same counter in al levels back and forth?

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same counter in al levels back and forth? #125018 04/19/07 12:51 04/19/07 12:51
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 132 Norway Fiskekona OP Member
Fiskekona OP Member Joined: May 2006 Posts: 132 Norway	I have a counter that is in the script where the menu is. It starts when I start the game from the menu. in the game the player can find a "secret" level and I wanted the counter to "follow" the player to the secret level. I did manage that , but when I tried to make a function that brings the player back again when there is only 3 seconds left. I dont get the reaction I want. The counter only counts down and goes back to the menu. Here is the levels I have: string level_str = <NyTestMenu.WMB>; // menu string startspill_wmb = <bonustest.WMB>;//main level string testSpill_wmb =<testSpill.WMB>; //secret level Here is the function I wrote.I have it in the secret level(testSpill.wmb). I wanted that the player shall return to main game and continue with an extra 40 seconds since they found the secret level.But nothing happends. The counter counts down to 0 and go back to menu.... so what am I doing wrong? Code: function go_back_to_game_startup() { while(seconds > 3){ if(seconds == 3) { level_load(startspill_wmb); seconds = 40; wait(3); } } } the counter is in the menu script (NyTestMenu.WMB); Code: function count_down() { while(seconds > 0) { sleep (1); seconds -= 1; if (seconds == 0) { display_score.visible = on; display_back_score.visible = on; freeze_mode = 1; sleep (4); display_score.visible = off; display_back_score.visible = off; chart_highscores(hits_of_the_player,pl_name); savescore(); savescore2(); show_the_highscores(); // level_load(level_str); wait(3); //fps_max = 60; freeze_mode = 0; score_gesamt.visible = on; titel_pan_menue.visible = on; exit_pan.visible = on; plname_pan.visible = off; clear_pan.visible = on; credits_button.visible =off; newgame_pan_menue.visible = off; time_panel.visible = off; shoots_panel.visible = off; display_reload.visible = off; first_pan.visible = off; display_pan.visible = off; time_slow_panel.visible = off; hits_of_the_player = 0; shoots = 100000; extra_slow =0; extra_slow_time = 0; time_factor = 1; } } } What am I doing wrong? and where am I supposed to put the go_back_to_game_startup()? If I put it in the menu script, it will only effect the main game dont it? I am so confused rigfht now...that I dont see anything.... Maybee someone elses eyes can see what I am dong wrong....thanks in advance! Programmer in training... Own GameStudio Commerical 6.50

Re: same counter in al levels back and forth? [Re: Fiskekona] #125019 04/19/07 14:00 04/19/07 14:00
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 4,225 Germany / Essen Uhrwerk Expert
Uhrwerk Expert Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 4,225 Germany / Essen	You have to start the function go_back_to_game_startup when the secret level is loaded. Something like: level_load(testspill_wmb); go_back_to_game(); Be sure to have the _startup removed in the function declaration and the function call, if you don't want to run the function at the very beginning of your game. Always learn from history, to be sure you make the same mistakes again...

Re: same counter in al levels back and forth? [Re: Uhrwerk] #125020 04/19/07 15:03 04/19/07 15:03
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 132 Norway Fiskekona OP Member
Fiskekona OP Member Joined: May 2006 Posts: 132 Norway	no reaction:.... It seems like it cant find or read the function I made..... Programmer in training... Own GameStudio Commerical 6.50

Re: same counter in al levels back and forth? [Re: Fiskekona] #125021 04/19/07 15:04 04/19/07 15:04
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 132 Norway Fiskekona OP Member
Fiskekona OP Member Joined: May 2006 Posts: 132 Norway	But let me ask the question in an other way? How do I do this? make a counter that count the time in the main level, continues to count when it comes to the secret level and still counting when I get back to the main level? Programmer in training... Own GameStudio Commerical 6.50

Re: same counter in al levels back and forth? [Re: Fiskekona] #125022 04/19/07 15:34 04/19/07 15:34
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 776 Poor village - Poland ;) tompo User
tompo User Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 776 Poor village - Poland ;)	Maybe I don't understand You but simple var isn't still counting when You change the level? like: some_time +=1; wait(-1); Never say never.

Re: same counter in al levels back and forth? [Re: tompo] #125023 04/19/07 15:42 04/19/07 15:42
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,503 SC, United States xXxGuitar511 Expert
xXxGuitar511 Expert Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,503 SC, United States	Store it in a global variable... Then just keep adding to it... xXxGuitar511 - Programmer

Re: same counter in al levels back and forth? [Re: xXxGuitar511] #125024
04/19/07 16:16 04/19/07 16:16

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Xarthor

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Code:


var counter;
var counter_state = 0; //0 = not counting, 1 = counting

function counter_set(_state,_value)
{
  counter = _value;
  while(counter_state)
  {
    counter -= 1;
    counter_state *= sign(counter);
    wait(-1);
  }
}

function counter_add(_value)
{
  counter += _value;
}

//Start the counter like this (e.g. 20 seconds):
counter_set(1,20);

//End the counter like this:
counter_set(0,0);

//Add something to the counter (e.g. +40 seconds):
counter_add(40);

//player did something wrong, give him less time (-20):
counter_add(-20);

Re: same counter in al levels back and forth? [Re: Xarthor] #125025 04/19/07 18:09 04/19/07 18:09
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 132 Norway Fiskekona OP Member
Fiskekona OP Member Joined: May 2006 Posts: 132 Norway	thanks i will look at this in the morning Programmer in training... Own GameStudio Commerical 6.50

Re: same counter in al levels back and forth? [Re: Fiskekona] #125026 04/19/07 18:33 04/19/07 18:33
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 2,185 mpdeveloper_B Expert
mpdeveloper_B Expert Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 2,185	it looks like it's closing the while loop as soon as the counter hits 3, because of this: Code: while(seconds > 3){ if(seconds == 3) { this means as soon as the while loop gets to 3 seconds, the while loop stops, which means you might want to put this: while (seconds > 2) it's just an idea, but it might be the reason - aka Manslayer101

Re: same counter in al levels back and forth? [Re: Fiskekona] #125027 04/19/07 21:56 04/19/07 21:56
Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 516 USA Trooper119 User
Trooper119 User Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 516 USA	I appologize I missed something but I looked at the latest post and something popped out at me of why this doesn't work, so if this was said already, my bad. For the following code: Code: function go_back_to_game_startup() { while(seconds > 3) { if(seconds == 3) { level_load(startspill_wmb); seconds = 40; wait(3); } } } Notice the highlighted code, I'm assuming that you are continously counting down somewhere else, so then this code comes into play, it first checks if seconds are > 3, if it is, it goes into your loop, but if seconds = 3, the loop IS NOT STARTED, so your if statement if(seconds == 3) never gets triggered, I think what you want to do is make the while statement read while(seconds >= 3) That seems to be the piece of code that is incorrect, I didn't look any further but that should fix your current problem EDIT: I reread the last post, it seems someone else beat me to the punch, depending on if you want the code to run at exactly at 3 seconds, or if you want some leeway time will depend on if you want the while loop to >= 3 or > 2, I like my way better, but then again, I was the one who suggested "my" way lol Last edited by Trooper119; 04/19/07 21:59. A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. --Einstein Currently Codeing: Free Lite-C

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