invincible while hiding

[Fayte]

i have a problem here ...

the hero hides with <down> key and attacks with <up> key but how do i script it such that the hero doesnt receive hits from the enemy while hiding?

heres the .fla
http://www.geocities.com/cloudstrife_infini/TrueEnemy.fla

any help would be appreciated, thanks!

[superNoobice]

1 way i think of is to separate the animation for hiding and the mc for hiding state and also remove the hitTest of the hiding state so that he would be invincible.

[frost_oni]

easier would be so set a boolean variable to false. for example:

on(press){
//gotandstop to the 'down' state;
hitMe = false;
}

and your code which allows the player to be hit should be enclosed within this:

if(hitMe == true){
//do hit collisions
}

i did that with the game i am developping. tell me whether it works.

[Fayte]

just to clarify things, i put

on(keyPress "<Down>"){
_root.heroguy.gotoAndStop("hide");
hitMe = false;
}
on(keyPress "<Up>"){
_root.heroguy.gotoAndStop("attack");
hitMe = true;
}

on a button outside the stage to control the character, and on the attacker, i put

onClipEvent(enterFrame) {
if(hitMe == true) {
tellTarget ("_parent.heroguy") {
gotoAndPlay ("hit");
}
}
}

is that how boolean variables work?

[alzor]

onClipEvent (load){
invincible=0;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame){
if (Key.isDown(Key.(whatever)){
invincible=1;
}else if (!Key.isDown(Key.(whatever)){
invincible=0;
}

if (invincible==1){
//your invincibility code
}else if (invincible=0){
//your hittest code
}
}



that should do the trick, if not somebody better than me will give you a better answer.