Lua Global Event

[natanal99]

i want to do a global event to check if a monster x is alive anywere in map and the only way i know to check if the monster is alive é by checking every single tile in map.
Is there a better way to do it?

 

[kyoushirou]

Ehh..
Edit: Assuming TFS 1.1 (stable).

// Creature(id or name or userdata)

Returns the creature. So

local CreatureID = Creature("Demon Boss")
if CreatureID ~= nil then
       -- If creature exists!
else
      -- If creature doesnt exist.
end

If there's multiple creatures with the same name and you want to execute code on all of them..

local CreatureID = Creature("Demon")
if CreatureID ~= nil then
        for _,pid in ipairs(CreatureID) do
           --- All creatures now had ID pid. Execute code on pid as creatureid.
        end
else
      -- If no creature
end

 

[Printer]

Well depends what you are checking, a boss? or a area with monsters and etc...

There is few ways to handle this. First one, which has been already explained by @kyoushirou. Second would Game.getSpectators to check area or thrid would use global storage. When it's die then it should add BOSS_DEAD = 1 and when it respawn then BOSS_DEAD = 0.

 

[natanal99]

oh, my bad it's 0.3.6, anyway global storage will solve my problem i completely forgot about those ty