Create Actor Question

[MiG3]

I have an actor that creates another actor, with this code:

CreateActor("Scroll", "icon", "no parent", "no path", -718, -41, true);

How can I give this new instance certain values? What I want to do, like I do in Game Maker, is this:

aa=CreateActor(...);
aa.variable=value;

I just want to affect this instance of the actor, not all of them, so I can't use Scroll's CreateActor event.

Thanks,
MiG3

[makslane]

Try this:

Actor *newactor = CreateActor("Scroll", "icon", "no parent", "no path", -718, -41, true);

newactor->yourvariable = value;

[MiG3]

As soon as I put the actor declaration thing down, I got an error

Scroll_Effects[0]=0;

Actor *newactor = CreateActor("Scroll", "icon", "no parent", "no path", -718, -41, true);

Error: Unexpected declaration Scroll_Effects.

I got another error for

newactor.name = Scroll_Names[0];

Error: Illegal structure operation

Why is it saying that?

MiG3

[makslane]

Error: Unexpected declaration Scroll_Effects.

What is "Scroll_Effects"? is a string array?

newactor.name

newactor is a pointer, so, you must refer the mebers with '->' not '.'

newactor->name

And...

To copy a string you need use the strcpy function:

strcpy(string, "hello!");

Other problem, the actor's name is a read only variable, so, you can't change.

[MiG3]

What is "Scroll_Effects"? is a string array?

Yes, it is. Don't see how it affects anything but yes. It worked fine before I had that declaration that came after it.

strcpy(string, "hello!");

That doesn't help very much. K. Look. He said

Actor *newactor = CreateActor("Scroll", "icon", "no parent", "no path", -718, -41, true);

Now, how do I use that whilst using strcpy? I need an example, because it doesn't make sense without one.

Thirdly, I tried this:

newactor->fire=1;

But alas, it decreed an

Error: Illegal Structure Operation.

This might have to do with the fact that the Actor *newactor command isn't working, and newactor isn't pointing yet, but just to make sure it's right, I'm posting it here.

MiG3

[makslane]

Is the fire variable an actor or global variable?
To works must be a actor variable.

[MiG3]

It's an actor, and that line works now. I still don't know how to do the create actor thing though.

Could you post an example of the create actor thing?

[makslane]

Can you send me your game?

[MiG3]

For some reason the computer I have the game on won't connect to this website at all. It keeps sending me to http://www.game-editor.com:19638/webhost/rollout/site.

Could you just type an example on how to create an actor, and change one of those actor's variables?

MiG3

[makslane]

I'm making some changes in the server, I think will be stable tomorrow.
I don't know what you need. The codes in this post must works:


Actor *newactor = CreateActor("Scroll", "icon", "no parent", "no path", -718, -41, true);

newactor->fire = 10; //If fire is an integer or real actor variable

[Joshua Worth]

For some reason the computer I have the game on won't connect to this website at all. It keeps sending me to http://www.game-editor.com:19638/webhost/rollout/site.

Could you just type an example on how to create an actor, and change one of those actor's variables?

MiG3

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