Actors stop spawning

Bolt2Bolt2 Member Posts: 41
edited March 2012 in Working with GS (Mac)
Greetings Gamesalad!

I am new to the forums and the application, so I ask that you bare with me. So I've looked at multiple tutorials and I've replicated many however the one I am struggling with at the moment is the 'Spawning Random Actors in Random Locations..."

I have several blocks falling from the top of the iPhone and they spawn at regular time intervals. However, after about 3 seconds or so, they stop spawning.

What is the cause of this?

Thanks,

Blackmill

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  • JrnhubbardJrnhubbard Posts: 2
    Accepted Answer
    Hi Blackmill,

    Im having the same issue, i've been following a video; as a tutorial, its really helpful, but I've come up with the same issue. After about 3 seconds the spawning of the blocks stops.

    In the video he also forgets to mention that you have to turn gravity up to make them fall (500 is normally a good number to plug in)

    I hope someone can help us with this issue.

    Ilford

  • jonmulcahyjonmulcahy Posts: 10,408
    Accepted Answer
    I'm guessing your spawner was falling with gravity and getting destroyed after 3 seconds. Your fix will work, but you could have also unchecked moveable.

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  • jonmulcahyjonmulcahy Member, Sous Chef Posts: 10,408
    You'll have to share your code for us to help. It's impossibl to tell what your doing.
  • Bolt2Bolt2 Member Posts: 41
    You'll have to share your code for us to help. It's impossible to tell what your doing.
    Do you wish for me to describe what I've done or is there a physical way of copying my code?
  • tatiangtatiang Member, Sous Chef, PRO, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 11,949
    Do you wish for me to describe what I've done or is there a physical way of copying my code?
    You can post a screenshot by hosting the screenshot file (e.g. dropbox, imageshack, etc.) and then using the following tag:

    image


  • Bolt2Bolt2 Member Posts: 41
    http://imageshack.us/f/26/screenshot20120329at181.png/

    That's the attributes given to my 'Spawner' actor. All the rules are the same (bar the fact when it's a different number, a different coloured block is produced).

    Gravity is set to 250 (On the scene) and I've yet to destroy the blocks if they reach the bottom of the screen.
  • Bolt2Bolt2 Member Posts: 41
    Thanks all for your suggestions - I've fixed the issue myself.

    Note: Randomly falling blocks wouldn't spawn after 3 seconds.

    Solution: Turn off gravity on Scene. Add 'Accelerate' as a rule to each individual actor.

    Thanks again forum :)

    -Blackmill
  • JrnhubbardJrnhubbard Member Posts: 2
    Thats really helpful, well thought out. My gravity was obviously the issue as well then.

    Ilford
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