Destroy the child! But how? Parent dies->kill child, ho

[MrScience101]

The situation: A bullet strikes the player and using the wonderful collision part of game editor the player actor is destroyed. However the gun actor which is a child of the player actor is still there.

How do I destroy the child actor when the parent actor is destroyed?

[Caaz Games]

Instead Of Destroying The
Player Destroy The Gun, And On The Destroy Actor Of The Gun Put This

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DestroyActor("Parent Actor");

[d-soldier]

Or if thats not practical, you could right click on the player, select NEW ACTIVATION EVENT, and have it sent on DESTROY ACTOR, to the GUN. And under the gun, set up the activation event from the player to destroy actor...

[DilloDude]

If you are only having one gun actor, just say to destroy the gun. If there are more than one, you can store a reference to the gun in the parent actor. Another option is to check on the gun's draw actor:

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if (parent.cloneindex >= 0)
{
    //do normal script
}
else
{
    DestroyActor("Event Actor");
}

This will destroy the actor whenever it is not parented to something. You can also use this to check the actor;s creator.