Game State Help Please

micksolo

Hi everyone, merry xmas and happy holidays to you all!

I'm running into some problems getting states working right.

It should be simple right?

I have an game attribute integer set to 1. press space bar and it should change to 2. Press space bar and it should change back to 1.

However when I run the game, press space bar the integer does not change from 1. I know this because I displayed the game integer on screen.

Here's what I set in the player actor.

http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/8881/gamestateprob.png]

Funny thing is when i change the key for game state 2 to something else, it actually works. So it seems the problem is that it doesn't differentiate between using the same key.

Any help?

Thanks!

MotherHoose

@micksolo

use one rule to enclose both action

[Rule]
when spacebar is down
--[Rule] when game.Rotation = 2
----change game.Rotation To: 1
--Otherwise:
---[Rule] when game.Rotation = 1
-----change game.Rotation To: 2

that may help...
also if you only have the 2 states you should use a boolean type gameAttribute
unchecked/false for state1 and true for state2

MH

micksolo

thanks a lot MotherHoose. That nearly worked! I had to add a 3rd otherwise in and it nearly works. only problem is that i have to hold down space to keep it in state 2 otherwise it just goes back to state 1.

Basically i want this to happen

game starts = state 1
press space bar = state 2
press space bar = state 1
and so forth

right now i have to hold down space for it to stay in state 2.

MotherHoose

mick... I tried this and it worked for me... it maintained the state until spacebar was again pressed.

pix

"state" is boolean

MH

CodeMonkey

Easier and probably more reliable way is to do this:

When key 'space' is pressed:
Change Attribute: game.Rotation = game.Rotation%2+1

micksolo

yep that works! sorry I made a mistake the first time around. Thank you very MotherHoose and have a great holiday season!