Destroying dots on miniMap...?

allc1865

Hey guys. On my miniMap I have dots the represent the enemies in my game. After I kill all the enemies, there's always one enemy dot left on my map that's not an enemy. How would I destroy the dot after all enemies are killed?
Thanks

Braydon_SFX

That dot is an actor, so you could arrange something like this:

Create an Integer game Attribute called "HowMany." Leave the value at 0 for now.

In your enemy actor, add a Change Attribute:
Change Attribute: game.HowMany to game.HowMany+1

Make sure that the Change Attribute behavior is at the top of your logic stack.

Next, when you destroy an enemy, add a Change Attribute:
Change Attribute: game.HowMany to game.HowMany-1


Then create a rule in your dot actor:
When attribute: game.HowMany = 0
Destroy

allc1865

Thanks! That worked! One more question. What if it's a coin instead and you wanted to destroy the coin dot on the miniMap?
Thanks!

Braydon_SFX

Not sure what you mean, but you'd use the same rule to destroy something else when all of the enemies are gone:

When attribute: game.HowMany = 0
Destroy

allc1865

Okay. I have coins around my game that the character has to collect. Those coins are displayed on the miniMap. When the player collides with the coin, I want the coin displayed on the minMap to go away.
Hope that helps! Thanks!

Braydon_SFX

That's going to be a little more difficult than the method above. Let me see if I can whip up a demo project for you. Give me a few minutes.

Braydon_SFX

Here you go. Simple once you know what to do.

This method assigns a unique ID to each main coin, and mini map coin.
When I touch a main coin, I change a game attribute to the ID number of that main coin, for example, 2.

Then in the mini map coin, I say when that game attribute = the unique ID for the mini coin, for example 2, then destroy.

A mouthful, but you'll see what I'm talking about when you open the project.

allc1865

That's a good template, thanks. But I don't think I can use it because I unlocked my actors in the scene to get them to show up on the miniMap...
Here's my template if you want to look at it.
Thanks...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/44r3p3rgtum67m3/MiniMap Game.zip

allc1865

Thanks, @Braydon_SFX, got it working!

Braydon_SFX

Glad it worked out for you. Best of luck!