'Position_Enemies()' function...?

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MSW

Not enough information...like where is the X,Z position in relateion to the eneimes...how far they are to be spaced appart, etc...but here is a simple way of doing what you want:

function form_V(ammount%,xpos#,zpos#) 

;note: changed ammount to an integer

Svee%=1       ;counters for the loop
Evee%=ammount ;Start and End of the vee

Mpoint% = Evee / 2 ;trying to find the mid point

If (Evee AND 1) Then Mpoint = Mpoint + 1
;If the integer Evee is odd then add 1 to it to account for integer divide truncation (5/2=2 in integer math)


Xoff# = 10
Zoff# = -10

;the offsets or how far appart to place the enemies
;the values of xpos and zpos represnet the top-left corner of the vee

For i = Svee to Evee

  enemy = NEW enemytype

   PosistionEntity enemy, xpos, 0 ,zpos

 If i = Mpoint then Zoff = -(Zoff)

 xpos = xpos + Xoff
 zpos = zpos + Zoff

Next 

End function

the form_line function is even simpler:

Function form_line(ammount%,xpos#,zpos#)
;again ammount is an integer
;and xpos,zpos is in refrence to the left most side of the line

Xoff# = 10
;how far appart they should be

For i = 1 to ammount

  enemy = NEW enemytype
   
   PosistionEntity enemy, xpos,0,zpos

   xpos =xpos + Xoff

Next

End function

There is more to it, especialy involveing the use of entities/types...but I have a feeling that you just were trying to figure out how to get them into posistion more then anything