Help with hangman game please..

[mercedes]

Hi there...



I am making a mini game of hangman..And so far i have it so the letters that are in the puzzle..simply load in a hotspot..when they click on the letters..I think that this part is ok..i beleive..

What i need help with is;

How do i make it so when the user clicks on a letter that isn't in the puzzle..that the head or legs and so on...load up..So if they pick the letter C..how do i avoid making it so the letter C isn't the only one that loads the head..but could also load the legs and so on..as well as other letters..depending on where they are at in the puzzle...

I know I have to make variables with the body parts..I don't think I have to with letters....Just wondering on how to start the statement or which function to use that would work best..


Also they have a place that they can guess the whole thing before the finish the puzzle..Ive made a textbox..


Last thing...They only have 6 guesses so to speak..how do i make it so Once they guess all 6guesses..that they have to start over..?...clear the board so to speak..


Many Thanks..


Its a tall order...


Peace

[Lyberodoggy]

Starting from the last. Create a hotspot button next to the textbox, then add the code that checks for the word and make it so that there's a variable increasing every time:

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guesses=guesses+1

About the rest of the game:
Make the user insert the letter into a textbox rather than clicking the letters.
Then check the word using this code:

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Numofletters=Len(word)
For i=1 to numofletters
if input=Mid(word,i,1) then
rightletters=rightletters+1
else
falseletters=falseletters+1
Next

To load the parts of the hangman, change the values of the variables they need to appear depending on the falseletters value (ex: falseletters=1 -> head=1, falseletters=2 -> head=1, body=1


Hope this helps.

[mercedes]

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guesses=guesses+1

Is that it..with the button that checks word....no other coding somewhere else or variables..?

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Numofletters=Len(word)
For i=1 to numofletters
if input=Mid(word,i,1) then
rightletters=rightletters+1
else
falseletters=falseletters+1
Next

To load the parts of the hangman, change the values of the variables they need to appear depending on the falseletters value (ex: falseletters=1 -> head=1, falseletters=2 -> head=1, body=1

I'm not sure I understand you here.. and is there no way to keep the alphabet there..? like another way...

I like the look of letters..I worked hard on those letters man.... LOL..It doens't look like hangman without them .......

See i have it set up with the puzzle like this and the alphabet is there with the one text box to guess the whole thing..

_ _ _ _ _ _ _/ _ _ _ _ _ _/


If it's a pain...I totally understand..I do shoot high sometimes...LOL..


Peace..

[Lyberodoggy]

Of course you have to declare the global integer guesses.

Anyways. what I was thinking of is a hangman that features a text text (that means no pics for letters but actual letters.)

I will now explain the code (that is now fixed)

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Numofletters=Len(word) 'this retrieves the number of the letters in the string word
numofrights=rightletters
For i=1 to numofletters 'creating a loop that is based on the number of the letters
if input=Mid(word,i,1) then 'checking through the word to find the char that you want
rightletters=rightletters+1 'increase the right letters count
End if
Next
If numofrights=rightletters then 'if the right letters hasn't been increased
wrongletters=wrongletters+1 'increase the wrong letters count

Don't forget to declare the global ints rightletters and wrongletters.
In the button checking for the right letters, add a code like this one:

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Select case wrongletters
case 1
head=1
case 2
head=1
body=1
case 3
'etc
End Select

To reveal the letters found, you need a code like this one:

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Do
lettersfound=0
numofletters=Len(word)
for i=1 to ubound(word)
If Mid(word,i,1)=letterseeking then
lettersfound=lettersfound+1
letterposition=i
Next
previousletters=""
If letterposition>1 then
previousletters=Mid(word,1,letterposition-1)
End if
afterletters=Mid(word,letterposition+1,Len(word)-letterposition)
word=previousletters+letterseeking+afterletters
Loop  until lettersfound=1


Ooof
Over at last... took me quite a time.

[mercedes]

Hey Kiddo..

This is perfect..but it looks like we may have a different idea of what the frame should look like...

Is there anyway you can put a zip here..so as i can take a look at it..

I'm unsure where to put everything..
Thanks so much by the way...!!~

Very cool of you..to do all that work..


Peace~!
Adieux

[Lyberodoggy]

Mercedes, you know more than everyone that helping and coding is my life .

Anyway I 'm gonna upload a sample when I have time to create one.

[mercedes]

Awesome..!!


Thanks!~ I appreciate all the work you've done~

It helps me better understand to see where it all goes..I appreciate that..



Peace~

[Lyberodoggy]

well, it isn't going well...
I 'm uploading the file to let everyone help

[mercedes]

Oh, thats too bad......Sorry to hear of that..with all the work you put it..


Thanks anyways Kiddo~ for all of your efforts..



Peace~
Adieux

[Lyberodoggy]

Added a zip version.

Mercedes don't give up on this one I ll try to fix it, but you have to try too.

And BTW you GOT to get WinRar

[mercedes]

LOL..yes I know..It's only ever Trial Versions out though..for WinRar..I like JustZipIt cause its soo easy..and faster and its yours forever..

But I will upload project right now and look at it..

Hope we can figure this out..!


EDIT...

Can't do it..can't figure it out... Do think we can work with what i have now instead maybe..?..I have done it differently..perhaps it could be a little easier to work with..the code u have in the frame is right..its whats in the hotspot to check the word is where the error is..i beleive..

The only thing I can tell you is..I see whats wrong with it..Only I don't know how to fix it..

To spell the word i am able to spell it backwards...Starting from S..but as soon as i get to third E..it gives me the error..I can only do E twice..Also whats wierd is that i can guess M the whole way through it and it take away all of the lines..[letters]..No other letter will do that..only M..

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What I have done is differently..i was hoping for a code though that would make TEXT appear in the puzzle of lines..Once the user clicks on a picture of an A or T lets say...and have the A or T appear as TEXT in the lines.

Also thinking of a huge IF statement with wrong letters..only using the actual wrong letters..up to 6 guesses of body parts..so like this maybe

If C_clicked then action.loadapicture hotspot(), " head.gif"
but if Head is = 1 then loadapicture hotspot(), "body.gif"
If body is equal to 1 then..load a picture..So basically if they hit 6 guessses..by the 6th one..nothing happens..only a message.."You are out of guesses"

Or give the user no choice but to hit RESET..cause nothing else happens..and do this with all wrong letters..as opposed to having a "wrong letters" variable...make the letters the variables instead..As well as body parts..

Do you know what I mean..? does this make sense or am i barking up the wrong tree here.. I may have worked on t his too long and have confused myself even more..






I'll pm you..

Ttus
Peace