Heart Bar

BackUpAndDown

Hey,

I'm making a game that uses a health bar similar to the zelda and metriod games. Instead of a solid bar that adjusts its length depending of the health of the character I want each health point represented by a "tick" or "heart" image.

I have an idea on how to do this but would like to hear some other suggestions, just so that I know i'm doing it as efficient as possible.

Thanks

peachpellen

game.hearts = 3 (assuming you start with three lives)

When an enemy hits you;
change attribute game.hearts to game.hearts-1

On the third heart have;
if game.hearts is < 3 destroy this actor

Or, if you are planning on the hero being able to regain lives I'd say to put;
if game.hearts < 3 change image to *transparent image*
Otherwise change image to *original heart image*

I think that's about right.

juzcook

better yet, use the hearts attribute peach mentions, but use replicate instead of individual heart actors

BackUpAndDown

Would it still work if I set the alpha of the "heart" to 0 instead of destroying the actor? or will that slow the game down?

RH

BackUpAndDown said:
Would it still work if I set the alpha of the "heart" to 0 instead of destroying the actor? or will that slow the game down?

thats probably better...

BackUpAndDown

Also, could someone explain how to set different rules on a replicated actor? How do I customize the "if game.hearts is < 3 destroy this actor"? Wouldn't all of them be ?

BackUpAndDown

RH said:
thats probably better...

I plan on having 50+ health actors, is the alpha techniques still better? =P