorra- (Feb. 20, 2024 22:58:08)

jimbob37andahalf

works perfect! tysm

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