Legacy GM [SOLVED] phy_active spawns extra Physics objects

[GamingWalrus]

I'm working on a physics game where you try to build a tower by stacking various shoes, but I have a problem. When I hit the "P" key, a physics inactive object spawns, and the player can manipulate it some before pressing the spacebar to activate its physics and cause the shoe to fall. However, when the space key is pressed, the object spawns three more shoes with it, and I don't know why. Can anyone help me with this? Thank you.

 

[jo-thijs]

Can you give us the object information of the relevant objectds (the spawned object and the object that spawned it)?

 

[GamingWalrus]

Of course. There is a ground object and a shoe object, both of which are children of an object used for the collision events. Basically, there is an obj_collision, and it is parent to obj_shoe and obj_ground. Since this is a debug build, I put an event in obj_ground where pressing P spawns the shoe right above the ground. When I press the spacebar, the shoe becomes phy_active, which is when the other three shoes spawn. I've noticed this occurs whenever the obj_shoe has a collision event with another instance of obj_shoe, whether with itself or with the parent object. Thanks for helping.

 

[jo-thijs]

I actually meant the text that shows up when you click on the button "object information" when editing an object.
That way, I can see all the code and settings of the object.

 

[GamingWalrus]

Mea culpa. Here is the information
.

Spoiler: obj_shoe - Parent Collision Object

Information about object: obj_shoe
Sprite: spr_ground
Solid: false
Visible: true
Depth: 0
Persistent: false
Parent:
Children
obj_sneaker
obj_ground
Mask:
No Physics Object
Create Event:
execute code:

control = true

Collision Event with object obj_shoe:
execute code:

///Collision Code

Spoiler: obj_sneaker - one of the objects dropped

Information about object: obj_sneaker
Sprite: spr_sneaker
Solid: false
Visible: true
Depth: 0
Persistent: false
Parent: obj_shoe
Children:
Mask:
Physics
Start Awake: true
Is Kinematic: false
Is Sensor: false
Density: 0.5
Restitution: 0.1
Group: 0
Linear Damping: 0.1
Angular Damping: 0.1
Friction: 0.2
Shape: Polygon
Points:
(8, 0)
(40, 0)
(88, 12)
(96, 28)
(92, 36)
(4, 36)
(0, 16)
Create Event:
execute code:

phy_active = false
//hspeed = choose(-2,2)

Step Event:
execute code:

if keyboard_check(ord('A')) && !phy_active
{
phy_rotation -= 2
}

if keyboard_check(ord('D')) && !phy_active
{
phy_rotation += 2
}

if keyboard_check_pressed(vk_space) && !phy_active
{
phy_active = true
}

Other Event: Outside Room:
execute code:

instance_destroy();

Spoiler: obj_ground - what shoes land on

Information about object: obj_ground
Sprite: spr_ground
Solid: false
Visible: true
Depth: 0
Persistent: false
Parent: obj_shoe
Children:
Mask:
Physics
Start Awake: true
Is Kinematic: false
Is Sensor: false
Density: 0
Restitution: 0.1
Group: 0
Linear Damping: 0.1
Angular Damping: 0.1
Friction: 0.2
Shape: Box
Points:
(0, 0)
(64, 0)
(64, 64)
(0, 64)
Create Event:
execute code:

///Placeholder

Key Press Event for P-key Key:
execute code:

instance_create(room_width/2,96,obj_sneaker)

I apologize if this isn't the most clean, this is really just a debug build to see if it works as a concept or not.

 

[jo-thijs]

Those object informations are incomplete.
Have you selected the entire text before copy pasting?

 

[GamingWalrus]

The obj_ground information missed a parentheses at the end, but otherwise they were all complete.

 

[jo-thijs]

Oh, I see, you've got an empty collision event.
How many instances of type obj_ground do you have in the room?
Check this with instance_number(obj_ground) in a create event.

 

[GamingWalrus]

Now I see the problem. I had multiple instances to create a larger base. D'oh. Thanks for helping me solve the problem!