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kreso123456

Hello the best community on the planet!!

I have one actor (button) that when is pressed he spawns 5 new actors. And now i can't figure out how to make when i press again that actore (button) to destroy those 5 spawned actors.

So basicly I want this - Button pressed spawns 5 actors, Button pressed again destroy 5 actors he spawned, Button pressed spawn 5 actors, Button pressed again destroy 5 actors he spawned ...

this is maybe important to say, button always spawns same 5 actors
and also i don't wan't my button to be destroyed just the actors he spawned.

Please help mi out guys !

Summation

@kreso123456 said:
Hello the best community on the planet!!

I have one actor (button) that when is pressed he spawns 5 new actors. And now i can't figure out how to make when i press again that actore (button) to destroy those 5 spawned actors.

So basicly I want this - Button pressed spawns 5 actors, Button pressed again destroy 5 actors he spawned, Button pressed spawn 5 actors, Button pressed again destroy 5 actors he spawned ...

this is maybe important to say, button always spawns same 5 actors
and also i don't wan't my button to be destroyed just the actors he spawned.

Please help mi out guys !

You could make the spawned actors' existence contingent upon a game level attribute like 5alive.
In the spawned actors make a rule that says if 5alive=1, destroy actor.
You can keep the spawning behavior in your button, but add a toggle in your touch behavior that switches back and forth between 1 and 0.
This way you can touch, they spawn, touch again, they die, etc.

MentalDonkeyGames

Is this even close to what you´re looking to achieve @kreso123456 ?

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JimmyMesser

Can you do that using an integer?

On press change attribute to +1

Then spawn when the integer is = 1

And destroy when it's = 2

Maybe run a timer that resets it after 2 seconds

Might be an better way but thats all I can come up with.

kreso123456

@Summation

but add a toggle in your touch behavior that switches back and forth between 1 and 0

Could you just tell me how to do that?

I am kinda new to gamesalad

Summation

@kreso123456 said:
Could you just tell me how to do that?
I am kinda new to gamesalad

Probably the simplest way is to make use of a boolean.

kreso123456

@Summation

I seem to have a little problem here.

• So i made game integer and named him 5alive
• In spawned actores i made Rule - Attribute game.5alive = 1, Destroy actor
• In my button i made boolean and named him kill... aaand this is where i am stuck

i should have told this earlier but i am total noob

And i really need you to tell me step by step on what to do next

sorry but I am really, really new to gamesalad and only at the beginig of the learning phase. I WOULD APRECIATE YOUR TIME AND HELP ALOT!

kreso123456

@NipaDidIt AWESOME!!! thank you!!!

I just change it a bit because i need my actores to spawn at the right XandY and not randomly but that is it!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH you are awesome!

MentalDonkeyGames

No problem, glad i could help