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Newcomers DBPro Corner / need enemy respawn code

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steel gollum
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Posted: 30th Mar 2007 22:00
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can any one give me a enemy respawn code or tell me what i need to do? I want the enemy to respawn some time after i killed the first one. Please help me.
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Silvester
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Posted: 30th Mar 2007 23:50
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What about setting a variable to 1 is the enmy is killed,then when the variable is 1 let a timer run down,when the timer reaches 0 let it set the variable to 2.If the variable is 2 your code will notice it and respawn the enemy.Set the variable to 0 again and then it starts over again.

Thats basicly what to do

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steel gollum
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Posted: 2nd Apr 2007 06:31 Edited at: 2nd Apr 2007 16:17
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But use an array.

It's unlikely that your game will have a single enemy, so an array will let you apply the same method using For..Next loops.

Using a multi-dimensioned array will let you store many pieces of information about lots of enemies.

For example:

Dim EnemyStats(99,9)

will store 10 pieces of info on 100 enemies - the first index being the enemy object number. This might be something like:

EnemyStats(1,0) = 1 - Enemy 1 currently alive
EnemyStats(1,0) = 0 - Enemy 1 currently dead (start timer)

EnemyStats(2,1) = 3 - Enemy 2's patrol group number

EnemyStats(8,2) = 25 - Enemy 8's current health

EnemyStats(4,3) = 1200 - Enemy 4's Respawn X Position
EnemyStats(4,4) = 2 - Enemy 4's Respawn Y Position
EnemyStats(4,5) = 54280 - Enemy 4's Respawn Z Position

...and so on.

Note: Using EnemyStats(EnemyNumber,1) in a loop, you can apply any checks or settings to a group of enemies - like having a batallion which move around and fight together.

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Mr X
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And if you're useing DBPro you can use UDT's (which enables dynamic usage of the array).

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SimSmall
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Posted: 2nd Apr 2007 12:01 Edited at: 2nd Apr 2007 12:01
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and to expand on that...



to see if an enemy is alive, checked its spawned value (of 0 or 1) and check its health value, if 0, sets its spawned value to 0 and kill it


but, like we say, if you are not using DB Pro then you can't use array().blah... would be easier to help if we know for sure which of the two you are using...
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Quote: "And if you're useing DBPro"


Good point! I missed that one...

steel gollum, if you read the sticky at the top of the board, it clearly states that you should state which version of DB you are using.

If you are using DBC then Mr X and SimSmall have just wasted their time trying to help you. If not then I have.

All it needs is for everyone who posts in Newcomers to simply add [DBC] or [DBP] at the end of the post subject and everyone is happy!

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