How do I have an enemy randomly drop an item upon death?

Hi all,

I've been playing around with the Ghost Shooter demo game from the Beginner's guide to Construct 2, adding features as I learn more. I added limited ammunition which was easy enough, but one thing I can't figure out how to implement is to have ghosts randomly drop more bullets when they die. I was thinking something along the lines of there being a 1 in 5 chance of more ammo being left behind whenever a ghost is destroyed.

I would very much appreciate any help, and I apologize if I have missed the answer in searching the forums and manual.

For the random drops:

1. Create new instance variable of "random" with initial value "0" on the monsters

2. On Monster Health < 0, set value of random with: floor(random(0,6))

3. Create sub-event inside "On Monster Health < 0":

if Monster.random = 5 {

Monster spawn another object: Bullet

}

Here's a pic:

I finally had a chance to sit down and try this, and it works like a charm! Thank you very much for the help!

jourdan Hi! I was curious what floor means, is it the same as round?

Nitari

floor(x) Round down x e.g. floor(5.9) = 5

round(x) Round x to the nearest whole number e.g. round(5.6) = 6

( https://www.scirra.com/manual/126/system-expressions )

Nitari

floor(x) Round down x e.g. floor(5.9) = 5

round(x) Round x to the nearest whole number e.g. round(5.6) = 6

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Ahh thanks!