SOLVED Space Rocks Tutorial -- Question about using alarm[ ] in objects

[floatingonthewater]

Hi Everyone,

I've been following along with the Space Rocks Tutorial and have a question about alarms.

In the tutorial the instructor makes an alarm in obj_game, then calls that alarm in the collusion event of obj_ship. This works just as it should, but I was experimenting with creating the alarm in the obj_ship, but was confused as to why I couldn't get it to work.

Image #1: alarm[1] was created in obj_game (not shown), and works just fine when called.


Image #2: The alarm was created instead in obj_ship, but for some reason it doesn't work.


Could anyone clarify? I also tried with(obj_ship) in the second example to see if that would help, but no luck.

Thank you!

 

[TailBit]

When you destroy the ship, then its timers goes along with it

Edit: when you destroy it then you could create a object that should respawn the ship with a timer it sets in the create event

 

[Nidoking]

Look about two lines down from where you set the alarm in the obj_ship. See that instance_destroy()? Which instance do you think it destroyed? You just set an alarm, then destroyed the alarm clock.

 

[floatingonthewater]

Ah, I see! That makes sense. Thanks for the clarification @Nidoking and @TailBit.