this should work....why doesnt it??!! simple actionscript problem

[daveyt11223344]

hey guys any ideas???

hey, im making a little flash game where the user has to click the right square to make the shape symmetrical. the actionscript in the first frame is as follows:

stop();

//ok, 'lives' is a dynamic text box which displays the amount of
//tries the user has left
//'last' is a movie clip that contains text saying "last chance"


if (lives eq "1") {
last._visible = true;
}

//'lost' is a movie clip that contains the text "wrong etc etc"
if (lives eq "0") {
lost._visible = true;
gotoAndStop("15");
}

//the 'tick' and 'c1' to 'c10' are the crosses or ticks that show if
//you click the right or wrong square.


last._visible = false;
tick._visible = false;
c1._visible = false;
c2._visible = false;
c3._visible = false;
c4._visible = false;
c6._visible = false;
c7._visible = false;
c8._visible = false;
c9._visible = false;
c10._visible = false;
c11._visible = false;



ok, heres what isnt working, if the user has 1 try left the mc "last" doesnt become visible, and when the number of tries is 0 the movie doesnt jump to frame 15!!!

in the second frame i have the following code which all works fine:

stop();
good._visible = false;
ok._visible = false;
finished._visible = false;
lost._visible = false;
finally._visible = false;
if (lives eq "10") {
good._visible = true;
}
if (lives eq "9") {
ok._visible = true;
}
if (lives eq "8") {
finished._visible = true;
}
if (lives eq "<=7") {
finally._visible = true;
}


i dont have a clue why this isnt working, ive copied and pasted working code from frame 2 into frame one but it still doesnt work, any ideas????

look at the fla, it will make more sense!!


many thanks

david

[oldnewbie]

When targeting a frame number, you shouldn't use double quotes...

code:

---

if (lives == "0") {

lost._visible = true;

this.gotoAndStop(15);

}

---

[daveyt11223344]

changed the double quotes, still no joy, any further ideas???


Many thanks again

Dave

[oldnewbie]

Well you'd still need to take out the double quotes, but also need to put your if statements in a loop, so they execute more than once, as they are not set to do...

[daveyt11223344]

ok, i understand what you mean but im afraid i dont know how to do it! do ui need to use the else statement???


Many thanks and sorry for my stupidity!!

Cheers

[daveyt11223344]

managed to come up with a work around, i put the if statement on the buttons instead so it checks the score each time a button is pressed and therefore doesnt need to be in a loop.

however, i would like to know how to write loops so if anyone could either point me in the right direction or alter the above code into a loop so i know for next time i would be very grateful.

thanks for any help

david