Spawns

Hi again!

I have multiple objects that spawn different bullets.

I would like to have the objects spawn a different bullet at random times, but I also wish to speed up the spawn rate as the score increases.

Here's an example of what I have now: Spawn.capx

The bullets are in a family so the objects spawn the family & I'm glad that it picks a random bullet to spawn.

However, putting the spawn-objects in a family doesn't work the way I want it to because they will all spawn at a random time together.

Please help me understand how to make it work! I am a noob that really wants to learn!

Many thanks!

... still waiting for help! ;)

Your link is outdated, if I can see a .capx I'll be happy to help out.

That's weird... does Dropbox change links frequently? Well, I copied & pasted the link again. Hope it works now!

This capx

Using the random expression in a condition will change the value every tick, when what you want is a random interval between spawns.

A possible implementation is using a global variable to keep the value for the interval.

And each time this interval is done, spawn an object and set a new value for the interval. The value is a mix of random and an operation according/depending on the score.

The expression here is just to show how you can do.

It's not a long term viable solution as at some point the value of the score might end giving 0 intervals (which then should spawn each tick).

Anyway, hope this answers your question.

That's weird... does Dropbox change links frequently? Well, I copied & pasted the link again. Hope it works now!

Great, works now. And as promised, here's my attempt:

Link - Dropbox

Thank you both for helping me out! Time to study your methods!

I get confused easily when there's so many global variables, hehe.

I really appreciate the explanations here and in the .capx file! Thanks again!