First of all, with such a tiny array, you could probably get away with doing thousands of full scans in a single tick without noticing any sort of slowdown.

That said, if you still want to optimize it in a way to reduce redundant checks to a minimum, we need to know a bit more about what you are actually trying to do.

In particular, could you perhaps elaborate on this sentence : "If I find the value, I would remove it from that cell but possibly add the value elsewhere in the array".

Is the value shifting conditionnal ? (if so, what is this condition ?)

Where do you move the value ? (same row, column, anywhere in the array)

Do you "set" another cell, or do you add a cell value to another ?

Thanks for your feedback, yes you basically explained how it works, I always remove it once found then conditionally add to adjacent cells, i did get it working now (relief!)

Hello. Maybe "System -> Create object (by name)" could help?

thank you, I did end up using this

Thank you very much for the example, trying to use it now ...

How do I get the add-on installed? When I goto get addons from my project, it seems I can only select from a set list of addons, not the one I downloaded from the link. What step am I missing here. Thanks.

I would like to store various values in an array and then from different levels in the game find the corresponding element and spawn an object from the retrieved value.

For example ...

Player enters the shop on level 1, check array and see that the shop sells a knife, shield, and herbs.

Player enters the shop on level 2, check array and see that the shop sells a sword, armor, and health potion.

Is this a proper way to approach this? If so, what value do I store in the array (name or some id) and how do I spawn based on the retrieved value. (When I try to spawn another object, I only see the drop down menu of existing objects, nothing that can be replaced by a formula or variable)

If there's a different way to do this, I'm also open to hearing that.

Thanks for any help.

That worked, Thank You.

I was over complicating it. I used system action as you suggested, set value to home.x and home.y and "it" knew which home I needed. Thank You!

Hello, thanks for your reply. I have already set that condition up, but I cannot get access to the global variables on action of “Home”, only instance variables.

If I change the action to use system then I can access the global variables, but now I don’t have the specific “Home” object to get coordinates.

Am I missing a behavior or separate step?

Thanks for any help.

I have a "Home" object with two instances on the layout.

I have two global variables for currentX and currentY

I want to set currentX and currentY when my player object overlaps either one of the "Home" objects.

How do I get the X, Y of the specific "Home" that is overlapping the player.

Thanks

Thank you

I am using the sprite origin as x1 and y1

I then swipe down from sprite, either down to the right or left, then let go. On touch end when I let go I record x2 and y2.

I then apply impulse - angle(x1,y1,x2,y2)

When x2 is less than x1 (swiping down to the left) it works fine and shoots the sprite up to the right.

If I swipe down to the right and x2 ends up greater than x1, then the sprite fires off down to the right in opposite direction I wanted.

Please advise if my angle setting is wrong and what formula I should be using to calculate the angle.

Thanks for any replies.

Found game physics tutorial here, nevermind on the gravity