Problem with multiple enemies and hp bars

[Hblade]

So I have an Enemy HP bar, right? The only problem is, it seems to go up and down randomly as if it things -EVERY- enemy is its first creator or something? Here's the code for the HP bar to read the newly created enemies HP.

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X=creator.ehp;
Y=creator.mhp;
Z=width*X/Y;
erase(0, 0, 0, 0);
for(i=0;i<Z;i++)
{
    setpen(255, 0, 0, 0, 1);
    moveto(i, 0);
    lineto(i, height);
}


if(creator.ehp<=0)
{
    DestroyActor("Event Actor");
}


X Y and Z are creator variables, as is i. I can't figure out whats going on o.O When I hit 1 enemy, every bar jumps a little xD

EDIT:
It works fine on the first enemy.. sometimes xD?

[lcl]

Are you using canvas actor clones?
If, you should know that all canvas actor clones share the same image,
you can't draw on just one of them. It's a bad limitation in GE.

[Hblade]

I'm using 1 canvas actor, each time an enemy is spawned it creates a new canvas (Which I assume works the same way as clones )

[lcl]

Yup, that is cloning, so doesn't work.

Here's a solution:

Use only one canvas same size as the screen
and use a for loop to go through the clones and draw
the hp bars over them based on their location and hp.

[Hblade]

WOW thanks! That'd also be a lot faster with drawing! This is the game I wanted enemy HP bars over:

[lcl]

I'm glad I could be of help to you. If you have problems implementing it, just tell me and I'll help.
I'm pretty sure you can manage, though.

Hey cool! The original game was awesome!
I'm interested of getting to play this one!!

[Hblade]

Thanks lcl! ^_^