please help. resize target (smaller) after seperate collision (eg: lives)

LivieGames

Im creating a simple game but having dramas with the lives.
Basically when the player hits the target i have interpolated the target to shrink by 50 pixels
This works ok but when i collide with it again nothing happens, i want the target to again shrink by a further 50 pixels

I have setup 2 rules in the player when collide with the target to shrink
ie: target is 150px
collides with player - interpolates to 100px
collide with player again - interpolate to 50px

i set 2 rules but as soon as player collides with target it executes both rules and target shrinks down to 50 after just one collision with player.
How do i create a lives based system where it will only execute each rule individually on collision

Hope this makes sense, im so confused, lol
Cheers

adent42

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adent42

I'd use a separate actor attribute called lives.
Then on collision, decrement the lives and interpolate based on the life number (so maybe set lives to 3. Interpolate to self.lives * 50 on collision.

Only worry is how this will stack if you get hit during the interpolation, but this scheme is a start.

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LivieGames

@Lost_Oasis_Games... Oh really! sorry i was unaware, thankyou..

Sorry folks i am very new here and still working out the kinks

LivieGames

@adent42
Thanks buddy for your reply, will try this and reply soon
Thankyou so much again for quick response

LivieGames

@adent42
ok so i have created the individual lives (3)
RULE: overlaps/collide with player
interpolate. self.size.width to 100
-Change Att:
self.lives to self.lives-1
This works, but:
it instantly fires next rule which says similar to above but on collision interpolate to 50px

But i think its still in the process of colliding the first time and firing the next rule
Is there a way to maybe add a timer here or possibly make it change an attribute that once it collides it will wait till another collision?
Hope this makes sence.
Thankyou for any help

Socks

@adent42 said:
I'd use a separate actor attribute called lives.
Then on collision, decrement the lives and interpolate based on the life number (so maybe set lives to 3. Interpolate to self.lives * 50 on collision.

Only worry is how this will stack if you get hit during the interpolation, but this scheme is a start.

For situations like this I usually make an interruptible interpolate using a constrain like this:

When value < target
Constrain value to value+increment

LivieGames

Oh nice one SOCKS.
Will try it now and get back soon
Thankyou for all support

LivieGames

ok so i have a game att - color
in the target actor i have 2 self attributes:
color and shrink.
Created a rule:
All conditions are valid
overlaps/collides with player
Att: game.color (does not equal) self.color
-Interpolate
self.size.width to self.shrink*50 (shrink attribute is set at 1)

Then added:
Change attribute:
self.lives to self.lives-1

This seems to be working quite well with all targets but after a few minutes of testing i shot at target with corresponding colored ball so it should have given a point but it interpolated the target? lol must be a bug here somewhere...

Thankyou again for support guys & any input at all is much appreciated