Need Help

[cracer21]

im working on a game where the player has to bounce differently colour balls into differently coloured boxes. after each ball is in a box i want to have the next level loaded. i know tht a new level is basically a new game and i have to use the 'LoadGame' function to load it but, does anyone know how i can load the next level only after each ball has been placed in its own secific box?

[Sgt. Sparky]

make a variable(integer->global) called count.
when each ball collides with the right box,

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count++;
DestroyActor("Event Actor");

on the draw actor event of the view,

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if(count > what-you-want-it-to-be)LoadGame("yourlevel");

[cracer21]

so if had 4 balls annd im loading level 2 it would be:

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if(count > 4)LoadGame("level2");

?

[Jay S.]

Basically, yes.

However, I may be mistaken, but it might be better to use this code instead:

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if(count >= 4)
{
     LoadGame("level2");
}

This way, if count is equal to or greater than 4, it will load the next level. Just using (count > 4) would mean that the action would only occur if count is over 4. So that would mean it would have to be 5 or more...

I hope this has helped you.

[cracer21]

yep it has thanx

[Jay S.]

You're welcome!

[Fuzzy]

Basically, yes.

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if(count >= 4)
{
     LoadGame("level2");
}

A nice Concise example Jay S. Well said. If I see you helping people again, I think I will give you a point!

A little used, but sometimes useful trick is this alternate way of doing that..

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if((count+1) > 5)
{
    LoadGame("level2");
}


or better yet..

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if((count-bonus) > 5)
{
    LoadGame("level2");
}


Which might be useful for loading the next level, but not taking bonus points into account.

For the most part though, you want to be as complete and concise as possible in an if() statement. Using the equal sign with greater/lesser is a good way to avoid nasty little bugs.