Using picked SOL in other parts of event sheet

Is there anyway to send a selected object list to a function, or otherwise use it anywhere else in an event sheet, other than the event it was picked from?

For example, say I was making a game where I was catching butterflies with a net.

Let's say that I caught (picked) several of the butterflies on screen with one swing, but I only wanted to keep the largest one.

I'd want a function like GetLargestInsect, in order to not have a bunch of nasty code with local variables, loops, conditions, in the middle of a simple event like swing net. I could isolate it, and more importantly, I could reuse it, instead having the same code in multiple places.

Is there any way to send the selected object list to the function, without populating a temporary global array with UIDs?

Thanks

I would give the objects a Boolean instance variable and call it "picked". Just set it to true in any event and you can select the same objects elsewhere by comparing the instance var.

Pretty clever R0J0hound, I like your thinking.

It's still a hack though, opposed to properly referencing an array of instances that already exists.

It sounds like your idea is the best one so far.

rexrainbow's Instance Group is very handy for this kind of thing.