Cannon halfmoon powermeter HELP

kajuto

Hi there everyone!! recently i made my game a cannon for a shooter game, but i made the power meter like in the tutorial, but the power meter is a usual one, a vertical rectangle that the power going up or down. I want to make the power meter like a shape of the moon and the power keep inside that actor when i press the cannon to fire, i post the code here..Help

CANNON CODE : 1) https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pv2oj6v3jlumoqs/GOWU6__0OX
startTime = real, startY = real, loading: boolean
rule : when touch is pressed
-change att- self.loading to true

-change at- self.startTime to self.Time

-constrain att- game.Power to min(2,self.time-self.startTime)

-rotate to position- position : max(game.mouse.positionX,self.positionX) & max(game.mouse.positionY, self.PositionY & speed -150 y relative to scene.
-change att- game.totalshotcam to game.totalshotcam+1
after for 0.1seconds i press a control camera

rule: when mouse button is up
att self.Loading to true
-change att- gamedotindex to 1
-timer: for 4 s respawn actor
- att.self self. loading to false
-att game.how.many loading < 3
- spawn ball actor

Group:
-accelerate: direction 90 degree, relative to scene , acceleration: 150
-change att: self.Start to self.Positino Y
-contrain att: selfPosition Y selft.Start

POWER:

Group of behavior
-constrain att: self.Size.Height to 158*game.Power
-constrain att: self.PositionY to self.SizeHeight/2

photo of the concept (sorry i didn't have my wacom) =-(

i appreciatted it

tatiang

You need to upload your images to a file server such as DropBox, ImageShack, etc. and then post the URL to the uploaded file.

If you want to embed the image, use <*img src="url"> without the *. I have noticed that if you use DropBox, you have to share the images from the Public folder rather than from some other folder in your account. Not sure why.

kajuto

Oh ok.. But either way I wrote the code just in case :-), can u help me?

kajuto

i already put it in the Public Folder =-)

RThurman

Make an image of an upside-down half circle. (Like a smile.) Place it at the bottom of the scene of the cannon template. Then put the following behaviors into it.

kajuto

thanks for reply RThurman, but i want the inside power, to feel the same shape of the half circle..if u know what i mean

tatiang

So my solution is to cover the arc with a rectangle (or another arc if you like) and then move that cover actor. Ideally, you would move the arc using a trig function but I'm not that smart so here's my demo: https://www.dropbox.com/s/n1mblr02aleh9fn/arc meter.zip

tatiang

And since my solution isn't all that great, you might get some ideas from the attached Be The Spark file.

kajuto

That okay tatiang.! I would try it and thanks as always

RThurman

thanks for reply RThurman, but i want the inside power, to feel the same shape of the half circle..if u know what i mean

You could at least have tried it before dismissing it out of hand. All you need to do is add two simple behaviors to a single actor!
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?fbhgcy72mtlvk83

kajuto

I already tried it RThurman ;-( it didn't workout

tatiang

Try his project file because it's a really clean solution. Nice work @RThurman. I didn't understand it until I saw the file.

RThurman

@kajuto -- if you did try it then please accept my apologies for getting all snotty. But I guarantee you it does work and it is what you want.

@tatiang -- thanks! The hard part was drawing the arc. I have absolutely no graphic design skills. (It took 30 minutes to figure out how to cut a circle in half in illustrator!)

tatiang

@RThurman lol! I have no skills either. It took me about 10 minutes in Illustrator to give up and let you solve it instead.

kajuto

All right I will download and try it at night cause I'm working now :-( . Thanks both of u for helping me all this time :-)

kajuto

Thanks guys.! it worked , i just have to make a little modification, but its cool!! anything u need let me know =-)

RThurman

@kajuto -- You are welcome. Glad it only requires a little modification to suit your needs.