score question

Fal01

Hi all,
I'm working on a game where you score points when you land on a platform,but I need it to only register once,so if you land on it again it doesn't score again. I tried with a boolean but it registers the score twice.

I know this is basic stuff but my brain isn't working today.

Cheers.

tatiang

You could add a self.touchingPlayer boolean to the platform actor and then in its rules do:

if actor collides with Player
if self.touchingPlayer is false then
increase the score
change self.touchingPlayer to true
otherwise set self.touchingPlayer to false.

Haven't tested this...

tatiang

Okay, my spaces were stripped from the above post and I can't edit it... let me try that again.

You could add a self.touchingPlayer boolean to the platform actor and then in its rules do:

if actor collides with Player
----->if self.touchingPlayer is false then
---------->increase the score
---------->change self.touchingPlayer to true
otherwise set self.touchingPlayer to false.

Haven't tested this...

Fal01

H i tatiang,

Yeah this is kinda what I have and the platforms keep duplicate scoring.

MotherHoose

the problem IMO is who is keeping score @-)

when player overlaps/collides with platform … works
in this scenario, it should be when platform overlaps/collide with player
thus the platform should change the score

on platformActor … add attribute booleanType
Attribute: scoreDone (leave unchecked)

Rule: when
Event: overlaps/collides with player
--Rule: when
--Attribute: self.scoreDone = false
--changeAttribute: game.Score To: game.Score+1
--changeAttribute: self.scoreDone To: true

@};- MH

tatiang

Yeah this is kinda what I have and the platforms keep duplicate scoring.

I took the platformer template and added a "platform" actor with my rule. When I tested it, it kept increasing the score if I just stood on the platform. Then, I changed the platform actor's restitution to 0 and it fixed the problem: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19602014/platformCollide.zip

veibhav

How to display score in Platformer template for all screens for iPhone sdk?? It working on first screen but not for all part of screens for this template...

tatiang

@veibhav There's not a built-in score function, so how are you keeping score? Are you using a game attribute (e.g. game.score)? And what is your rule for displaying it (e.g. Display Text...game.score)?