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Health Bar/Hearts?
So, I've been researching for WEEKS on end how to make a working heart system for a 2D Unity platformer I'm doing. Only problem is, I'm a total noob just about all things Unity here, and I'm a wee bit new to coding (though I understand C# and how it works). The biggest problem I've been having is using a health system where when the player is hit, a heart vanishes. While I'm absolutely aware that there's already a thread on the topic, most of it suggests that I use GUI, which I absolutely hate, and the code that doesn't suggest I use GUI settings is a bit too complicated for the timeframe I have, and I run the risk of ruining my game. I know I'm asking a lot, and I don't expect anyone to just WRITE THE CODE for me, I just need a bit of a for-dummies rundown on how this all works.
Also for clarification, I'll note that the health code is in a separate script from the player controller code, if that happens to be relevant.
This is definitely not perfect, but it may be useful to learn how the sprite fill system works in Unity.
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
using UnityEngine.UI;
public class Player : MonoBehaviour {
[Header("Player")]
public Player player; //the player object that holds the player script
[Header("Stats")]
public int maxHealth; //total amount of hearts
public int health; //current number of hearts
[Header("UI")]
public Sprite healthUI; //use an image of four hearts next to eachother, spacing will help make it look better
void Update(){ //change the value of your sprite using a horizontal fill, space the hearts out so that 1 includes only 1 heart and so on
maxHealth = player.maxHealth;
health = player.health;
healthUI.fillAmount = health / maxHealth; //will always return a decimal for percentage
}
}
EDIT: I just read your comment and you can include a reference to the Health object if the Player script is attached to your player, just drag it into the slot in the inspector.
Although, quick noob comment here: When you say it's in the Player class, you mean I should put it in the character controller script, right? (Sorry if that's redundant of me to ask, just wanna make sure I don't wreck my code by putting it in the wrong place)
updated the answer, hopefully that helps. if not i'll try to help out more
thank you for being patient w/ me! it makes more sense to me now.
tutorial about how to make a heart bar system only using sprites and a small amount of code:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg-6qoZ2JqI&list=PLyz_wKnxtoQO0Tf3koreC4gJtFv4213yQ
