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16. How to create a "score" system?

First you need to create a new integer variable that will hold the score. To do so, click the "Variables..." button that is under the VBScript text field in the "Hotspot Properties" window and click "New Integer Variable...". Let's call the new variable MYSCORE.

To increase the value of the score by 1, simply use the following code:
MYSCORE = MYSCORE + 1

If you want to tell the player what his or her score is, use the following code:
msgbox MYSCORE

If you want to use a sentence such as "Your score is:", then use the following code:
msgbox "Your score is: " + cstr(MYSCORE)

The reason why the cstr function is used is that you can only add two variables of the same type. Since "Your score is:" is a string and MYSCORE is an integer, you need to convert it to string (with the cstr function) before you can use the "+" operation.

If you want to say "You have not completed the game" if the score is lower than, say, 1000 points, use the following code:
if MYSCORE < 1000 then msgbox "You have not completed the game."



17. How to make the score appear on all the frames?

This question assumes that you have already created a variable contains the score (see the previous question), and that the variable is called MYSCORE.

The following steps will show you how to display the value of MYSCORE on all the frames.

1. Create a new frame, called for example MyScoreFrame.
2. Double-click to get to the frame editor.
3. Right-click to create text.
4. Type the text: "score". Position it where you want the score to appear on all the frames. Close the frame.
5. Click the link for Runtime Frames Merging.
6. You must select each frame that you want to merge with the hotspot in the frame. Use <shift> or <ctrl> to select multiples. Next use the pull-down menu to the frame called MyScoreFrame.
7. Now each of the frames will share the text box, but they don't know what to do with it. Open the Project Properties, go to the Advanced tab, check the option "Execute some VBScript code every time that a frame is loaded", and type in the following code:

i = Action.GetMergedTextIndex
Text(i).Caption="Score: "+CStr(MYSCORE)


See project files zip how to do one.

Great tutorial Candle

Writing scores to an ini file or to the registery in case more players play the game would complete this tutorial

Kind regards,

ShAdOwHuNtEr

I'll let you do that part of it. lol

Hi Candle,

Hehe... got me there

For now I'll gues the Tic-Tac-Death demo script will provide all needed information...

Anyway good job Candle !

Kind regards,

ShAdOwHuNtEr

can u do this in the free version? plz answer candle and if you could do this can you do things like having 100 points then accidentlly hurting your self costing you score?

No you can't.

aww that sucks

ShadowHunter wrote:Great tutorial Candle

Writing scores to an ini file or to the registery in case more players play the game would complete this tutorial

Kind regards,

ShAdOwHuNtEr

LOL! I hadn't seen this tutorial
If you go in my naming system tutorial, you will see a way of doing so.

hey!!

Is there a way to display a hotspot only if the score is lets say 10?? I mean the hotspot becomes visible when you gain your 10th point and disappears when you gain more...

Taretia wrote:hey!!

Is there a way to display a hotspot only if the score is lets say 10?? I mean the hotspot becomes visible when you gain your 10th point and disappears when you gain more...

yes, just use the variables to do it .

Candle wrote:

Taretia wrote:hey!!

Is there a way to display a hotspot only if the score is lets say 10?? I mean the hotspot becomes visible when you gain your 10th point and disappears when you gain more...

yes, just use the variables to do it .

Hey! Great!
OK, so I do a variable when my score is 10 and the use it in the show hotspot only if variable = 1? Or I can write a script to show hotspot is score = 10 or 15 etc?? Sorry, I'm not that good in these...

I didn't really get the last one, but if I understood it correctly, the tutorial above should help you.


Anyway, as ShAdOwHuNtEr says, when coding, the sky is the limit, so you can make the hotspot appear in many different ways.
First way (using a boolean variable):
Create two integer variables. One named score and one named scoreequaltoten. Then use the score variable to save the user's score.
Go to your hotspot, make it visible only if scoreequaltoten=1. Then use this line of code to make scoreequaltoten=1:

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If score=10 Then
scoreequaltoten=1
else
scoreequaltoten=0
End If


Second way (using only the score variable):
Create just an integer variable named score.
Go to the frame's properties, under advanced type:

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If score =10 then
Hotspot(the number of your hotspot goes here).enabled=False
else
Hotspot(the number of your hotspot goes here).enabled=True
End If

etc...



Hope it helped...

Lyberodoggy wrote:I didn't really get the last one, but if I understood it correctly, the tutorial above should help you.


Anyway, as ShAdOwHuNtEr says, when coding, the sky is the limit, so you can make the hotspot appear in many different ways.
First way (using a boolean variable):
Create two integer variables. One named score and one named scoreequaltoten. Then use the score variable to save the user's score.
Go to your hotspot, make it visible only if scoreequaltoten=1. Then use this line of code to make scoreequaltoten=1:

Code: Select all

If score=10 Then
scoreequaltoten=1
else
scoreequaltoten=0
End If


Second way (using only the score variable):
Create just an integer variable named score.
Go to the frame's properties, under advanced type:

Code: Select all

If score =10 then
Hotspot(the number of your hotspot goes here).enabled=False
else
Hotspot(the number of your hotspot goes here).enabled=True
End If

etc...



Hope it helped...

Hey!

Sorry for not making myself clear in my post. But anyway, the first method what you described, that's what I meant! And I was looking for the second method that you described! So thank you!! You're a great help

hehe, thanks for the compliment


You are welcome. It's always nice to be of help...

Excuse me, and laugh at me, but is this for full edition only?

Yes, it's only for full edition, because it requires vbs...

Can I do this with the free version???

chickens1127 wrote:Can I do this with the free version???

I don't know ? what do you think?

Nice, I think i'm gonna use this to create a simple life/energy system, I can set the score to 100 points and instead of increase more points, I can decrease it (MYSCORE = MYSCORE - 1) till it reachs 0 (If score=0 Then msgbox "game over" )

binhotinto I suggest you see the stress bar tutorial
you can display HP bars with it.

I'M CONFUSED!


Can I make a simple scoring system with the free version or not?

If you can, here is where I am:

As far as I am concerned, no there's no way to create a scoring system without AM Full... I 've already answered that before...

Yep. Pretty difficult.
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