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2D All the way! / Need help with enemy "attack waves" are "arrays" my friend?

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Marsekay
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So im on the stage of wanting to create my waves of enemys

im not much a fan of the drunken random enemy movement patterns etc

how do i create say 100 guys in a level with say 5 different types of enemy within that 100 each group having a different movement pattern and image

im thinking i may need arrays?

otherwise do i have to program each guy sperately?

if its arrays how do i use the array to do what i want?

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Lilith
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What language are you using? Basic or C++?

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waka324
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if you are using C++, I would create a structure like



and then create a c_array of that type.

Like
std::vector< enemy > enemies;
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Marsekay
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Hi, im using DBP

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Lilith
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Quote: "Hi, im using DBP"


Sorry, then. I'm out of my field there. In C++ you can keep data and functions together in a structure so each entity has it's own private copy. Maybe DBP has similar functionality.

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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Simple.


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Diggsey
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Just have a 'group' value in the UDT, and tell the enemies to stay within a certain distance of that group.

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