Count certain instances but not the others

Hey there,

I just can't figure out how to count only certain instances of an object, but not the others.

For example, say I have 4 visible instances of the object, and 6 invsible ones. You know what Object.count is going to return? 10, yes.

Say I want to count only the visible instances of that object... what do I do?

Thanks in advance to anyone who can answer me!

Kan

First, use a condition: is sprite visible.

Then after that, use the expression countmatching("sprite"). That will return the number of picked instances of the object.

It works fine if the condition is "is sprite visible", but it doesn't work when it's a "is sprite overlapping ..." :-/

Like, I create a red area, and I want to count only the instances overlapping it. But even if there are several ones, it says "1" anyway.

I think "Is sprite overlapping" focuses on a single object. Instead, can you try checking if the red area is overlapping the sprite, then do the countmatching("sprite") expression?

It works! Thanks a bunch!

And have a nice springtime. :)

Ah really glad to hear it worked. Thanks Kan, you too!