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I'm trying to implement a puzzle mechanic in Game Maker Studio 2.
Where you need to activate multiple switches for an event to happen (e.g. opening a door)

However, I'm currently stuck in recieving the booleans from all switch objects in a room.
Currently It's only working when any (or only the first) switch is hit.

Here's an example of how it works:

Switch collision with projectile:

switched = !switched

'Switchdoor' step event:

if (switch.switched == true) //this only seem te register the first switch placed
{
    //do action
}

If I've used XNA, I could make a List<> to store all the rendered switches and get their boolean values. But what can I use instead in Game Maker Studio 2, who works with rooms?

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If my GML is not too rusty, the following should work:

var allSwitchesOn = true;

with(switch) {
    if(!switched) {
        other.allSwitchesOn = false;
        break;
    }
}

// allSwitchesOn now has the correct value
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    \$\begingroup\$ Actually this answer should be doing other.allSwitchesOn &= switched or add a break statement when finding that the value is false (though my GML is rusty and unsure if a break would work). I would definitely refactor to just "other.allSwitchesOn &= switched;" within the with statement. The if statement is asking a needless question. \$\endgroup\$
    – user64742
    Commented Dec 28, 2018 at 5:22
  • \$\begingroup\$ @TheGreatDuck sorry for the delay. Documentation says you're right, and short-circuiting the loop is definitely an improvement. Thanks! \$\endgroup\$
    – Quentin
    Commented Jan 3, 2019 at 16:06
  • \$\begingroup\$ @Quentin that's actually good that you found that because I have about 5 similar with statements that are suffering from efficiency issues. XD \$\endgroup\$
    – user64742
    Commented Jan 4, 2019 at 1:18

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