ammo count?

[Tacostick]

im trying to make a game with this, but as i am only
50% smart and 75% retarded (:3). i cant figure out how to limit a players "ammo", and how to replenish said ammo with a pick up. any help is greatly appreciated

plz nothing to codezy i went searching for help through the rest of the forum and got a bit of a headache lol

[RhysD]

set a counter to how much ammo you want to give the player.

in your firing event (when the player shoots), also add a condition that the counter should be greater than 0.

in the same firing event subtract 1 from the ammo counter.

to replenish the ammo just set the ammo counter to whatever amount you want when the player collides with the ammo pick up, and destroy the pickup.

[Tacostick]

thank you,
but im still having problems :<
you helped me by making me look for the counter and telling me what it does ( i was trying to use an alterable value b4. still have no clue what that is ) i understand and can do most of it but i cant figure out how add the condition that the number should be greater than 0?

i shall keep looking

[RhysD]

if you insert a new condition you can then click on the counter object (usually looks like 123 in a bar thingy) then choose the last option which is "compare the counter to a value"

then you can simply change the drop down ("choose comparison method") to "Greater" and leave the value as 0.

an alterable value is just an internal counter for that specific object, so you don't have a million counters in your frame.

[Tacostick]

O.O

ty so much, i had no idea i could add conditions in the same box

[jbrown2177]

set a counter to how much ammo you want to give the player.

in your firing event (when the player shoots), also add a condition that the counter should be greater than 0.

in the same firing event subtract 1 from the ammo counter.

to replenish the ammo just set the ammo counter to whatever amount you want when the player collides with the ammo pick up, and destroy the pickup.

I know this is an old post, but why do I need the counter to be greater than 0?

[RhysD]

Replied to your PM, but it needs to be greater than zero to prevent the player from firing if he has zero ammo left.