HUD Trouble Help

[Ximsol182]

I'm making a HUD based on the player's decisions. It the player fails after 5 wrong decisions, it's a game over. Unfortunately, even though the HUD activates after I called the common event, when I do the wrong decisions, the HUD doesn't dicrease. What's happening?

 

[Poryg]

You call it once, when you have 50 hp, but not when your hp decreases.

 

[Ximsol182]

You call it once, when you have 50 hp, but not when your hp decreases.

What? But I just called it once at the start of the event. Problem is that it does decrease but the image stays the same (with the 5/5 hearts instead of decreasing)

 

[Shaz]

Yes, you just called it (the common event to show HP) at the start of the event. You need to call it each time the variable is changed.

 

[Poryg]

Exactly, you called it once, at the beginning of the event. When you have 50 hp. But not when you have 40 hp. Or 30 hp. Call common event processes the event once, not continuously.

 

[Ximsol182]

Yes, you just called it (the common event to show HP) at the start of the event. You need to call it each time the variable is changed.

So I did and the HUD decreases now. But for some reason it's acting strange. It decreases even after I make the right choice. What's going on?

 

[Shaz]

You are calling the Show HP common event before you process the result. You should change the actor's HP and THEN call the common event to update the HUD based on the actor's HP.

You are using the same variable for 2 different things. In the choices, you are increasing/decreasing the variable, but only if it's within a specific range, and in the common event you are completely ignoring what was done there and setting the variable to an actor's HP. I don't really know why they're not keeping pace, because you're changing the actor's HP at the same time as changing the variable. But you don't need to do both. Either use a variable to keep track, or use the actor's HP. Not both.

 

[Ximsol182]

You are calling the Show HP common event before you process the result. You should change the actor's HP and THEN call the common event to update the HUD based on the actor's HP.

You are using the same variable for 2 different things. In the choices, you are increasing/decreasing the variable, but only if it's within a specific range, and in the common event you are completely ignoring what was done there and setting the variable to an actor's HP. I don't really know why they're not keeping pace, because you're changing the actor's HP at the same time as changing the variable. But you don't need to do both. Either use a variable to keep track, or use the actor's HP. Not both.

Okay, I called the event after changing the HP and it works perfectly now.

I don't quite understand about what you're saying about the variables.....Can you explain it with a screenshot, if it isn't much asking?

 

[Shaz]

In your choice event, you are changing the actor's HP and then changing the variable.
In your common event, you are setting the variable to the actor's HP.

What is the point of changing the variable when you change the actor's HP, if you are going to reset it in the common event anyway? Just change the actor's HP and don't make any changes to the variable. The common event will take care of setting it to the correct value.

 

[Ximsol182]

In your choice event, you are changing the actor's HP and then changing the variable.
In your common event, you are setting the variable to the actor's HP.

What is the point of changing the variable when you change the actor's HP, if you are going to reset it in the common event anyway? Just change the actor's HP and don't make any changes to the variable. The common event will take care of setting it to the correct value.

Oh, that! I put it just in case the HP decreasing didn't work but I noticed that now that I activated the event, it works even when I'm not using the variables.

All is well then.

 

[Kes]

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Thanks.

 

[mlogan]

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