Go factory help

[Pawel]

HP can be a property of the game object, e.g. self.hp - this way you will create a separate self.hp for each instance of the enemy. This applies to every data to you want to be unique to each instance, not shared.

Explanation of the "self"argument for dummies

Please, I need a ‘for dummies’ explanation of the “self” argument used in functions in scripts.

When to use self? When to use local?

Whats the main difference between using self and local to declare variables? When is one more appropriate than the other? My current working understanding is that local would be best used inside of function/if blocks and self would be a kind of global variable within the scope of a script/gameobject. I’d appreciate help to expand my understanding, thanks.

If you still want to store health points on enemies in a Lua table - you need to create a new entry for each enemy, e.g.

M.enemyHealth = {}
M.enemyHealth.enemy_value = 3

change to seomething like:

M.enemyHealth = {}
M.enemyHealth["instance1"] = 3
M.enemyHealth["instance2"] = 3

etc.