Help with Lives System

[mradebe_eti]

Hi,

I need some help with getting my script to work for my lives system. I have already created 4 sprites showing all 3 lives to 0 lives. I need the player to lose a life if they score below the required amount of points (1500pts) or if they run out of time. This is what I have so far...can anyone help?

public class Lives : MonoBehaviour {

   public int startingLives = 3;
   public static int curLives;
   
   // Use this for initialization
   void Start () {
      curLives = startingLives;
   }
   
   void OnLevelWasLoaded(int level) {

         if (level == 08)

            if (Score.score < 1500) {
 
                  curLives--;
         }
         else if (curLives < 0) {
 
                  print ("Game Over!");
               guiText.text = "Game Over!" + curLives.ToString();
               guiText.material.color = Color.black;
            }
   
   }
}

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks

[gary-unikronsoftware]

Hi,

You don't say exactly what your problem is you're having, but the first thing I noticed in your script is that you you have your 'game over' code in an else-if block;  so if the player scores less than 1500 points you remove a life from him, but the game over check wouldn't get done as the code has already done the 'if' part.  Just make the curLives check a separate if statement. 

As for the time limit, just make a note of the time when the level starts, the time when the level ends, calculate the total time taken from that and if the time exceeds your chosen limit also remove a life.

[mradebe_eti]

Hi,

My mistake for not being clear. I'm having trouble with getting the sprites representing my lives to function with the script I wrote.

I also made the curLives check a separate if statement, but it still doesn't seem to work. Do I need a part of the script saying to change the sprite when lives decrease?

   public int startingLives = 3;
   public static int curLives;
   
   // Use this for initialization
   void Start () {
      curLives = startingLives;
      guiText.text = "Lives: " + curLives.ToString();
      guiText.material.color = Color.black;
   }
   
   void OnLevelWasLoaded(int level) {

         if (level == 08)

            if (Score.score < 1500) {
 
                  curLives--;
         }
            if (curLives < 0) {
 
                  print ("Game Over!");
               guiText.text = "Game Over!" + curLives.ToString();
               guiText.material.color = Color.black;
            }
   
   }
}

[gary-unikronsoftware]

So are you saying that the "Lives: " and "Game Over" text isn't displaying? Or do you want your character sprite to change when they have no lives left?

[mradebe_eti]

I'm saying the character sprite for my lives does not change when a life is lost. So it never get's to the point where a player has zero lives and the "Game Over" text can be displayed.

[gary-unikronsoftware]

It's probaby easier to use the tk2dTextMesh to display the score.  In the hierarchy create a tk2dUITextMesh object then drag it to the livesMesh slot on the script.  Depending on your camera settings you may have to change the scale of the text mesh so it is visible.

Code: [Select]

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class Lives : MonoBehaviour
{
public int startingLives = 3;
    public static int curLives;
public tk2dTextMesh livesMesh;

   void Start ()
{
curLives = startingLives;
livesMesh.text = "Lives: " + curLives.ToString();
livesMesh.Commit();
   }
   
void OnLevelWasLoaded(int level)
{
if (level == 08)
{
if (Score.score < 1500)
{
  curLives--;
livesMesh.text = "Lives: " + curLives.ToString();
livesMesh.Commit();
}
            if (curLives < 0)
{
  print ("Game Over!");
                livesMesh.text = "Game Over!" + curLives.ToString();
livesMesh.Commit ();
            }
}
}
}

[mradebe_eti]

I tried your suggestion to use the 2dUITextMesh and it still is not working.

Here is my script that I attached to the the TextMesh. I'm not sure where I'm going wrong.

Code: [Select]

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class Lives : MonoBehaviour {

public int startingLives = 3;
    public static int curLives;
public tk2dTextMesh livesMesh;

void Start ()
{
curLives = startingLives;
livesMesh.text = "Lives    " + curLives.ToString();
livesMesh.Commit();

   }

void OnLevelWasLoaded(int level)
{
if (level == 08)
{
if (Score.score < 1500)
{
  curLives--;
livesMesh.text = "Lives    " + curLives.ToString();
livesMesh.Commit();
}
            if (curLives < 0)
{
  print ("Game Over!");
                livesMesh.text = "Game Over!" + curLives.ToString();
livesMesh.Commit ();
            }
}
}
}
I appreciate the assistance.

[unikronsoftware]

I'm not sure why you've got an if (level == block around there, surely it'll only work when its at level 8?

[mradebe_eti]

I forgot to turn off emoticons when posting. It's supposed to be at level 8.

[mradebe_eti]

I just figured out your comment. I placed an if statement because I wanted it to decrease the player's lives once they reached level 8 and they did not score the required amount of points.