distance ran tracker

YourFace710

someone help me with a distance tracker for my endless runner game? thanks a bunch in advanced , i cant seem to get it right

Braydon_SFX

Create an integer game attribute called Distance.

Create a rule: When game.GameOver is false,
-Timer: every 0 seconds,
--Change Attribute: game.Distance to game.Distance+1.

Extremely simple once you think about it. Hope this helps.

YourFace710

@Braydon_SFX‌ ok, now the part i was having trouble with is having numbers counting the distance on screen

Socks

@YourFace710 said:
Braydon_SFX‌ ok, now the part i was having trouble with is having numbers counting the distance on screen

Is your actor always running or does he stop at any stage during the game ?

YourFace710

@Socks the actor isnt always running he can stop at any time

Socks

@YourFace710 said:
Socks the actor isnt always running he can stop at any time

I see, I was going to suggest using the internal clock, but that's no good if he stops.

As for your question about @Braydon_SFX 's post . . .

"the part i was having trouble with is having numbers counting the distance on screen"

. . . just have a Display Text behaviour that displays game.Distance

YourFace710

@Socks said:
. . . just have a Display Text behavior that displays game.Distance

@Socks displaying text doesn't seem to work. the text that pops up is "true" also , any suggestions for a actor that doesn't continuously run?

Socks

@YourFace710 said:
displaying text doesn't seem to work. the text that pops up is "true"

If you use Braydon's code . . .

When game.GameOver is false,

-Timer: every 0 seconds,

--Change Attribute: game.Distance to game.Distance+1.

. . . and if like he says the attribute game.Distance is an integer attribute, and you select that attribute in the drop down menu for your text display it will display game.Distance . . . . it would only show 'true' is you had selected a boolean attribute.

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@YourFace710 said:
also , any suggestions for a actor that doesn't continuously run?

Presumably the actor is moved by a button or key . . ? Let's imagine it's the right arrow key.

When right arrow key is down

-Timer: every 0 seconds,

--Change Attribute: game.Distance to game.Distance+1.

YourFace710

@Socks This almost works. But a problem still remains, holding down the right arrow will up game.Distance by 1 and just stop, continuous clicks are needed to add game.Distance up.

Socks

@YourFace710 said:
Socks This almost works. But a problem still remains, holding down the right arrow will up game.Distance by 1 and just stop

Are you using these rules ?

When right arrow key is down

-Timer: every 0 seconds,

--Change Attribute: game.Distance to game.Distance+1.

Could you upload a screenshot of your rules ?

. . . . . .

You didn't respond to the issue about 'displaying text doesn't seem to work. the text that pops up is "true" Did that issue resolve itself ?

YourFace710

@Socks i fixed the text display bug by changing the attribute to an integer , here are the rules http://gyazo.com/9fa48a4d95f84a12d2042b19bc381623

Socks

@YourFace710 said:
Socks i fixed the text display bug by changing the attribute to an integer

Ok, that makes sense.

@YourFace710 said:
here are the rules http://gyazo.com/9fa48a4d95f84a12d2042b19bc381623

Your change attribute behaviour has to go inside the timer.

YourFace710

@Socks , your awesome I would give you a cookie , but I'm too busy developing thanks for the help! Ill let you know when my app is on the app-store / play store seeing that you have helped me alot already!