Help with saving points and in-game store

Jordeyy · February 2013

Hello Everyone i was just wondering, how you would go about making a , "Points To Upgrade" method

For example , Say i jump 1000 meters, and it gives me 100 coins, how could i make it save these coins , and also keep adding to them

so instead of just starting back at zero when i take another jump , i want them to stay at what they was last jump , and then my next jump, i want the coins earned in this jump added to them

so i can spend this on upgrades

if i didn't explain it clear enough please just say

PaxPax · February 2013

I think I understand. You start at 0 coins and every time you get more coins you want to add the coins to allow you to have a running total. Create a game attribute- total coins or something like that. Every time you collect coins change the game attribute total coins to total coins plus the number of coins you just collected. Hope this is what you were looking for.

SlickZero · February 2013

Take a look at this video. It's about keeping score, but it applies to anything that you want to keep track of, and continuously add to, without it resetting to zero.

And if you haven't already, or if you didn't know, there are tons of videos on how to use GameSalad. Here are a few links to check out, if you haven't already.

Braydon_SFX · February 2013

Videos are your friends.

Jordeyy · February 2013

@Braydon_SFX ino bro , ive watched alot now to be fair

Jordeyy · February 2013

@SlickZero i check that tutorial , and it was not what i had in mind,

what i was thinking is this, i will show you my rules

this is how my score system works

That Calculates how far i jumped

Next to this score i have got a coins score , it divided my distance by 12 , so i get what ever score distance, divided by 12

for the custom font i have got this setup

how would i save the coins , so i can keep saving them up , to buy stuff ?

PaxPax · February 2013

Hard to tell from your screen shots so I could be way off. Assuming you are trying to keep a tally of the number of 'scores/coins' you have collected than you need a 'running or total score' . Every time you 'score', add this score to your 'running/total score'. Running/total score starts at zero. Change running/total score attribute to= running/total score + score. The 'running score' now holds the total number of scores/coins collected.

Again, may be way off but hopefully this helps.

Cheers

beefy_clyro · February 2013

Dude I also showed you how to embed pictures yesterday ... If you want this much help, take the advice given. Watch lots of videos, read lots of threads and embed your pictures into your posts .. Make it easy for people to help you! Personally I rarely click external links, if you cant be bothered to learn how to put your pictures in your posts (even after being told yesterday by me and riffel), I cant be bothered to help.

I'm not just saying it to be an arse, honest, good luck!

Jordeyy · February 2013

@beefy_clyro i tried for about 20 mins to embed the picture but it didnt work, it didnt even work when your tried if you remember. i went on tinypic , and also searched google on how to , embed my image into a forum post,and it didnt work bro

beefy_clyro · February 2013

NO!

It did not work because it had a symbol in which you were told to delete;

Simply take the below and delete the $ and the space after the opening <

< $img src = ""/img>

That will give you this result;

Just use the above format but put the < at the start of it all

beefy_clyro · February 2013

This is the end result.

If you still cannot figure it out, press quote to this comment and you will see the format i'm using

Jordeyy · February 2013

I want to make an in-game store, to enable the user to upgrade his bike ,

im trying to make a method were i , jump off a ram on my bike, jump say 2300 meters , then divide that by 12 and add it to my coins, which can be saved up and spent on upgrades

here are my rules what am i doing wrong, cause it dont add the coins up it just keeps changing them , to how many i earned that jump

in the first screenshot it shows , my method to turn my score , into coins by dividing it by 12

the second image shows , how my custom font is setup , could anyone help me with this please

thanks

PBEmpire · February 2013

didnt you open another thread about this?? Use that and dont open another thread. People will not bother answering you this way.

Jordeyy · February 2013

It was a different way of asking my question also I embedded the images into this one

tatiang · February 2013

@Jordeyy you have created multiple threads for the same issue more than once. It's great that you're making so much progress on your game and you obviously have many questions as you're learning GameSalad, but it's not working to have so many threads. Perhaps you can just use this thread for any new issues that arise about your game?

[merged threads and edited title]

Jordeyy · February 2013

Bump (sorry im just wondering if anyone else has got any idea on how to do this

PaxPax · February 2013

From what I understand your question to be, the above video shows you how to do it.
If you can give more info on the details of your attributes; money, coins and score and how they get their values that may help. Is your constrain game coins to game score attribute supposed to be a change attribute? I cannot tell from what i see. Not sure what else i can do to help.

Jordeyy · February 2013

@PaxPax but the video shows how to , shoot something and gain points ,

but i want to to make it so , my distance i traveled , gets divided by 12 , then added to my coins

so i can later upgrade my bike. To get my score i am using this formula

"Floor(game.EndX-game.StartX)

Constrain attribute game.score to "Floor(game.EndX-game.StartX)

This gives me the the distance were i landed , subtracting were i started

so normally about minimum 1000 meters max 4000 meters

i want to divide that by 12 , and add it to my coins each round

at the moment i jump and it divides it by 12 , gives me about 80 coins but then ,when i click restart to jump again and jump off the ramp , it adds about 1000 points, so it doesn't divide the score

to get the coins i use this formula

constrain "game.Money to game.Money+game.Score"

change attribute "game.Money to game.Money/12

here is my game see if you understand what i mean

Jordeyy · February 2013

@paxpax ^^^^^

tatiang · February 2013

Jordeyy, you don't need to notify someone more than once. That just sends two email messages to the person, which is annoying in my opinion.

Jordeyy · February 2013

@tatiang ok sorry bro i just cant find a way , to do what im trying to do

tatiang · February 2013

As I wrote privately to you, please be patient. Expecting an answer in about an hour is unrealistic. People tend to be very generous with their help here but if you expect too much, too fast, you'll quickly outgrow your welcome.

I think it's reasonable to bump a thread if six hours or more have gone by and you've haven't received a response. I also think it's best to post additional information (e.g. a screenshot, other algorithm-related information, a video, a sketch, etc.) instead of just writing "bump" or "anyone???" or things along those lines.

Jordeyy · February 2013

@tatiang ok bro sorry it wont happen again

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