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lordjulian
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Posted: 27th Jun 2020 00:26
Hi guys,

I've been struggling with this for several hours, chiefly because my scripting is terrible and I don't know what I'm doing.

I have an object that gets launched into the sky (it's like a clay pigeon). I have several instances of the entity. I want each one to get launched at a slightly different time. One option is to give each instance a unique script with different variable names. That's what I've been doing up until now but it's tedious and a real pain so I was looking for a way to make the variables of the script only affect the entity instance to which it is attached. In this case I am interested in my random timer.

Below is a snippet of my latest appalling attempt; very messy and crude. It doesn't work; all the entities move at exactly the same time. I would much appreciate some help.


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Posted: 27th Jun 2020 14:25
so you want them to trigger when the player gets close to one but they should all fire with a slightly different timing?
this should probably do what you're attempting to do if so (just add your movement code where indicated as it wasn't in your snippet)
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Posted: 27th Jun 2020 17:29
Thank you very much smallg. However, the entities are still moving at the same time and I don't think the timer is being used at all. I am sure I must have implemented your script snippet wrong. Here is the latest version of the script in its entirity:

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Posted: 27th Jun 2020 18:15
Maybe first describe a little better what it is you are trying to do-- more details.
So, the player steps up to the line, and then the clay pigeons go off
one after the other- in random increments??

Use a global time marker with local flags.
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Posted: 27th Jun 2020 18:25 Edited at: 27th Jun 2020 18:31
Quote: "So, the player steps up to the line, and then the clay pigeons go off
one after the other- in random increments??"


Yes. Exactly. The clay pigeons start off at roughly the same position on the ground. They don't need to start moving in any particular order; I just don't want them all firing off at the same time which is what they currently do.

I am not quite sure how to implement your suggestion.
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Posted: 27th Jun 2020 19:58
Try that
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Posted: 28th Jun 2020 03:17
@amenmoses, thanks so much for your help! You must have spent some time on that script. I had to make some adjustments but my entities now fly into the sky at random intervals like I wanted.

They do behave oddly if they are placed too far from the player. They start juddering upward until reaching a certain height and then fly off smoothly. I'm not sure what causes the juddering. If I place them close to the player they mostly work fine but some seem to get stuck for a few seconds. Unless you have any suggestions about that I can probably just alter their positions until they all work properly.

I have been testing the level and finding it quite addictive. You have to hit 20 targets before running out of time to win the level. So far I managed 19 a couple of times. With it being 3am I think that's enough testing for today.

Cheers, mate.
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Posted: 28th Jun 2020 09:44
Are they set to be always active?
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Quote: "You must have spent some time on that script. I"


About 15 minutes.

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Efficient then!
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Lots of practice.
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