Extra life every 1000 points

[Blackspirit]

Hi, long time browser, first time poster

I'm making a pong game, just wondering how to add a life every time you reach 1000 points. Yes, I've used the mod operator, but that doesn't always work....

Say I'm on 999 points, then I hit a block and get 2 points. Thats 1001, and my mod operator doesn't count it.

current if statement to add life:

if(score%1000==0)

anybody got any ideas?

[radioxromance]

hmm Im lost... why can't it be:


onEnterFrame = function() {
if(score >= 1000) {
life++;
}
}
??
maybe im missing something :P

[Adam]

I would assume that on entering a frame if the score was greater than 1000...it would keep adding lives, no?

[radioxromance]

oh good point :P
hmm lemme think...

[signifer123]

how about
onEnterFrame = function() {
if(score >= 1000) {
life++;
}
}
but with a timer and when the timer reaches 1 it gives you a life point so then it stop giving live after 1 in the timer is past.

[Blackspirit]

hmm, yes I spose timer could do it. kind of messy though?



hehe, I was thinking of doing it with a temporary variable so..

if(temp<1 && score%1000>=1<SCORE%1000 score%1000 &&> ){
life++;
temp=score%1000;
}

does that sound right?

[signifer123]

id on't know about temporary variables so wait a sec i'll see what ic an find

[Blackspirit]

by temporary, i just mean a normal var, but keeps a history of another var.

eg A timer variable that keeps total time, and a variable that keeps the current level time, if you kow what i mean.

[signifer123]

ohh ithought you meant one that works once then die thats what you need

[radioxromance]

yah I was thinking same thing. cant think of the way to do it though. maybe try something like this? anotehr possible solution:
instead of checking points, you have accPoints (accumulative Points). Okay so this is sorta the same idea haha. But, this happens:


points = 0;
accPoints = 0;

//points are made, points are made...
points += 10 //blah blah blah
accPoints = accPoints+points //... get it..?

onEnterFrame = function() {
if(points>=1000) {
lives++;
points = 0;
} }

this way, the acc points would be what you display. hope it made sense.

[Voetsjoeba]

Math.floor(points/1000);

[radioxromance]

dang it voets, I was all excited that I had answered in a way I thought might work. then you answer with one sentence I don't even understand. Ugh.

[signifer123]

its ok radio i'm kinda lost too becasue i don't know what the "Math" funcution does

[radioxromance]

well i know that this basically says:

take points, divide by 1000, then drop it to the next lowest whole integer. math.floor means lower it to whole integer. but for some reason I can't understand what it does for this. Too tired :P

[Johnny64]

temp = 0;
onEnterFrame = function () {
if (Math.floor(points/1000) != temp) {
life++;
temp = Math.floor(points/1000);
}
};


Problem solved :)

[signifer123]

yay i wasn't confused by that one

[Johnny64]

It uses Voets basic idea :sure:

[signifer123]

iknow but i didn't know how to use it in a funcional action

[Blackspirit]

Coolies, thanks guys, got it done:


if (Math.floor(tempscore2/50)<Math.floor(score/1000)){
lifes++
_root.tempscore2=score;
}

Many thanks to all, and beers all round