actor changes animation at a special score...

[Diana Kennedy]

Hi

This is what I want to make:

The actor "reiter2" should change its animation if the score reaches a certain value. What would be the best way to vdo this? I thought in "drawing actor, script editor:

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if (score.textNumber>=-150)
changeAnimation...there I don't know how to continue...

Any idea would be greatly apreciated!

[makslane]

Use the 'variables/funciton' list, select the ChangeAnimation and put the values in the panel.

[irblinx]

I try to keep use of draw actor to a minimum, I've read here of a big performance hit for this.

In any case I think that your code would be better placed wherever you update the score from so that once you update the score use an "if" statement to check if it equals the required amount and then change the anim on your actor.

[Diana Kennedy]

Use the 'variables/funciton' list, select the ChangeAnimation and put the values in the panel.

Hm, I am afraid, I did not understand quite well. In which actor should I open the script editior? The score, the character who wil have to change its animation or in global code?

Is this code right?:

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if (score.textNumber>=-150);
ChangeAnimation("reiter2", "faint01", FORWARD);


At least, this in the global code doesn't work

[makslane]

Remove the ; after the if command:

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if (score.textNumber>=-150)
{
  ChangeAnimation("reiter2", "faint01", FORWARD);
}

You can put this code in the actor thats change the score value

[Diana Kennedy]

You can put this code in the actor thats change the score value

Well, that will be very tricky, because several actors change the score: There are the swords that change the score when colliding with the ghosts and the Ghost change it when collide with the horseman:



Isn't there a global and easy way to make things happen when a certain score is reached?

This would be very helpful in any case.

[makslane]

You can put in the 'Draw Actor' event of some actor

[Diana Kennedy]

I tried several actors, but everytime the same thing happens: The rider (the actor that should change the animation at the certain score) remains "fixed" on he first frame of the said animation, without that the score is reached.

[makslane]

Are you updating the 'score.textNumber' variable?

[DilloDude]

This would probably be because you are continually checking the score and changing the animation. You should check another variable (such as an animindex to find the animation) or disable the draw actor event to stop checking.