The Dink Network

You could always you the editor_seq trick.

Something like this:

void main ( void )
{
int &ed = sp_editor_num(&current_sprite);
int &dead = editor_seq(&ed, -1);
if (&dead == 1)
{
//be dead
} else
{
//be alive
}
}

void die ( void )
{
editor_seq(&ed, 1);
}

The only catch is that the corpse would warp back to the place the guy started. You could use editor_seq and editor_frame to store the X and Y he was killed at if you think it's worth the trouble, btu be aware that editor_frame onyl goes up to 255, so even if that's Y, you'd have to cut the number in half before storing it and double it before using it.