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Um... I think I see what you mean. The same sprite can't be in two places at one time, but if you want the same sprite to reappear AFTER you kill it, that's not hard. Let's say you want the sprite to 'die' after being hit by the sprite 'bullet' and then reappear after between 2 and 10 seconds at the point X:-240, Y:0. You'd probably do something like this:

when  clicked
forever
if 
touching 
bullet ▼
?
hide
wait 
pick random 
2
 to 
10
 secs
go to x: 
-240
 y: 
0
show

Last edited by Scratcher456 (2012-08-25 15:33:59)

BirdByte wrote:

Scratcher456 wrote:

The same sprite can't be in two places at one time, but if you want the same sprite to reappear AFTER you kill it, that's not hard.

Actually, it can. Stamping FTW.

Stamping is one of the best tools Scratch offers.  Unfortunately it can be quite complex to program some really cool stamping techniques.

Anyway, the basic code is something like this:

when I receive 
enemy_come_in ▼
forever
set 
enemy health ▼
 to 
10
broadcast 
start enemy AI ▼
wait until 
not
enemy health
 > 
0

Scratcher456 wrote:

BirdByte wrote:

Scratcher456 wrote:

The same sprite can't be in two places at one time, but if you want the same sprite to reappear AFTER you kill it, that's not hard.

Actually, it can. Stamping FTW.

True, I hadn't thought of that. The problem is, stamping can get confusing. FAST. It also tends to slow things down when used too much. Theoretically, though, it's not hard to have one sprite be several sprites. I've never played with it, but I've seen some really cool stuff done with it.

Turbo mode or single frame code makes it instant. And with an easy function for the sprite to perform, for example move until i die or hit the player. It's rather simple to implement:

when  clicked
forever
set 
counter ▼
 to 
1
repeat 
length of 
x positions ▼
go to x:
item 
counter
 of 
x positions ▼
 y:
item 
counter
 of 
y positions ▼
move 
speed
 steps
stamp
if 
touching 
player ▼
?
change 
player health ▼
 by 
-10
replace item 
counter
 of 
x positions ▼
 with 
original x
another list 
replace item 
counter
 of 
y positions ▼
 with 
original y
could go here
else
replace item 
counter
 of 
x positions ▼
 with 
x position
replace item 
counter
 of 
y positions ▼
 with 
y position
change 
counter ▼
 by 
1

With a list of original xs, ys, and two more for the mutable positions, you can easily have as any enemies as you want. And with changing "ifs" that use the counter variable, you can have them behave differently. I try to use as few sprites as possible in my projects, so I use this a lot.