action ally()
{
if (my.status==attacking)
{................}
........
my.event=detect_target;
}

function detect_target ()
{
if (event_type == EVENT_DETECT)
{
if (you.skill2==1) // enemy detected
{
my.status=attacking;
my.parent = you;
}
}
}

you can test this (no errors ... but work ???):

action ally()
{
if (my.status==attacking)
{................}
........
my.event=detect_target;
}

function detect_target ()
{
ENTITY*target1;
if (event_type == EVENT_DETECT)
{
if (you.skill2==1) // enemy detected
{
my.status=attacking; target1=you; }
}
}

I'm sorry jane, but that's senseless because you cannot access the pointer from outside the event function.

@Suprku

its right, the pointer is only in the event function useable.

its a way, give: ally 1 the skill5 = 1; ally 2 the skill5 = 2; ...

function detect_target ()
{
if (event_type == EVENT_DETECT)
{
if (you.skill2==1) // enemy detected
{
my.status=attacking; you.skill5 = my.skill5; }
}
}

and use the skill5 for the AI :

have the enemy now the skill5=2 search the ally with skill5=2 and attack
this one.

seems somewhat illogical to store an identifier on each skill,

if you need to use parent for anything else, store handles in the skills

@Superku I tried ur way, but how the NPC will have its own 'target1' pointer set to the detected entity ??

@jane Your method doesn't help because all allies must be identical, only their 'target1' pointer must be set to the entity detected by their event.

@MrGuest I could be wrong, but I think you haven't understood the problem. The Ally entity has its LOCAL pointer called target1 which must point to the entity detected by the "detect_target()" event.

"@Superku I tried ur way, but how the NPC will have its own 'target1' pointer set to the detected entity ??"

?
Replace "target1" simply with "my.parent", where's the problem?

Yes.. My mistake. That's exactly what I want. It works. 10x !