how do i make it so where i can detect if a object comes to a certain distance but the object comparing and being compared are one in the same plus there are many other same objects scattered throughout the map any suggestions? ty

Sorry, I haven't understand you right. But maybe you could use c_trace (look in the manual). It gives you a pointer to the object, so you can compare it with other objects.

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TSGames

what i need is a system to detect if the same objects, just multiple copies, get within a predefined distance of each other and activate a variable when they do. C_trace is not good for this because it requires to much calculating power, and since there will be several hundreds of this certain type of object in a level i need something that barely uses any processing power. any advice would be greatly appreciated. ty

oke i will give it a go

var offon;

function solid_rock
{
var ent1;
ent1 = my.skill1;
while(my!=null)
{
you = ent1;
if((vec_dist(my.x,you.x))<=100)
{offon = 1;}
wait(1);
}
}

function create_stuff
{
var tempa;
var tempb;
tempa = ent_create(source_mdl,nullvector,solid_rock);
tempb = ent_create(source_mdl,nullvector,solid_rock);
you = tempa;
you.skill1 = tempb;
you = tempb;
you.skill1 = tempb;
}

didnt test it but it would look like this