How to count actor in the scene

calvin9403

I am making a game that has a lot of levels,I want to count my actor in the scene(so I can display the you win actor). I try the tutorial, but it did not work. Any proposal？

tenrdrmer

create a game attribute called actorcount

Then put a change attribute behavior in the prototype of the actors that does
change game.actorcount to game.actorcount +1

Dont put it inside a rule and it will count all of that actor on the scene when it loads and increase anytime you spawn more of that actor in that scene.

calvin9403

So what I do is change attribute game.object_count to game.object_count+1
but it did not work
BTW when the actor is destroy I what it to minus1, so I did when the lives =0, minus1 to the object_count
P.S there will be a lot of the some actor in a scene

tenrdrmer

Yes that is what you need to do. and in a destroy rule you need to add in a change attribute to do a game.object_count-1 also everytime the scene resets you need to do something to set it back to zero. like in a reset button or something

tenrdrmer

Also drop an actor on the scene with a display text behavior to and set it to display game.object_count so you can see if its adding correctly. Also your attribute should be an integer

calvin9403

the what is the value of the integer
is it 0

tenrdrmer

yes it should be 0 for the default attribute then let each scene add it up and what not. Also when you click to advance to a new level you should set a rule to reset that to 0

calvin9403

well, but if all the things is destroy ,it well be bake to zero
and aiso, can you explain how will it work I can not let it the attribute add up
I did this: drag the change attribute to the area the first box I said object_count to object_count-1
is it corret

tenrdrmer

I guess i'm not fully understanding what your wanting with the count.

What you just typed is what will drop the count by 1 each time an actor is destroyed

Can you explain more about your project and what you are using the count for?

calvin9403

all right,
I am doing a project like you use a ball to break the candy（something like crazy ball wall breaker ）
and I have a few question
1.i want to make a you win screen after I beat the level,and I have 480 levels,so I have to do something like coin count,or if you have other way that helps
2.if I have 5 same candy in a level, when I destroy one, others get destroy too,but i do not want that
P.S. are you always going to be online

tenrdrmer

480 Levels Wow!! thats gonna be a big game.
Based on the crazy ball wall breaker demo it should be a piece of cake to set up a "win Screen" based on the blocks count equaling 0 Not sure why it would destroy more than one unless your basing the destroy on attributes or something and not just a collide.

Why don't you email me at tenrdrmer(at)yahoo.com so we talk more in detail about your project.

And yeah i'm online alot. it kinda comes and goes

calvin9403

because some candy have more then one live, so I have to use attribute to do it
and in the demo, there is only one level, but i have almost500, so i can not use that way

tenrdrmer

Shoot me an email we can talk more there

calvin9403

all right, I just did

calvin9403

did you get my mail

tenrdrmer

yep

calvin9403

are you still there