ActorCount

From Game Editor

int ActorCount(char *actorName);

This function returns the number of actors currently in the game. Actors in other activation regions, and disabled actors are counted as well.

Actor Count Input

actorName

• "Event Actor": Actor that is receiving the current event.

• "Parent Actor": Event Actor's parent, if actor has a parent.

• "Creator Actor": Event Actor's creator, if Event Actor has been created in some "Create Actor" action.

• "Collide Actor": Actor that collided with the event Actor.

• Any Actor name or clonename in the game.

Example:

Have a spawn point spawn new enemies if there are currently less than 5 enemies.

spawn -> Draw Actor -> Script Editor

if(ActorCount("enemy")<5)
{
    CreateActor("enemy", "enemyAnim", "(none)", "(none)", 0, 0, false);
}