Access to the Actor problem

[saikspaik]

I'll be brief.
In the event MouseButtonDown (or any other), I create a new actor using the CreateActor () function, the question is how to access the created actor in the event DrawActor () or any other event?

[schnellboot]

Before you can Create Actor you have to add actor first in GE.
Then you go to actor control set No in Create at start or something and you can set the events there.

[DST]

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Actor * this;

this=CreateActor("shot", "shot1", "(none)", "(none)", 0, 0, false);
ChangeAnimationDirection(this->clonename, STOPPED);
this->animpos=4;

[saikspaik]

Before you can Create Actor you have to add actor first in GE.

schnellboot You forgot to say that I need to turn on computer and run the GM. Of course I already did that.

DST
I have tried this method, but it cumbersome. In addition, the variable "this" will only work within the current event.

[skydereign]

Well, it is easy for the created actor to access the creator actor, but to do the other way, it will be cumbersome. If you can guarantee the creator's cloneindex is the same as the created, then it is less so. What you'll need to do is use a getclone2 type function to retrieve the Actor *. Then use that in the draw. As you'll note, you need the created actor's cloneindex, so you can use a variable, or cloneindex IF that works for your situation.

[saikspaik]

skydereign
Thanks for comprehensive answer.
I've seen on the forum method using Actor * actorVar; and getclonename (), function, but I thought that there is a simple way.

Thank you all for your answers, the question can be considered closed.