How do I get an event trigger every X of other event ?

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- Antienthusiast
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I'm working on a simple project (link) to teach myself the platform and got most things down to have something resembling a 'game'.

Now I'm looking into more complex triggers and mechanisms. I've tried out everything I can think of and can't make this to work:

Trigger after every 'X' amount of 'Y'.

For example;

- trigger reload every 12 shots

- spawn a power up every 20 kills

- increase health/damage of enemies every 100 score points

- enemy has a chance to shoot a nuke (or something) with chance increasing every 10 'regular' shots

I figure I could make it work by using arrays (haven't gotten that far yet). I'm sure it's a very easy solution for anyone with actual experience.

Thanks for the help in advance!
- InDWrekt
- - Joined 19 Sep, 2011
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An array could work but it would be more clear/readable and thus easier to upkeep if you use instance variables. Here is a small example to get you started:

drive.google.com/file/d/1eDWdZQR7hY_ocfak7CJT1ndQtzMCCoiw/view
It will probably take a bit of studying to understand everything going on but it should answer all the questions you've asked.
- Antienthusiast
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I knew there are some GCSE-level programming basics that I'm missing :D

Some extra reading helped: bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zs3qrwx/revision/1

Thanks for the demo! I think I got it.

Out of curiosity - how does the text attach itself to the targets? Both visually and logically - I see no pins or position definitions.
- El Constructorr
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It's easily possible. Simple maths would do it, by using the % 'Modulo' (remainder) operator.

Go to System --> Compare two values, then write this:

It means, when the remainder of (shots/10) = 0, then do something. So every multiple of 10 (of shots) it will become true.

Your events will then simply be:

..and so on!

(Note: It will also unexpectedly trigger when shots or kills are 0, because 0%10 is also 0. So just have another condition of shots > 0 to solve that). Let me know if it works.
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- InDWrekt
- - Joined 19 Sep, 2011
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I knew there are some GCSE-level programming basics that I'm missing :D

Some extra reading helped: bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zs3qrwx/revision/1

Thanks for the demo! I think I got it.

Out of curiosity - how does the text attach itself to the targets? Both visually and logically - I see no pins or position definitions.

You're right, there are no pins or position definitions. I am using a container.

construct.net/en/make-games/manuals/construct-3/project-primitives/objects/containers