How do I pick Array within a Container inside a Function

I have a Sprite object and an Array object.

The Array object belongs to the container of the Sprite object.

Within the event sheet, I create the Sprite object and Push several values onto the Array.

I check the Array UID and Width and they show correctly.

I then Call a Function, passing the UID of the Sprite as the parameter.

Within the Function, I pick the Object instance by the passed parameter.

At this point, checking the Array returns the original empty pre-container Array, despite the Sprite object container of the Array being picked.

Is there something I am missing about the behaviour of Containers and object picking?

Attached is a .capx example.

Put a 'System: Wait 0 seconds' after the Create Object so the object exists when the function is called.

You can disregard the first printout of the array's UID. I put a battleAttackerArray:Destroy as the very first line, so there are no instances, and it still reports UID 1. edit: a 'wait 0' after the destroy fixed that.

Put a 'System: Wait 0 seconds' after the Create Object so the object exists when the function is called.

You can disregard the first printout of the array's UID. I put a battleAttackerArray:Destroy as the very first line, so there are no instances, and it still reports UID 1. edit: a 'wait 0' after the destroy fixed that.

Thank you, that fixed the issue.

It seems that using the battleAttackerArray:Destroy on the first line which fixed it. I can remove the 'Wait 0' after the Create BattleHolder and it still works.

Does anyone know why the presence of the initial Array instance in the layout causes this behaviour?

It is a bit strange. I'd be inclined to call it a bug. There is an initial Array instance created, but no battleHolder instance (which I would've thought there should be given they have a container relationship). If you use Object Layout as first layout, and disable all events, there is 1 Array and 1 battleHolder instance as expected (of course in that layout there is a battleHolder instance placed in the editor).

If we do a similar thing with 2 Sprite objects (so have a Sprite1 and Sprite2 in a container, place a Sprite1 on the initial layout and a Sprite2 on the other layout) we get a Sprite2 created for us due to the container relationship.