I'm having a problem with LWM's lifebar script.

Giest118 · Post by **Giest118** » Mon May 31, 2004 1:52 pm

This is possibly the most annoying thing I have yet encountered.

Script 90 (void)
{
	Print(s:"Oh shit!11 It's the flying thing!11 Kill it!11");
	SetPlayerProperty(1, 1, PROP_TOTALLYFROZEN);
	SetMusic("D_BOSS_B");
	Delay(120);
	ACS_Execute(91, 0, 0, 0, 0);
	SetPlayerProperty(1, 0, PROP_TOTALLYFROZEN);
	Thing_Activate(28);
}

Script 91 (void)
{
	ACS_Execute(92, 0, 0, 0, 0);
}

script 92 (void)
{
while (Thingcount (0, 28) == 0)                   //Is the boss there?
        {
        delay (const:35);
        }
while (Thingcount (0, 28) > 0)
	{

HP = (GetActorProperty (28, APROP_Health) / 250);  //Check the bosses health

if (HP <= 100) {SetFont ("HP100");}                //Change the bar according to health
if (HP <= 96) {SetFont ("HP96");}                  //The hudmessage doesn't change - only the font
if (HP <= 92) {SetFont ("HP92");}
if (HP <= 88) {SetFont ("HP88");}
if (HP <= 84) {SetFont ("HP84");}
if (HP <= 80) {SetFont ("HP80");}
if (HP <= 76) {SetFont ("HP76");}
if (HP <= 72) {SetFont ("HP72");}
if (HP <= 68) {SetFont ("HP68");}
if (HP <= 64) {SetFont ("HP64");}
if (HP <= 60) {SetFont ("HP60");}
if (HP <= 56) {SetFont ("HP56");}
if (HP <= 52) {SetFont ("HP52");}
if (HP <= 48) {SetFont ("HP48");}
if (HP <= 44) {SetFont ("HP44");}
if (HP <= 40) {SetFont ("HP40");}
if (HP <= 36) {SetFont ("HP36");}
if (HP <= 32) {SetFont ("HP32");}
if (HP <= 28) {SetFont ("HP28");}
if (HP <= 24) {SetFont ("HP24");}
if (HP <= 20) {SetFont ("HP20");}
if (HP <= 16) {SetFont ("HP16");}
if (HP <= 12) {SetFont ("HP12");}
if (HP <= 8) {SetFont ("HP8");}
if (HP <= 4) {SetFont ("HP4");}
if (HP <= 0) {SetFont ("HP0");}

hudmessage (s:"|";0,0,CR_RED,0.50,0.15,0.5);

SetFont ("HPBACK");

hudmessage (s:"#";0,0,CR_RED,0.50,0.15,0.5);



delay (const:16);
	}

}

Is there anything wrong with that? I can't see any problems... but here's the thing.... When I kill the flying thing monster in the map, the lifebar remains with just a little bit left in it. And I can't find any other monster in the map with the same tag as the flying thing... wtf is going on?

EDIT: And here's something even wierder! I'll kill the bloody thing, but the lifebar refills a bit after it dies!

HotWax · Post by **HotWax** » Mon May 31, 2004 2:11 pm

You never clear the bar off the screen. After the enemy dies, the script just exits and the hudmessage isn't erased.

Giest118 · Post by **Giest118** » Mon May 31, 2004 2:24 pm

... That wouldn't make any sense. I copied/pasted that script from another part of the scripts lump... that is, I copied a script that worked.

Post by **Xaser** » Mon May 31, 2004 2:37 pm

You probably didn't copy the part that erased the healthbar.

Giest118 · Post by **Giest118** » Mon May 31, 2004 2:40 pm

There is no part of the "working script" that says something along the lines of erasing the health bar. There is no difference between the two scripts, execpt for the tag and the amount of health to compare to.. and the script number, of course...

EDIT: I even copied the "un-working" script to work on another monster... and it worked properly. Now I'm really confused.

Giest118 · Post by **Giest118** » Mon May 31, 2004 5:59 pm

.... *bump*

Macil · Post by **Macil** » Mon May 31, 2004 6:46 pm

Maybe the level was supposed to end the instant it dies, so the health bar would go away at start of next level.

Giest118 · Post by **Giest118** » Mon May 31, 2004 6:53 pm

No. The script it activates upon death is supposed to raise a switch from the ground, which it does, but the lifebar just hangs around... being dumb and annoying... blah-blah-blah...

Post by **Xaser** » Mon May 31, 2004 8:09 pm

Well, why don't you just add a hudmessage that cancels out the lifebar after the end of the while loop? It'll fix it just fine.

Giest118 · Post by **Giest118** » Mon May 31, 2004 8:15 pm

OOOOhhhh and stuff plus things times generic objects multiplied by features.

Post by **Xaser** » Mon May 31, 2004 8:17 pm

...divided by stupidity.

Giest118 · Post by **Giest118** » Mon May 31, 2004 8:22 pm

Wait, how do I do that?

Post by **Xaser** » Mon May 31, 2004 8:35 pm

Well, with a Hudmessage, you can Give it an ID (the first argument after the string, I think). Normally this is set to 0, which acts normally. If you give the bar displaying Hudmessage an ID, then after the while loop, make an empty Hudmessage with the dame ID, it'll completely erase the Bar Hudmessage (because it is actually being replaced with the hudmessage with the same ID, which is blank, so nothing shows up). I hope this somewhat helps, if you can understand what the heck I'm trying to say.

Giest118 · Post by **Giest118** » Mon May 31, 2004 8:50 pm

Um, that didn't work.

@%$# it seems like I'm stuck with a faulty lifebar.

EDIT: Okay, I tried something completely different. I changed the TID of the boss.... and it worked.

Post by **Xaser** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 8:32 am

Hmm... Okay. Now that's just strange.