Game Maker Help: Enemies activating on screen.

Setting hspeed to 0 isn´t deactivating.

No, but won't it prevent them from moving?

Put this in the step event of the object:

if x > view_xview-16
if x < view_xview+336
if y > view_yview-16
if y < view_yview+256
{
hspeed = 0
}
else
{
move_towards_point(obj_player.x,self.y,0.5)
}

I think this can help you!

Preventing from moving LAGS INCREDIBLY. DY´s code could work for deactivating too, though, but I think mine´s faster.

@Yoshi 3000: Nice try.
@DarkYosh: I'll try that in a little. Got something to do.
@Latia: Hmmm...what do you mean by that?
obj_activater
Create

Step

This post has been edited by jhsoft on Jun 13 2008, 12:06 PM

Sorry it took a bit, but I found the problem.

In your goomba, you had this:

This code means it deactivates ANY object with the given name. That caused each goomba to be deactivated like 10 times, which caused glitches.

On your activater, set the above code under a Room Start Event. This can be found under "Other". This way, all enemies will only be deactivated once (Upon room start), and no problems will be caused.

Because the objects don´t get deactivated, so they would still be active in the room. And calculating things for many instances of an object type could lag, depending on the room´s dimensions and the number of goomba instances.

This code means it deactivates ANY object with the given name. That caused each goomba to be deactivated like 10 times, which caused glitches.

On your activater, set the above code under a Room Start Event. This can be found under "Other". This way, all enemies will only be deactivated once (Upon room start), and no problems will be caused.

This worked! Yay! Thanks a bunch!
@Everyone: Thanks so much everyone for helping! I am about ready to close this thread, but before that, I am going to try Soyeruda's method once more. I think that there might be a problem with lag, but I'm 99% sure it's my computer. Be right back, restarting