how can I use the function" getclone"

[walkman]

I want output the information of all actes in my game to txt file.How can I get the actes' information? Use the "getclone" function? But, which type is the fuction's return value?

thanks very much .

[DST]

The type is Actor*

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Actor * this =getclone("enemy.1");
int xx=this->x;

this is an Actor *.
To run functions on this, use it's clonename

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Actor * this =getclone("enemy.1");
char thisactor[32];
strcpy(thisactor, this->clonename);
DestroyActor(thisactor);

[walkman]

ok, thanks.
another question:

Is this Actor and Actor object in game-engine same? Can the functions of the Actor in game-engine be called in Game Editor script in this way?
for example:

one function of actor in game-engine like this: void ProcessQueueActions();
In Game Editor Script I have some code like this:
Actor* pact = getclone("enemy.1");

can I call the function like this?
pact->ProcessQueueActions()?


Thanks.

[DST]

For built in GE functions, must copy actor->clonename to a string, and run the function with that, as in the previous example.

For custom functions, this depends on the function you have created.

For instance,

void dosomething(Actor * this, int aa)}
}

Then call

dosomething(pact, pact->x);

Will work because you are inputting the declared variable type that the function requires.



Yes, this is the same Actor as all GE Actors, but they are temporary versions.



Also, you can call them by variable cloneindex if you use the getclone2 function (getclone1 needs specific cloneindex);


GetClone2 by Jazz-E-Bob

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Actor *getclone2 ( char *actorName, long cloneNumber )
{

  char resultString[256] = "";
  char cloneNumberAsString[10];
  Actor *resultActor;

  strcpy ( resultString, actorName );
  strncat ( resultString, ".", 1 );
  sprintf (cloneNumberAsString, "%i", cloneNumber);
  strncat  ( resultString, cloneNumberAsString, 10 );

  resultActor = getclone(resultString);

  return resultActor;

}

then in a loop, you can use

pact=getclone2("pact", i);

[tintran]

thought i'd share this, since it's a bit shorter (and it does the same as getclone2 from above).

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Actor *getclone3(char *actorName, long cloneIndex)
{
  char cloneName[256];
  sprintf(cloneName,"%s.%d",actorName,cloneIndex);
  return (getclone(cloneName));
}


it's only if you want to do something with the clone.
if all you want to do is simply want to draw_from the clone, you can use the below function.

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void draw_from_clone(char *actorName,long cloneIndex,float x, float y,float scale)
{
  char cloneName[256];
  sprintf(cloneName,"%s.%d",actorName,cloneIndex);
  draw_from(cloneName,x,y,scale);
}


and if you're a little bit more of a "cpu milker" wanna be (which i try to be)
you can declare a char cloneName in your variables declaration part like, for example: I have a void paintCanvas() function as below which draw_from all the clones of an actor that's named as "bg".

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void paintCanvas()
{
  int i;
  char cloneName[256];

  for (i=0;i<ActorCount("bg");i++)
  {
    sprintf(cloneName,"bg.%d",i);
    draw_from(cloneName,view.width/2,view.height/2+i,z[i]);
  }
}


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by the way, DST. how long have you been making games for? I checked out your site a little, holy @$# dude (assuming you're a dude) you got a lot of games.