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[Person2]

In my game, I have enemies moving at random speeds. There's a stationary turret that's supposed to shoot at the enemies that are moving the fastest. All of the enemies use the same object. I have no idea how to get the turret to detect how fast an enemy is moving. How can I go about this?

Thanks in advance.

Edited by Person2, 16 April 2012 - 04:32 AM.

[Desert Dog]

var top_speed, inst; //declare 2 temporary variables.

inst=noone;   //this is a reference to the fastest enemy

top_speed=0; //this is a reference to the top speed (so far!)



with (obj_enemy) //loop through the enemy objects

{

    if  (speed>top_speed) //check their speed...

   {

         inst=id; //if they have the top speed, store a reference to them in inst!

    }

}



if instance_exists(inst) //always double check..

{

//inst is the fastest!!

//shoot him!!

}

[Person2]

Thank you very much! It worked, although I had to add this line below the "inst=id;" :

top_speed = inst.speed;

[Desert Dog]

Good catch!