health problem

[antivirus]

Hi, I was wondering if any of you could tell me how to set my thing up. I want it so that if my health (starts at 100) goes to 0 it will go to frame 2. Do any of you know the script. I tried a few things out but I am no actionscripter. Anything will be thanked kindly

PS i realize this could go in games, but I thought it was kind of a general flash question.

[Lightwave Network]

Basically:

code:

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if (health == 0) {

  _root.gotoAndStop(2)

}

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You should definetely consider learning how ActionScript works. It's very similar to JavaScript so you can learn one and or the other. It's just a structured way of thinking (IF my health equals zero, THEN do something), same thing as:

code:

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if (health == 0) {

  //do something (this is a comment and not ActionScript, but you'd put AS here)

}

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[antivirus]

that script didnt work. It did the same thing as before. I tested it out with a box that takes away 2 health every time you hit it. I hit the box until it went to 0 and it does nothing. I hit it again, and it goes to negative 2
Any more help?


PS i get some actionscript, but I just am not good at setting it up myself. I know javascript somewhat.

[Lightwave Network]

This script wasn't copy/paste because I have no idea how you're referencing "health". You should have a health variable that represents where your health is at (between 0 and 100).


What are your scripts to make your health go down? If you can show me these, I should be able to help further. Explain a little more about how your movie is built (ie: is your health a "Health Bar" that is a movie clip, or a dynamic text field?) There are a million different ways you could build a "health" bar, which is what's keeping me from being able to give you an exact answer.

If you can post the FLA, this would help even further.

[antivirus]

Okay, my variable is "health". The script I used to make health go down was

 on (release) {
 _root.score -= 2;
 }

Is that right?

[Lightwave Network]

Okay, so your variable name is "score". Here's how to accomplish what you want:

code:

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on (release) {

  _root.score -= 2;

  if (_root.score <= 0) {

    _root.gotoAndStop(2)  //(or use gotoAndPlay if that's what you need.)

  }

}

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[antivirus]

THANKS A LOT MAN!!

It was exactly what I needed.

[Lightwave Network]

Glad I could help!