A doubt with families

Hi everyone!

Thanks for the patience! and sorry for my english U.u

Imagine a RPG gamelike, there are Archers ( A1,A2,A3), Knights (K1,K2,K3)

A1,A2,A3 have, each one, a variable instance "Damage", "Life" with diferent values..

K1,K2,K3 have variable instance "Damage", "Life" too with diferent values..

With families can i make that A1 makes his damage to K3, or A2 to K1, with manyfew expresions?

i think, making A1 when overlapping at offset X 10 to knight2, knight2 substract from "Life" Archer1.Damage

and this for all archers and knight respectively, is the wrong method to do this. i think with families would be better. I have been read the manual but still understanding. The instance variable for familie affect to all objects that are in? hmm Sorry, maybe this is very easy but i don't see the light yet hhehe

Edit: also add there are multiple instances of each object

Families will make life easier. Changing instance variables affect the individual object, not everything in the Family.

I agree with blackhornet, families make your codewriting for several objects with the same attributes much simpler, cleaner

Understanding families is definitely a must. However, you will need to get a good grasp on "picking" instances as well. This is covered well in "How events work" in manual: https://www.scirra.com/manual/75/how-events-work

Aaah, yeah, i understand now, Thanks!