koobas.hobune.stream
Losing power up bool value
I'm just about finished on a 2D shooter game and everything is working perfectly except for my score multiplier power up. I know the bool value is being set to true when the player picks it up but when I kill an enemy the value is false...not sure what's going on
here's my code for the power up private GameObject objPlayer; private AIscript scriptAI;
// Use this for initialization
void Start () {
objPlayer = (GameObject) GameObject.FindWithTag("Player");
scriptAI = (AIscript) objPlayer.GetComponent(typeof(AIscript));
}
void removeMe ()
{
Destroy(gameObject);
}
void OnTriggerEnter (Collider Other)
{
if (Other.gameObject.tag == "Player") //only player can trigger powerups
{
scriptAI.isMult = true;
Debug.Log("multi picked up!!");
removeMe();
}
}
and where the value is used in the character script
//boolean vars for power ups
public bool isLaser;
public bool isSpread;
public bool isMult;
private float powUpTime; //local timer variable for laser and spread power ups
private float powUpTime2; //local timer variable for score multiplier power up
private float powUpLength = 10f;
void Start () { powUpTime = powUpLength; powUpTime2 = powUpLength; isLaser = false; isSpread = false; isMult = false; }
void Update () { //check for newly acquired power up and start timer if (isLaser || isSpread) { powUpTime -= Time.deltaTime; if (powUpTime <= 0) { isLaser = false; isSpread = false; powUpTime = powUpLength; } } if (isMult) { powUpTime2 -= Time.deltaTime; if (powUpTime2 <= 0) { isMult = false; powUpTime2 = powUpLength; } } }
void removeMe () //removes character
{
if (thisIsPlayer == false)
{
Instantiate(ptrScriptVariable.parAlienDeath, transform.position, Quaternion.identity);
GUIvarScript ptrScriptGUIvar = (GUIvarScript) objPlayerStats.GetComponent(typeof(GUIvarScript));
ptrScriptGUIvar.enemiesKilled += 1;
//check for multiplier power up
if(isMult)
{
Debug.Log("multi!!");
ptrScriptGUIvar.score += 20;
} else {
Debug.Log("no multi!!!");
ptrScriptGUIvar.score += 10;
}
} else {
Instantiate(ptrScriptVariable.parHumanDeath, transform.position, Quaternion.identity);
}
Destroy(gameObject);
}
It would help if you edit your question to have correct code formatting.
Edited so the code was formatted properly - QATO was playing uo by the looks of it. I'll take a look at the question now...
$$anonymous$$essed up still. Some of the code is missing now...
When the player picks up a multiplier, it sets isMulti = true in the player's instance of AIScript. When the enemies die, they check if isMulti is true in their own instance. When they die, they need to check the instance on the player.
remove$$anonymous$$e() is a function in AIscript that gets called from Update if the health of either the enemy or the player is <= 0. sorry if this was unclear, I removed parts of the code to keep it less cumbersome
I was always curious how variables were called when one can attach an object to the Inspector view. So it is simply called "ScriptName" object be it a variable or another object?
Thanks CSDG
got it! used a pointer to the player's instance of AIscript and it's working now. Thanks for the help, the instance stuff has been the hardest thing for me to grasp
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