6 replies to this topic

[Tolemi959]

Hi there, I am having a few difficulties regarding my experience bar. For one, I do not want it to reset the variable ''exp'' to zero every time I gain a level. And second the bar doesn't fill up correctly. It's always filled up 100% whenever you reach 100 exp or more. This is how it currently looks like:

Create:
global.lvl = 1
global.speed = 3
global.power = 0
global.expmax = 100
global.exp = 0
global.life = 100

Step:
if (global.exp>=global.expmax)
{
global.lvl+=1;
global.speed+=1;
global.power+=1;
global.expmax+=50;
global.exp = 0
global.life=100;
}

Draw:
draw_healthbar(view_xview + 190,view_yview + 450,view_xview + 300,view_yview + 465,global.exp,c_gray,c_green,c_yellow,0,1,1)

[Merlocker]

You do know that exp power speed are built in functions/constants right? Try to use different variables. eg spd=speed xp=exp pwr=power

[Tolemi959]

You do know that exp power speed are built in functions/constants right? Try to use different variables. eg spd=speed xp=exp pwr=power

I figured, but I highly doubt this will resolve my current issue.

[Merlocker]

http://learnbyluke.com/ has great tutorials for bars and such

Edited by Merlocker, 07 August 2012 - 05:41 PM.

[Tolemi959]

http://learnbyluke.com/ has great tutorials for bars and such

Didn't find any solution.

[FoxInABox]

if (global.exp>=global.expmax)
{
...
global.exp -= global.expmax; // lower it with what you need
global.expmax+=50; // then increase the need
...
}

for the healthbar:

... , global.exp / global.expmax * 100 , ...

the max value is 100 .. so if you divide exp/max_exp then multiply it with 100, then you have the percentage of how full the bar is

[Katuko]

First, to avoid the EXP resetting to 0... simply not reset it to 0. There is a line right there that says "global.exp = 0;" in the level up bracket. Remove it.

The second problem is because draw_healthbar() uses a percentage, so it only ranges from 0 to 100. Convert your value to a percentage to fix this. Since you don't want EXP resetting to 0, you'll need another variable to hold the relation between the current EXP, the max EXP and the amount you needed for the previous level.