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Hi,

Pretty simple question here, and am having trouble finding it on forum. I'm cloning a common enemy in a sidescrolling platform game. I'm using a Collision and DestroyActor on the enemy when he is hit with a bullet. However, this obviously ends up destroying all of the clones, when I just want the bullet to kill that specific clone. Is there a code I can add to the DestroyActor or Collision that can do this? Some kind of "untether from other clones" button or script? Otherwise I would have to add a new Actor, import graphics and scripts over and over again for each of this type of enemy (which is tedious).

Thanks!
666AppleStore

Hi there. First create an actor variable named killme. In the collision event of the clone add

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killme=1;

in the draw event of the clone add

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if(killme==1)
{
   //blah blah blah
   DestroyActor("Event Actor");

}

that should only destroy the clone that collided.

Hey, thanks for the help, I'm getting closer, but i havent really worked w variables before (and im not that great w code). I'm doing this with two clones for now (enemy.0, enemy.1) It now is killing the clone specified (enemy.0), even if I shoot the other clone. When I look in the code I can see that whatever I change in the DrawActor is changed in both clones so I must not be doing something right with the variable.

Here's what I did following your directions

1. I went to Global Code, clicked Variables, clicked Add Variable, named it killme, it's an Integer, Actor Variable, Array:No, Size: nothing, Save Group: nothing. Clicked OK.

2. Removed DestroyActor in Collision with Bullet

3. Added new Collision Event on Any Side Of Bullet: killme=1;

4.Added to DrawActor > Script Editor >

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if(killme==1)
{
     
     DestroyActor("enemy.0");

}

Thanks again!

ok I needed to just put "Event Actor" and not specify the enemy still. It seems to be working now, great thanks!

In a collision event you can specify the event actor and the colliding actor (the other actor).
bullet -> Collision with enemy -> Script Editor

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DestroyActor("Collide Actor");