How do I make items/powerups come with in the next scene?

[MadManDiscoBe3818547445yu]

I have a basic problem I think, when the character touches items/powerups they'll go into itemslots. But when the character touches a door or heads to the next scene/stage (not a frame), the items/powerups are not in the itemslots anymore even though I added them to the next scene (mainly their just outside the itemslots).

How do I get the game to keep the progress as the character enters other scenes/stages? 
I don't know if flash games only work on one scene or if I setup arrays or sharedobjects.

[kglad]

using scenes means you have to redo anything you want to carry from one scene to the bext.

[MadManDiscoBe3818547445yu]

So should I just try to put it kinda like all one scene instead? 

[kglad]

you can either use one scene (and mimic scenes by use keyframe with labels), or use code (eg, a data object that saves data so whatever is needed in other scenes can be restored).

[MadManDiscoBe3818547445yu]

any tutorials on data objects then?

[kglad]

too simple for a tutorial:

on your main timeline, create it:

var dataObj:Object = {};

then when you want to save something eg, lives or a player name, use

dataObj["lives] = 1;

dataObj["name"] = "madman";

if you want to increment lives

dataObj["lives"]++;
or decrement 

dataObj["lives"]--;

to retrieve data

if(dataObj["lives"]<1){
gotoAndStop("gameover");

}

[MadManDiscoBe3818547445yu]

so I just go to main timeline (like character or vcam?) Because I'm trying create a powerups like magic jewel or extra lives like this:

var dataObj:Object = {magicjewel};

dataObj["powerup"] = 1;

dataObj["name"] = "magicjewel";

[kglad]

no.  

if you want to store magicjewels, you probably want to save the number of jewels in the players inventory.

var dataObj:Object = {};

// for numeric items you can use addNumericItemsF by passing the string you want to store/increment

function addNumericItemsF(s:String):void{
if(!dataObj[s]){
dataObj[s]=1;

} else {
dataObj[s]++;

}

}

[MadManDiscoBe3818547445yu]

Well really theres only one. Its supposed to be like saved in itemslots. Is there a way to do that? Sorry I forgot to mention.

[kglad]

save using he dataObj and assign the value to whatever you're calling an itemslot

[MadManDiscoBe3818547445yu]

Mainly the itemslots are the inventory, you see I set the inventory to be a bunch of itemslots in a rectangle/box. 
1. What would the main timeline be exactly?
2. var dataObj:Object = {itemslot}; is this the correct way to put it?

3. would I have to save the items data (although there is only one of each) in the layers of the itemslots? 

[kglad]

2. no. see my previous posts. they all initialize daraObj with the same line of code.

3. there's not always one of each, correct?

[MadManDiscoBe3818547445yu]

Really there is only one of each. Its like quest items basically.

var dataObj:Object = {};

dataObj["magicJewel"] = true;

dataObj["magicHourglass"] = false;

dataObj["magicWand"] = true;

[kglad]

yes, that would work, but it's less flexible than using 1's and 0's.  but if that's what you want to do, go for it.

[MadManDiscoBe3818547445yu]

Well is there anything else I need to add to the code like the if statement to retrieve data?

[kglad]

that depends on what you use to "fill slots" when changing scenes.

[MadManDiscoBe3818547445yu]

Well what would be good to use to fill slots when changing the scenes then?

[kglad]

how do/did you fill a slot in the first scene?

[MadManDiscoBe3818547445yu]

Mostly I added a code to the frame the itemslots were in and a code to the items.

[kglad]

again, what code?

[MadManDiscoBe3818547445yu]

Are you talking about for items or itemslots or for the one I sent:

var dataObj:Object = {};

dataObj["magicJewel"] = true;

dataObj["magicHourglass"] = false;

dataObj["magicWand"] = true;

[kglad]

what code do/did you use to fill a slot in the first scene?

[MadManDiscoBe3818547445yu]

I mainly used an ai code generator for this. Sorry if it looks confusing or wrong.

This is the one for items:

addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, onEnterFrame); function onEnterFrame(event:Event):void { if (char.hitTestObject(this)) { addToSlot(this); } }

This is the one for Itemslots:

var currentslotnum:int = 1; stop(); function addToSlot(magicjewel:DisplayObject):void { if (!magicjewel["found"]) { magicjewel.x = root["itemslot" + currentslotnum].x; magicjewel.y = root["itemslot" + currentslotnum].y; magicjewel["found"] = true; root["itemInSlot" + currentslotnum] = magicjewel; // Store item in root currentslotnum++; } }

[kglad]

how to you know which item slot num to use or do you just store them willy-nilly?  ie, a powerup might be in the first slot or last slot (depending only on previous items found).

[MadManDiscoBe3818547445yu]

Whoops sorry forgot something.

var currentslotnum:int = 1; stop(); function addToSlot(magicjewel:DisplayObject):void { if (!magicjewel["found"]) { magicjewel.x = root["itemslot1"].x; magicjewel.y = root["itemslot1"].y; magicjewel["found"] = true; root["itemInSlot1"] = magicjewel; // Store item in root currentslotnum++; } }