How do I create multiple killer bats

Hi,

Using some pretty basic code to get a killer bat to MoveTo my Player, and it works, but it will only work for 1 bat. I have multiple copies of the bat on the screen but only the first, original bat will move. I'd like all Bats to do the same movement. Here's my code:

Here's the Player in the Bat Cave:

Any thoughts/suggestions greatly appreciated!

thanks,

M

This work well for me :

Can you provide a .capx ?

Nice, this works for me as well, thanks.

I changed the speed to 1 and they flock to the Player as he goes by. Also added Solid behaviour so the Player can bump against them.

Wondering now how I can give each Bat a different speed. Would an Instance Variable be the right tact? Create a Speed variable... but how to specify each Bat with it's own speed.

Welcome to the wonders of "instance picking". Search for it in the forums, tutorials, and manual.. lots of stuff on it.

TL;DR... you have to find a way to tell construct2 to "pick" the bat instances individually so it knows which ones to act on. This can be done many ways.. I would think in your version it would be best to use the instance variable for speed and then set it "On Create" of each instance to a random number... or if you wanted more realistic bat action you could simpy have a randomizing event that runs in the back ground choosing a random instance of "bat" and changing its speed to a random value every X seconds...

Interesting, thanks for the info, I'll start digging around. Yes, like the idea of a random speed change every X seconds.