in http://scratch.mit.edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/projects/11527914/#player for every NPC/human that dies, besides the player, a zombie is supposed to spring up. Variables count the two numbers, but I can't figure out why more zombies come up than humans die after a while.

Firedrake969 wrote:

in http://scratch.mit.edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/projects/11527914/#player for every NPC/human that dies, besides the player, a zombie is supposed to spring up. Variables count the two numbers, but I can't figure out why more zombies come up than humans die after a while.

Hmmm… does it have anything to do with the if touching NPC create clone? If a zombie touches an NPC for to long it might create two clones while only deleting one NPC. Maybe you could try adding in a wait .1 seconds block and see if that helps.

I added it on one, then it glitched more, so I added it on both.

Make sure no clones are receiving broadcasts they aren't supposed to. Use this:

There are no broadcasts.

Ok, so changed so when the humans touch a zombie, they change humans by -1, zombies by 1, and clone a zombie and delete themself. Still, oddly, doesn't work.

Firedrake969 wrote:

in http://scratch.mit.edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/projects/11527914/#player for every NPC/human that dies, besides the player, a zombie is supposed to spring up. Variables count the two numbers, but I can't figure out why more zombies come up than humans die after a while.

Well, part of it is that you're not keeping proper count of both sides. You start of with 24 NPC's and 1 zombie, but you set (Humans:) to 25, and (Zombies:) to 0. Not accurate. As for anything more then a person off, I'm not sure. I haven't seen any of that yet.

Oh, and by the way, you might want to avoid using . It's a good block, but it's glitching out terribly for you. Why? I don't know.

With regards,

ErnieParke

ErnieParke wrote:

Well, part of it is that you're not keeping proper count of both sides. You start of with 24 NPC's and 1 zombie, but you set (Humans:) to 25, and (Zombies:) to 0. Not accurate. As for anything more then a person off, I'm not sure. I haven't seen any of that yet.

Oh, and by the way, you might want to avoid using [if on edge, bounce]. It's a good block, but it's glitching out terribly for you. Why? I don't know.

Fixed.

Perhaps add a "wait until < not < touching []? > >" block to it.

mitchboy wrote:

ErnieParke wrote:

Well, part of it is that you're not keeping proper count of both sides. You start of with 24 NPC's and 1 zombie, but you set (Humans:) to 25, and (Zombies:) to 0. Not accurate. As for anything more then a person off, I'm not sure. I haven't seen any of that yet.

Oh, and by the way, you might want to avoid using [if on edge, bounce]. It's a good block, but it's glitching out terribly for you. Why? I don't know.

Fixed.

Perhaps add a "wait until < not < touching []? > >" block to it.

wait until not touching what? And where at?

If I don't use the if on edge, bounce block, the zombies and humans swarm to the sides.

Updated but still glitching.

Firedrake969 wrote:

mitchboy wrote:

ErnieParke wrote:

Well, part of it is that you're not keeping proper count of both sides. You start of with 24 NPC's and 1 zombie, but you set (Humans:) to 25, and (Zombies:) to 0. Not accurate. As for anything more then a person off, I'm not sure. I haven't seen any of that yet.

Oh, and by the way, you might want to avoid using [if on edge, bounce]. It's a good block, but it's glitching out terribly for you. Why? I don't know.

Fixed.

Perhaps add a "wait until < not < touching []? > >" block to it.

wait until not touching what? And where at?

If I don't use the if on edge, bounce block, the zombies and humans swarm to the sides.

Updated but still glitching.

You still haven't updated the zombie side of things.

Anyway, I found the glitch, and it's not with Scratch. The glitch comes when a person becomes a zombie *before* you set (humans:) to 24. Then you have 23 NPC's and 2 zombies, but your counter says 24 NPC's and 1 zombie (though it means 2). Now do you see where your glitch is coming from? Just shift that [set to (24)] block, and you should be good.

With regards,

ErnieParke

Firedrake969 wrote:

mitchboy wrote:

Perhaps add a "wait until < not < touching []? > >" block to it.

wait until not touching what? And where at?

"wait until < not < touching [insert NPC sprite name here]? > >“ on the zombie sprite(s). I think that sometimes when a zombie touches an NPC, it creates 2 zombies instead of 1. Put this after the ”if < touching [NPCSpritename]? >" so it only creates one each time.

Ok, it works better, but now when a human becomes a zombie, the zombies doesn't go to where the human was. Any ideas?

Firedrake969 wrote:

Ok, it works better, but now when a human becomes a zombie, the zombies doesn't go to where the human was. Any ideas?

I was thinking that you could create a list to store the NPC's last positions. Now, when a person becomes a zombie, they'll add their x position and y position to the list, and when a zombie comes a live, it'll read the x position and y position in the list. The zombie will know where to go then, and it'll also remove the x&y position from the list so that other zombies that spawned at the same time won't go to the same place. You could even extend this to add the direction of the NPC before zombification, but that's if you want.

With regards,

ErnieParke

Can you remix, so I can see? I think I got it, but it still is weird.

Firedrake969 wrote:

Can you remix, so I can see? I think I got it, but it still is weird.

You're on the right track, but not there. Anyway, I decided to remix: Zombie Survival

By the way, you know I made one of these too a long while ago? It even has the same name, but it was made back in 1.4.

With regards,

ErnieParke

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