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I would like to cycle through actors creating or destroying them based upon an array of 25 actors. I created an array of 25 actors using the array function. I then created a button that when I press it I want to destroy a certain number of them based on their preset values.

For instance when I click on a button labled 'lever 1' A script is called that does the following:

int i;

for(i=0;i<25;i++)
{
if(actornamegoeshere.i.alive == 1)
DestroyActor("actornamegoeshere.i");
}


However only the first actor is ever destroyed. It seems the .i method doesn't work. Any ideas on how to cycle through an array of actors?

Much Thanks.
MrScience101

Look this thread:
http://game-editor.com/forum/viewtopic. ... =getclone2

makslane wrote:Look this thread:
http://game-editor.com/forum/viewtopic. ... =getclone2

That's a cool thread thankyou. Here is the code I use:

int i;

DestroyActor("BlueLight");

for(i=0;i<10;i++)
{
DestroyActor(getclone2("PurpleLight",i));

}

unfortunately it generates a warning and then does not destroy anything when executed.

The getclone and getclone2 function returns a pointer to the actor.
In your case, use the sprintf function to format the string:

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char name[64];
for(i=0;i<10;i++)
{
 sprintf(name, "PurpleLight.%ld", i);
 DestroyActor(name);
}

makslane wrote:The getclone and getclone2 function returns a pointer to the actor.
In your case, use the sprintf function to format the string:

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char name[64];
for(i=0;i<10;i++)
{
 sprintf(name, "PurpleLight.%ld", i);
 DestroyActor(name);
}

Wow, I am used to waiting weeks for an answer. The above code worked wonderfully, thank you. I guess I need to learn a little more c.