entity array

[pn18]

hi, is it possible to create an "entity array"?

eg.: there's an entity_maker and it spawns every second an entity (eg. physbox) and these entities are called physboxX. is it possible to declare every new entity with a consecutive number (physbox1, physbox2, physbox3, physbox4, ...)?

thanks in advance.

 

[Event]

I would use a point_template. There is a flag for preserving entity names which you do NOT want checked. It will give every entity spawned a unique target name.

 

[Unarmed]

how will these be named then? Does that say anywhere?

 

[Event]

I can't remember exactly, but it is something like this. Let's say the inital target name is "object." It will name the next "object%001" and then "object%002" and so on. You don't really need to worry about knowing the name, if you have another entity in the template that refers to it (for example, a logic_branch,) as long as every entity spawned is being spawn with a unique name, they will still work accordingly as separate groups.

Sorry if that made no sense, it's difficult to explain.

 

[pn18]

thanks, guys :thumbs:

 

[Unarmed]

Makes sense, I've studied programming