Fire does not work correctly on iphone

xacto

I am having issues creating a fire button on the iphone.

I first created a button that sends a TRUE value to the variable game.fingerPress. Then I placed the following code in my player actor:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2487/3937902767_cc938e4a42_o.png

If you run the game on the website... everything works. However on the iphone it will fire ALL powerups - no matter if the power up is 0, 1 or 2. It fires all of them at once.

Can anyone figure out why it is not firing the proper power-up on the iphone? (again, everything works ok on the web.

Thanks!

Xacto

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StarFire
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quantumsheep

Gah, I wrote out a long explanation and my internet went down as I posted!

Basically, you need another variable in there to denote what type of shot you've got.

Say

Weapon = 1

This will shoot your main weapon

if you pickup a powerup then:

Change attribute Weapon to 2.

If you pickup another powerup

Change attribute Weapon to 3.

etc etc

Then in your rule, you need to look for the weapon variable AND if the button is pressed.

So the first one will be:

If ALL these conditions are true

If key = fire
if finger is down
if weapon = 1

then fire laser.

For the second -

If ALL these conditions are true -
If key = fire
if finger is down
if Weapon = 2

Then fire powerup

Hope that helps!

Cheers,

QS

xacto

Hmmm.... I believe that is what Is already in the file. (see above link)

"game.fingerdown" checks to see if your finger is down
"game.powerup" is the same as "weapon 1" in your example. (game.powerup=0 is single shot, 1 is double shot, 2 triple shot)

Maybe I am missing something?

quantumsheep

That's not quite what I wrote mate!

Use one rule for each powerup.

So, as I said:

If button is down
Game powerup = 0

then fire single shot

New Rule:

If button is down
Game Powerup = 1

Then fire double shot.

I did it like that for one of my own games I'm sure - lemme check.

/goes to check

Yep, that's how I did it. There's just one rule per shot type.
Check if button is pressed
If weapon = 0

Then shoot weapon 1.

That's all one rule. Try a separate rule for each power up.

Hope that helps,

QS

xacto

Quantum,

My code is set up exactly like you describe. There is only one rule per shot, however it is nested within a "main rule" so I do not have to repeat the "if button is down" and "key=fire" command for each powerup.

It looks like I figured it out... (you mentioned it in your first comment) I had ANY conditions is true for each powerup when it should have been ALL conditions are true. Thats why all my powerups were shooting at the same time. FixerNow it works!!!

Thanks for your help.

quantumsheep

No worries dude - glad you got it sorted! =D