Runtime Object Creation

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Originally Posted by zero00

When do you think you will be able to release this as an addon for Alice?

I don't think it would work as an addon, but it would work well as a tool (like my save tool etc). I'm supposed to be busy right now, but I could technically release it quite soon.

I can set a limit on the loop, and i might be able to use it in a tower defense game, to create towers and enemies from 1?

[arty-fishL]

Originally Posted by atrane365

I can set a limit on the loop, and i might be able to use it in a tower defense game, to create towers and enemies from 1?

Was that a question or a statement?

Originally Posted by arty-fishL

Was that a question or a statement?

yes

[arty-fishL]

Originally Posted by atrane365

yes

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Hehe.

Originally Posted by arty-fishL

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exactly

I can set a limit on the loop, and i might be able to use it in a tower defense game, to create towers and enemies from 1?

Originally Posted by arty-fishL

Was that a question or a statement?

what i meant was, if i have one tower (object) or one enemy (object), I could possibly use this code, limit the loop, and make more to use without cluttering up my program by separately coding all towers. Is it possible, without my program crashing?
different question: do the created items inherit the code from the original object?

[arty-fishL]

Originally Posted by atrane365

what i meant was, if i have one tower (object) or one enemy (object), I could possibly use this code, limit the loop, and make more to use without cluttering up my program by separately coding all towers. Is it possible, without my program crashing?
different question: do the created items inherit the code from the original object?

Yes you could. It is possible, theoretically, I haven't tried it out myself, but the cloned items do inherit everything the original items had.
I created 5000 clones and my computer didn't crash (it took a while, and - granted - I do have a gaming PC, but I'm sure your not wanting to create anything near to that many).

Originally Posted by arty-fishL

but I'm sure your not wanting to create anything near to that many.

nope. Here's my idea: you have 1 or 2 towers (units, defenders, etc.) that are out of the way, and cannot shoot at the enemies. I set a (time) limit on the loop, so you can only place new towers every so often.
It would be the same with the enemies. one enemy would be out of range of the towers, and of course out of sight of the player, and would loop and create more enemies with the same health and movement patterns.
which brings another question: how would i code just the copies of the enemy to move? I dont want the spawner, as i will call it, to move along the track and be destroyed.
(fyi, if you quote this, dont quote the whole thing)