CustomSpawner
HP
Contact Damage
objCustomSpawner
objects / Enemies / objCustomSpawnerprtEntity > objCustomSpawner
Description
Variables
| Name | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| object | objLifeEnergyBig | The object to spawn. |
| startWait | 0 | How long until the spawner starts spawning objects normally. |
| spawnWait | 480 | The wait time between each object spawn. |
| timer | 0 | |
| limit | 0 | The limit to how many of the object the spawner can spawn. 0 = infinite (default: 0) |
| countOwn | false | whether to only count objects this spawner created for the limit. (default: false) |
| script | scrNoEffect | The Game Maker script to execute within the object. If you put, say, xspeed = -3 in your script called scrMySpawner, and the object is set to objEnemyBullet, then the spawner will create a bullet moving left. (This is an alternative to the code variable above, and is more reliable since GML code execution from a string is not fully-featured.) |
| code | "" | string containing GML code to execute. If you put, say, code = "xspeed = -3" and the object is set to objEnemyBullet, then the spawner will create a bullet moving left. |
| shiftEdgeHorizontal | false | object should be shifted horizontally to the nearest screen left/right edge when it is created? |
| shiftEdgeVertical | false | object should be shifted vertically to the nearest screen top/bottom edge when it is created? |
| spawnN | 0 | size of the spawned object list |
| spawnedCount | 0 | number of spawned objects still alive |
variable names in bold are safe to set in creation code.
Inherited from prtEntity
| Name | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| frozen | 0 | |
| boss | 0 | boolean, is it a boss |
| faction | 3 | Used for entities colliding with each other |
| healthpointsStart | 1 | the amount of damage that must be dealt to the Entity before it dies. |
| healthpoints | healthpointsStart | |
| contactDamage | 0 | the amount of damage the Entity does to the player on collision. |
| canHit | false (*) | Boolean. If false, the entity won't take damage. |
| canDamage | true | If false, the entity won't deal damage |
| isTargetable | true | If false this object will be ignored by the targeting system |
| spawnEnabled | true | if this is false, object will never spawn, but will remain dead instead. |
| pierces | 2 | 0: destroyed when hits. 1: destroyed unless kills. 2: never destroyed |
| penetrate | 0 | 0: reflectable. 1: not reflectable, but no damage. 2: bypasses shields |
| attackDelay | 0 | |
| category | "" | |
| hitTimer | 0 | counts how long it has been since the last time it took damage |
| iFrames | 0 | |
| ignoreBullet | 0 | special case for ignoring a bullet when reflecting it (thunder beam) |
| killOverride | true | special case for special kill effects ala BHB or Tornado Blow |
| hitterID | 0 | the ID of the object that last hit this entity |
| respawn | true | If this is false, the entity will permanently be destroyed if it is ever dead. If true, it will respawn any time it scrolls on-screen. |
| dead | false | |
| shiftVisible | 0 | |
| noFlicker | false | If set to true, depth modulating will be disabled for this object. |
| respawnRange | 4 | distance beyond edge of view at which entity spawns if dead. Set to -1 to make infinite |
| despawnRange | -1 (*) | distance beyond edge of view at which entity despawns if alive. set to -1 to make infinite Notes for objCustomSpawner:
Custom Spawners are very versatile. They can be set to spawn virtually anything, and with strange use, can even just be used as objects that execute a script every frame. Their purpose should be fairly self explanatory. |
| beenOutsideView | false | in order to respawn, this must be set to true. It is set to true when the spawn co-ordinates of the entity surpass both the despawn and respawn range. |
| inWater | 0 | |
| bubbleTimer | 0 | |
| xspeed | 0 | |
| yspeed | 0 | |
| grav | 0 (*) | |
| ground | true | |
| blockCollision | 0 (*) | should the movement scripts block this object's movement at walls? If false, this object will be able to phase through walls. |
| dieToSpikes | false | |
| sinkin | 1 | |
| xcoll | 0 | |
| ycoll | 0 | |
| epIsOnPlat | 0 | |
| itemDrop | 0 | This object will be spawned once the entity dies |
| stopOnFlash | true | |
| iceTimer | 0 | is iced (frozen cold), and how much remaining time to spend iced |
| canIce | true | is it possible to ice this object (usually doesn't matter if canHit is false) |
| invincible | false | set this to true to make this enemy invincible no matter what |
| sparkleTimer | 0 | |
| doesTransition | true | carries mega man through transitions |
| isSolid | 0 | do other entities see this entity as a solid (i.e. a moving platform). 0: not solid. 1: fully solid. 2: top-solid. |
| fnsolid | 0 | if set to true, will only be solid to entities of faction that it is friendly towards. set it to 2 for the opposite |
| spawned | -1 | parameter for spawn event; -1 indicates never spawned |
| deadTimer | 0 | |
| target | noone | the enemy object this entity currently sees as its primary target. Useful for programming any kind of enemy AI which responds to the player. |
| behaviourType | 0 | The strategy the enemy should use to pick which player to target 0: generic 1: always nearest 2: switch every few seconds 3: custom 4: pick once, never switch |
| facePlayerOnSpawn | false | |
| facePlayer | false | |
| specialDamageValuesTotal | 0 |
* value is modified from the default for prtEntity.
variable names in bold are safe to set in creation code.