Couple of Questions if anyone can help?

Macca_McGill

Hello again guys,
Ive got a couple of questions i hope someone can help me with. Firstly, in my game i have an actor bouncing around the scene, when its touched its destroyed and you get points. But, i cant figure out how to check that if the user touches the screen and its not hitting the actor, then they would lose a life. Does anyone know if this is possible?

Second question may make me sound like a bit of a n00b but when you build your app through xcode viewer, where is the .app file placed? And can you simply drag the file onto itunes and sync to your app, rather than running it through the gamesalad viewer on the phone?

Sorry for the long post haha.

jobonoobdude

1. In your rule for the box you probably have touch is pressed. Change it to touch inside, then create a new rule If touch is outside(the actor) then change attribute game.score to -10 or whatever.

2. I have no idea

Hope this helps!

Macca_McGill

Ok thank you Ill give the first suggestion a try and let you know how i get on

SlickZero

You need to have a blank actor covering the background area and have when touch is pressed>remove one life. And put the moving actors on a layer on top of that, and have them destroyed when tapped and give points, etc...

micksolo

SlickZero, problem with that is that I think the background actor would still receive the touch, even if the actor above it was pressed. Jobonoobdude's suggestion is probably the right way.

Macca_McGill

thanks for the replies guys
jobonoobdude's way works perfectly so thank you. Does no-one know where the app file is stored then when its built through xcode viewer?