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Newcomers DBPro Corner / delete object in if statement

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Paul08
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Posted: 16th Mar 2008 21:41
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hi all!

hope you're well,
another quick one,

im having trouble deleting an object when im in an if statment, ex:

do

`main game code!!

if object collision (a,b)
delete object b
print "object b was deleted, this if statement shouldnt be active again"
endif

loop


-for some reason it wont let me, it errors out with cannot delete object.

now im not stupid - i realise thats because im within the loop, and the fact that its looping around and calling itself again too quickly..

whats the solution for this? just hide the object and delete it later?

thanks

Paul
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Jerok
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Posted: 16th Mar 2008 22:08
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The problem is that after deleting the object you can not delte it again because it is not there, also the program will crash if you try to chack for collision on an object that is not there. Try:
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Rudolpho
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Posted: 17th Mar 2008 00:06
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Just pointing out that Jerok forgat an endif there;


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Jerok
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Posted: 17th Mar 2008 01:10
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Ah tyvm. I feel dumb.
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Paul08
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Posted: 18th Mar 2008 10:02
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doh , cheers, i did try a few different if statements before the delete code but never before the if collision bit..

i was just assuming it would know the obj didnt exist and wouldn run the if statement - i think i ASS-U-ME too much !

cheers!

Paul
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