How do I reference an object by its name

Hi all,

I'm really new to Construct 2 and I wonder if it's possible to reference an object by its name.

let's say I have a spritePlayer1 and I want to know if it collides with a spriteWall.

In this case I only have to set the condition:

if spitePlayer1 collides with spriteWall then do something....

But what if I have more spritePlayer? 10, 50, 100???

is it possible to reference those sprites by its name so I dont have to set a condition for each spritePlayer???

if spritePlayer.name="five" collides with spriteWall then do something..

Thanks in advance...

It's done automagically (refer to the "picking" section of the manual).

Whenever a condition for an instance of your spritePlayer is true, that specific instance gets picked. So whatever action you start then works on that picked instance.

*Edit: I made you a little example. The green ones are your spritePlayers.

http://baconland.de/stuff/picking.capx

Thanks for your reply!,

In your example all the good ones are an instance of the same object and have the same name, right?

But I was wondering if it is possibe to do it with different objects, as in your example lets say we have 3 different good ones (square, circle, triangle)

Then you would stick them in a family and check against that one.

https://www.scirra.com/manual/142/families

Oh thanks again, families would help!!

didn't know that feature in Construct 2....

The whole families concept needs some time to get used to, so don't be alarmed if it doesn't work on the first try