How do I Select an Object That is Pinned?

Hey there,

I have monsters in my game that have name tags above their heads. When a monster is destroyed I would also like to destroy the corresponding name tag. Currently I am using a textbox and pinning it to the monster. Unfortunately, I haven't figured out how to select pinned objects to destroy them. Any help on this one?

Thank You,

Stephen

Hey ,

You need use container. Go in the properties of your sprite , look for "container" and add your text object.

Now when you destroy your sprite , all objects in the container is destroyed too.

When an object is pinned, you can get the UID of the object it is pinned to using the PinnedUID expression.

So when you want to destroy a monster, before destroying it, pick textbox by UID where the UID is equal to monster.Pin.PinnedUID. Destroy the textbox, then you can destroy the moster

Alright, I'll look into containers and Pinned UIDs. I'll let y'all know if I get it working.

vioz and OlivierC

Edit:

Okay, containers are working for me. But now the name plates are not reflecting the monster they are above. I am assuming this is because if I change one textbox the rest of them change as well. Is there a way to change each textbox and not effect the other ones?

Finally got it to work. I had to remove the containers to keep the name plates working. Here's the code I used.