stupid code is stupid please help

[DBGames]

if (win == 5) ;
{
(textNumber==1337);
}
else
{
(textNumber=textNumber);
}

ERROR NEED ; ON LINE 5!

my thoughts...no i dont and when i put one you say the same thing. please help this is annoying

[skydereign]

Don't have the semicolon after the if statement. Also textNumber==1137 won't set textNumber, though I assume this code isn't meant for anything, due to the textNumber=textNumber.

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if (win == 5)
{
    textNumber=1337;
}
else
{
    textNumber=textNumber;
}

[DBGames]

im actually having tons of trouble trying to get my pong game to realize when the score equals 10 to make a win message. it diregards the number and just displays the win. im so frusterated.

[skydereign]

How are you doing the score? If you increase score like this.

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score++;

Display it like this.

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textNumber=score;

Then this should work for displaying the win.

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if(score==10)
{
    // win
}

[DBGames]

when has score++ been something?
i have been using normal actors with set text as 0.
then to add i use

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him.textNumber= him.textNumber+1;

and when i try to call up the win i do

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if(him.textNumber == 10) {   blah;  }

im so bad at this lol thanks for helping. ill prolly find something else wrong soon though.. heh

[DBGames]

also how would score++ be able to track multiple scores? in my game i have 2 to track.

[Jagmaster]

Score is supposed to be a global variable. It really doesn't have to be called score. ++ makes it increase by one instead of +=1. This makes it easier to track a score.
To set up a variable, use the variable tab on the script editor. There are some tutorials around to show you how to do this if you need help.
On an event you can simply add score++; instead of textnumber=textnumber+1; but then the text actor would need to have texnumber=score in the draw actor script.
Then make an actor and put in draw actor if(score==10){ //create game over screen and destroy actor} Hope I explained this in a non-confusing way.

[DBGames]

yup i get it now, thanks, also do you know how to set the text of an actore trough an if statement. i think i need a variable for the but it dosnt work.

[DBGames]

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Label.text=P1W;

on the text actor
and on another actor

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if(P1==10)
{
    P1W="Player Wins";
}

but it is erroring and dosnt change the text.. i know theirs some special way to go about text changing but my var isnt working for some reason

[Jagmaster]

Ahh, text is a string variable. You need to use strcpy to assign a value to text.
You'll need to change the var from int to string.

Draw:

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strcpy(text, Label);

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if(P1==10)
{
strcpy(Label, "You win");//Don't forget the quotes!
}

That should work, though I haven't tested it yet.

[DBGames]

it cant convert struct to * char ill fiddle with this and see what happens, thanks for the help. i hope you get back to me on this one lol.

did you know that my var is P1M
and my actor is Label

[skydereign]

You need Label.text.

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if(P1==10)
{
    strcpy(Label.text, "You win");//Don't forget the quotes!
}

[lcl]

Anyway, I recommend using sprintf() for adding text to actor or doing anything with text.
Here is a tutorial: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=10424&p=71521&hilit=sprintf+tutorial#p71514
Not the top post (it's about strcpy();), but the one you will see when you click that link.

[skydereign]

A small correction to your tutorial. %d does not do doubles, %d is the same as %i (both only handle integers). You can use %lf for doubles (long float).

[Hblade]

@sky:
I had no idea about lf. Thanks

to the first post about the if and else:

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if (win==5) {
textNumber=1337; }


textNumber will already = textNumber so there is no need to put "textNumber=textnumber" also, I noticed you have 2 equal signs at the top. Also don't forget the semicolons ;D