How to declare actor's position in variables?

[bat78]

Hello, who have original way to declare actor's x&y position in variables

[lcl]

Every actor has a set of variables, that are specific to only that certain actor's certain clone.
These variables are called actor variables, and they include things like: x, y, animpos, animindex, angle, directional_velocity, xvelocity, yvelocity, ...

So, you can set an actor's x and y like this:

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myActor.x = 150;
myActor.y = 300;

And you can also read from the variables, for instance, let's make the actor actor2 move to myActor's x position:

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actor2.x = myActor.x;

Explanations of actor variables and other variables and functions can be found here: http://game-editor.com/docs/script_reference.htm
Hope this helps!

[bat78]

Ive read the whole reference and ik how to set an actor in x and y position but what i meant is how to make something like that:

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Actor --> Draw Actor --> Script Editor:
int i = actor.x
int a = actor.y
variable = screen_to_actor(&i, &a)

I want each time when the actor move to x the var have to change the value to the x amount that the actor moved
So i can load/save the actor's position

[skydereign]

Ive read the whole reference and ik how to set an actor in x and y position but what i meant is how to make something like that:

Then you are over thinking things. All you want to do is store an actor's xy position in a variable. You provided code to do that. Now if you wanted to use a variable that can be used in saveVars it is slightly more involved, especially if you want to save positions of clones. The way to do that is to create int arrays, using cloneindex to locate the position in the array.

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x_array[cloneindex] = x;
y_array[cloneindex] = y;

[bat78]

You understood what i want, but i did it on another way. Without arrays
When an actor is in collation with an another actor the hpmeter.x move:

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hpos=hpos-...

the hpmeter in draw actor have:

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mage_health.x=hpos;
saveVars(...)

And hpos is an normal variable stored in the group that i made to save.
That sounds simple enough and no need to use strings. I mean arrays.
I make a simple test. I make one text actor 0. And i make it with draw actor:

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textactor.textNumber=hpos

So i aways can see how is the hpos when the game start and is it changes and how I aways find the way to do everything i want, with different time of course. I submit
in the forums with the idea someone will help me before i get it. Just saying that to tell all that i am not that stupid, because i took a look and i feel like ppl think of me like a stupid xD Thanks for the responsability and sorry for my terrible language

I also made that. Counters that aways count the actor's x and y position that you do by moving with arrow keys. Also automatic save them from any change. And loads them automatic:

locationer.exe

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