object with variables from script?

[corwin22]

I have a script that is supposed to create an object with a few variables but it doesn't work I have tried using 'with' but it won't work?

Spoiler: Script code

//scr_orb(Health,color,speed)
// using this will create an entire row at the top!

orb = (instance_create_layer(32,32,"Enemy",obj_orb))
with (orb) {
Health = argument0
Color = argument1
spd = room_speed * argument2
}

 

[Carl Nylander]

Health is a global variable, make your own instead like hp (for health pointsl

 

[corwin22]

I changed the variable but it still doesn't get the 'spd' variable from the script.

 

[corwin22]

Spoiler: Here is what the error says

___________________________________________
############################################################################################
FATAL ERROR in
action number 1
of Create Event
for object obj_orb:

Variable obj_orb.spd(100021, -2147483648) not set before reading it.
at gml_Object_obj_orb_Create_0 (line 2) - alarm[0] = spd
############################################################################################
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
stack frame is
gml_Object_obj_orb_Create_0 (line 2)
called from - gml_Script_scr_orb (line 4) - orb = (instance_create_layer(32,32,"Enemy",obj_orb))
called from - gml_Object_obj_playGui_Create_0 (line 1) - scr_orb(4,4,4)

 

[FrostyCat]

Create events run at the point of the call to instance_create_layer(), the code in your with block won't make it in on time.

Create a blank object called xobj_egg, create an instance of it and load it with variables, then change it to the actual object type once it's ready:

with (instance_create_layer(32, 32, "Enemy", xobj_egg)) {
  Health = argument0;
  Color = argument1;
  spd = room_speed * argument2;
  instance_change(obj_orb, true);
}

This is a standard pattern demonstrated in this article.

 

[corwin22]

thank you it worked