Legacy GM [Solved] Check if object was clicked

[Lunara]

hi all,
i need a little help again,
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Object_2 can only be clicked on if I clicked object_1 before.
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Any suggestions how this can be done? I cant get this to work properly, help would be aprreciated.

 

[TDSrock]

Set a flag in object_1 that is called clicked.
Set it too false at the start. when clicked set it to true.
When in object_2 gets clicked check the state of object_1s flag

 

[Lunara]

Cant get the last part to work correctly: When in object_2 gets clicked check the state of object_1s flag.

any hints? :-/

 

[TDSrock]

Show me what you are doing.

 

[Lunara]

It worked now but I dont know if this is the best way, i did it like this:

obj_one
create_event
global.clicked = false;

left_pressed
global.clicked = true;

obj_two
left_pressed
if(global.clicked = true) {
instance_destroy()
}

 

[TDSrock]

This is an method but I would use object accesors instead of a global variable.

Here is an example(plus how I would create the second button).

//create event obj_button_1
clicked = false;
buttonLinkedToo = instance_create(x + 50, y - 50, obj_button_2);//creates a the second button 50 pixels to the left and 50 pixels up relative to this button).
buttonLinkedToo.clicked = false;

//step event obj_button_1
if(/*clicked on*/){
   if(buttonLinkedToo.clicked){
      //do whatever we need to do when both buttons have been pressed
   }
}

//step event obj_button_2
if(/*clicked on*/){
   clicked = true;
}

Now I have given waaay more code then I normally would and it's also very targeted at your problem... Note that "/*"and "*/" are there to contain a comment. Whatever is within them you still need to sort out yourself(there are several ways of doing that, per example through the events you did, but I don't think they keep in mind that they are clicked ontop of.)

 

[Lunara]

thanks for your response and your effort, TDSrock, I will have a closer look into it.
Although I think for now I will stick with the other solution, I modified it a little and it works just fine for me.