Making a health bar dynamic

beckb

I have a timer set to degenerate the health bar by set amount per second.
I'd like to make a key press stop the degeneration for 3 seconds, and to not have this conflict with other key presses with add health to the bar.

Thank you

SearleSama

if LifedegenerateON = true
every 1 second
change att currentHealth = currentHealth - 1

if key "1" is pressed
change lifedegenerateON = false

if lifedegenerateON = false
after 3 seconds
change lifedegenerateON = true

this would not affect other changes to currentHealth att

beckb

if LifedegenerateON = true
every 1 second
change att currentHealth = currentHealth - 1

if key "1" is pressed
change lifedegenerateON = false

if lifedegenerateON = false
after 3 seconds
change lifedegenerateON = true

this would not affect other changes to currentHealth att

SearleSama thanks for your input on this post and my others, you're tremendously helpful. I hope you don't mind if I ask a few more questions as I am a newb and could use clarification.

I'm assuming the "Lifedegenerate" is a game attribute that I should create? And if so, what type (integer, boolean, etc.). The reason I ask is because I tried naming the specific rule that does the health degeneration to "lifedegenerate" and trying use another rule to manipulate it, but it would show nothing when I typed it in.

beckb

Also, how can I set it so that the game starts with the health degenerating automatically?

tatiang

In the example above, game.lifedegenerate has values of true/false, so it's a boolean.

Just set the boolean to true (checked) when you create it. The rule above will start decreasing health each second as long as game.lifedegenerate is true.

beckb

In the example above, game.lifedegenerate has values of true/false, so it's a boolean.

Just set the boolean to true (checked) when you create it. The rule above will start decreasing health each second as long as game.lifedegenerate is true.

Thank you both that totally solved it for me. One more question - How can I make the life degenerate by a random amount per second (like an amount between 1 and 10). Thanks again!

tatiang

if LifedegenerateON = true
every 1 second
change att currentHealth = currentHealth - random(1,10)