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Anonymous
January 8, 2014
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Lifesystem in as3

  • January 8, 2014
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Hello,

I'm trying to make a game and within that game i'd like a lifesystem. The player has 3 lifes (shown as 3 hearts in the game). This is what I have so far:

var lifes:int = 3;

function checkForHits() {

if(Player.hitTestObject(Zombie)) {
Heart3.x=1100;
lifes --;
Player.x=200,Player.y=600;

}

if (lifes == 0) {

gotoAndStop("gameover");

}

It works, after 3 deaths I progress to the gameover screen. My problem is: how do I show that graphically? The first heart (called heart3) dissapears as I want it to, but I have no clue how to do the same with the second and third heart. Any suggestions?

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Correct answer moccamaximum

you can reference objects with this construction

var num:int = 5;

this["object"+String(num)].visible = false;

//this will make any displayObject with the instance name object5 invisible on th stage;

in your case:

if(Player.hitTestObject(Zombie)) {
this["Heart"+String(lifes)].x=1100;
lifes --;

}

this is an easy way to tie your UI to the actual gaming data

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moccamaximumCorrect answer
Inspiring
January 8, 2014

you can reference objects with this construction

var num:int = 5;

this["object"+String(num)].visible = false;

//this will make any displayObject with the instance name object5 invisible on th stage;

in your case:

if(Player.hitTestObject(Zombie)) {
this["Heart"+String(lifes)].x=1100;
lifes --;

}

this is an easy way to tie your UI to the actual gaming data

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