to many blocks

hey, i need help!

the problem is quite simple im sure but i cant figure it out...

ive have a game were the player can pick up blocks that make up the floor

ive got that working but i cant stop the player being able to continuously pick up blocks from the floor. i only want the player to pick up one block at a time. ive created conditions for the picking up of the block, can i then put a block on this condition when other conditions are met?

any help would be great!

I don't understand clearly but have you tried adding a condition to the "picking" block... like

if:      "player.free = true" (free is a boolean instance value)

        "player" (does whatever action triggers the picking)

then:    set player.free to false

        do the "picking" thing

I guess this would keep the player from picking infinite blocks

and when it "drops" the block --- set player.free=true again

hope it helps

you could also achieve the same result with groups

put the event(s) that lets the character pick up a block in a group, then when the player is holding a block, you disable that group (meaning the events can't be executed at all) and activate the group when the player isn't holding a block.

ok that sounds quite complex ive never used a group or a boolean instance before, ill have to have a good look in the manual see if i can figure it out.

thanks for the replies