spawn a specific object that is inside a Family?

I have a "Family" called "Monsters".

Inside the "Family Monsters" I have:

• Monster A (UID = 1)
• Monster B (UID = 2)
• Monster C (UID = 3)

I'm trying the following:

On Start of Layout:

??? > Pick FamilyMonster with Instance UID = 2 > RiseMonters: Spawn FamilyMonster on layer X;

??? > RiseMonters : destroy;

Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks all

The code for spawning the monsters has to be a sub event of where you picked which one you want to spawn.

Why not just:

On Start of Layout:

• RiseMonters: Spawn Monster B on layer X;

Because the monster UID is passed through a function. So I can not just call the monster directly as you suggested. =/

I didn't see a function, so I couldn't have known.

aren't uid's asigned at runtime, though? or is uid a variable here (impossible as far as I know) Maybe I'm just misunderstanding what you are trying to do here..

hahaha, no problem. I just want to do this:

Pick FamilyMonster with Instance UID = VAR > RiseMonters: Spawn FamilyMonster on layer X;

> RiseMonters : destroy;

but, probably is not possible... =/

I think you are using uid in the wrong way. A uid is assigned to an instance after it is created, so picking it before it's spawned seems impossible.

Instead of uid, use an instance variable set differently for each member of the family and you should be ready to go.

but inside family each object have a uid...

moebios

that's not quite true.

When you look in the editor you may see a field uid but this is only the unique ID to the instance you have selected in the editor.

When you create a new object it gets another uid.

Got it. So there's no way to spawn an object of a family.

Yes, there is, you can reference it directly as I stated earlier..

yes, yes, I understood. Thank you for your patience =)