How do I cycle enemies to have them move one after another?

Hi all, quick question.

I have my enemy movement setup in a couple functions so that they mark the tiles around them as moveable, then move to a random one that is marked. Its working as intended, but I would like to have them move one at a time, or at least staggered enough so that they can set tiles with other enemies as obstacles. One at a time is much preferred, but ill take what I can get.

I know it'll be with loops but I cant seem to get any configuration working. I have never really worked with loops extensively, so be gentle.

I feel this should be an easy fix, but have hit a real roadblock.

Many thanks in advance for any help.

You actually don't want a loop, since by nature loops will complete within a tick, and thus everything done in the loop would be simultaneous as far as the user can see.

What you'll want is an incrementing counter, and a way to sort/order the enemies (for further reading search 'state machine').

Lets say they have instance variable for their turn order, from 0 to n. Use a global variable "currentTurn", starting at 0. So you would pick the instance that matches currentTurn, and have it move. Upon finishing the move, increase currentTurn by 1.

Hi all, quick question.

I have my enemy movement setup in a couple functions so that they mark the tiles around them as moveable, then move to a random one that is marked. Its working as intended, but I would like to have them move one at a time, or at least staggered enough so that they can set tiles with other enemies as obstacles. One at a time is much preferred, but ill take what I can get.

I know it'll be with loops but I cant seem to get any configuration working. I have never really worked with loops extensively, so be gentle.

I feel this should be an easy fix, but have hit a real roadblock.

Many thanks in advance for any help.

Many ways you can do this as most things in construct, however like he said above using a variable is probably the easiest way. I would use instance variables on the enemies, if enemy Ivariable = 0 - dont move, if 1 move.

Not 100% sure how you want it tho since i dont have your .c3p, but feel free to add me on discord if u get stuck on something. ironside#6435

First want to thank you guys for the help, its finally working. :)

I now have it so that once its the enemies turn, it orders the enemies buy UID (it will be a speed stat later) then sets their "move_order" independent variable accordingly.

Next it counts how many their are, so that it can compare that with the current turn number.

Finally it goes through one at a time in ascending order, and toggles them "active", which in turn triggers the movement system I setup earlier. Then its just a case of adding 1 then comparing the two variables I setup, If it has gone through the same amount of times are there are enemies, it will start my turn.

Hopefully I can slim down the process by working with this system more. The variables were what I was missing in the end, many thanks!

Hello RedJesterStudios

I'm working on a similar system in which multiple instance move one after the other and I'm interested by your approach but don't understand it very much.

Would you post a file or a screen cast to make it clearer ?

Thank you!