[HELP] clone variables

[friedfish]

hey guys,

I need help on how to get the variables of the clones. example would be getting the x position of clone.0.
do any of you guys know how to get it? ive been triyng lots of things like clonename.0.x but it doesnt work..

thanks alot guys...

[skydereign]

If you want to be able to get the variables of any clone, you'll have to use getclone and Actor*s.

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int clone0_x = getclone("actor.0")->x; // this gets the actor.0's x variable
int clone5_x = getclone("actor.5")->x; // this gets the actor.5's x variable

Actor* clone3_actor = getclone("actor.3"); // this stores a pointer to the actor.3 clone which you can use later
int clone3_x = clone3_actor->x; // notice it uses the same -> that the first two uses

// you can also change the actor's variable using this
clone3_actor->y = 0; // sets actor.3's y to 0

Now, having to specify the clonename isn't very convenient. So you can put this function into global code, to make using getclone more convenient.

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Actor*
getclone2 (char* cname, int cindex)
{
    char buffer[30];
    sprintf(buffer, "%s.%d", cname, cindex);
    return getclone(buffer);
}

That way you can use it like this.

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int clone3_x = getclone2("actor", 3);

[friedfish]

wow thanks for this sky... you're always there to answer the questions... thank you!...