My alien is killing me

[bobofet]

Hi, I was wondering if I could get some help please on making this alien game I'm working on.

I have attached my MFA file test2.mfa and severly reduced everything to the basics to get my mechanics point accross.

This is what I want to happen:

1. player hits alien with sword(part of player animation not throwing anything) > alien looses 1 hp
2. if all alien hp gone then alien go bye bye and player gets 100 points
3. if alien is not being attacked then alien shoot laser at player
4. if player hit by laser, player loose 1 hp and flash for 2 seconds
5. if player is flashing then can't be hurt by laser
6. if all player hp gone then player go bye bye

And this is what's happening:

1. player is still getting hit when flashing
2. player never stops flashing
3. player recieves points for just hitting alien instead of killing him
4. player can never kill alien
5. sometimes player dies in one hit

Any advice would greatly be appreachiated,

Thank you

[KLiK-iT]

I'm looking at your code now. Please give me a bit to sort through it. I have found a few things that are causing issues. I will post the fixed version tomorrow or later tonight if I get it sorted.

John

[KLiK-iT]

Here is the fixed version. You had some events that needed changing and also I added one active object to control the laser. Look in event editor for changes. Hope this is what you wanted.

John

[bobofet]

Wow, that's awesome! Thank you so much. I was close but yea that extra object and those extra conditions in my events seem to do the trick. And I never thought to check for the specific animation frame to be over, good idea. You know your stuff sir. You totally re-worked my flash I see. I knew that was wrong, I was trying to go by the berumda triangle tutor(http://www.clickteam.com/website/tutorials/bermuda_triangle_1/bermuda_triangle_1.html) But, I think I got lost in the transition because my game is a little different.

[KLiK-iT]

I'm glad it worked out for you! There is one thing you need to add under player. See picture. The reason,..is if you press the space bar really quick,.the animation will freeze without this event.

[bobofet]

Ok, I added it. I have a similar board or level to this same game that doesn't seem to be working either. I put test objects in there. A counter displaying the HP of both combatants. One is controlled by the player and other AI. It's just a melee fight. I want the enemy to keep attacking the player but he's not. Also, I can't seem to be able to kill the enemy. Maybe I should put one of those extra objects in there like you did with the laser. test2.mfa

[KLiK-iT]

I will look at this and get back to you. It will be tomorrow if that's ok as we have company over for dinner today.

[bobofet]

That's cool, me too. lol take your time

[KLiK-iT]

I looked at the example. I'm terrible when it comes to AI, so I won't be able to help you with this. Maybe someone will chime in to lend a hand with this part. I'm sorry about that.

[bobofet]

No worries, I think I know what to do.