AN - Change Color and Text on Empty Location Let say i have a grid 3 x 3 of plane objects.
And when I move Empty object into center of the first Plane (upper-left), the blue color changes to pink and Text object (on side) change number to "4".

Note: The numbers displayed on planes are not gone be displayed in animation. I put them only on to show you order of planes (and numbering).



If I separate to steps:

First

I want to let planes to come from out of screen to grid position (in ascendent order-see screen). Like 4,5,6 one by one and then continue 7, 8, 9 and so on ... but with this node tree (Directional) in comes all row at once.



Second

I want to control color of plane by position of another object.
Like Empty object in plane location change color from blue tu pink.

Third

I have text object next to planes that I want to let display a specific number from text editor list.
(or in specific range like 4-12). Controled by the same object that controls color of plane.
Ideally something like empty object howering over plane.

Thank you for help.
I really try to get in, but it seems it takes ages to dive into this system.
First Question

You can use the Delay Falloff node to do the animation after sorting them by name, making sure that our objects are named by their number.



Second Question

What you need to do is check the max 1D distance (distance between components of vectors) to see if the empty is located inside the square or not, so a node tree like this works:



Third Question

In the same loop, you add a text input and reassign it to the object name if and only if the boolean we computed before was true, so a node tree like this works:



I didn't describe each in details because you seem like you know AN. However, if you want them in details, please ask.