First, how can I tell if a thing is destroyed? And second, how can I use brackets in cog. I want to do something like this:

thing[flex] = GetSenderRef();

The flex could be 1 - 5, and there are 5 things(thing1, thing2, etc) the flex and the thing can equal. Would it work?

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*Rrrring* Microsoft has advanced to the Imperial Age.

You can use arrays in cog, it's no problem...

Thanks, Raze. But I still need to know how to tell if a thing is destroyed. -A projectile in this case.

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*Rrrring* Microsoft has advanced to the Imperial Age.

What exactly do you want to do with it?
I mean, you could probably do:

startup:
setpulse(0.2);
return

pulse:
if(GetThingPos(thing) == 0) call destroyed;
return;

destroyed:
do whatever here
return;

So, if(Getthingpos(proj) == 0) will tell me if the projectile has been removed? Here's what I want to do with it:

created:

if proj1 is destroyed, assign getsenderref to proj 1. Then set a looping timer with an id of 1 to control the projectile.

else if proj2 is destroyed, etc.

That continues till the created message finds a projectile that's not in use. When it finds one getsenderref becomes one of the projectiles that are controlled by this template cog.

Return;
#===========#
Timer:

id=Getsenderid();

if(id == 1)
{
control proj1 and set timer again.
}
if(id == 2) etc...

Return;
#============#
Removed:

find out which missile was destroyed and clear its variables.

Return;

I'm using looping timers instead of a pulse to control the actions of the projes because I can have more than one timer in a cog.


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*Rrrring* Microsoft has advanced to the Imperial Age.

I'll try using getthingpos, and post again when I'm done. Thanks, Raze.

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*Rrrring* Microsoft has advanced to the Imperial Age.

Sabermaster , attatch a cog to the weapon and then in it put

message removed

removed:

//do stuff

return;

See, there was an easier way to it lol and hey Seifer, go over to my SyncThingState thread and help me please =) .

-Raze

I'm using a removed message already. What I want is something to see if the proj is destroyed. IE, if(proj is destroyed). I don't want to rely on the removed message because the removed message may not be called. Is there a something that can do this, or do I have to check whether it has position, speed, etc?

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*Rrrring* Microsoft has advanced to the Imperial Age.

Ahhh , yes indeed , i suggest you use if(IsThingMoving(proj) == 0)

Because a projectile never stops unless it's destoryed ...... unless it attatches it self to something.

Isthingmoving works fine. Thanks *_Seifer_*

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