Yoho! I'm in need of a tip,
I've got a simple game containing two airplanes, and a
power up box.
I've got the movement codes working and the function that makes
the players able to fire a missile, no problems there.
I use the "my.emask & my.event" assignments to the missiles action, this works great as long as the players shot eachother. But as soon as the missile hits the power up box (Which I want to blow up in that case) the game crash.
I use the;
"switch (event_type)"
and then the "case EVENT_ENTITY:" in the code, though I can't seem to separate the missile from knowing if it's hit the player or the box. Have tried with "if" statements inside the "case" function, but can't seem to get it to work.

Thanks in advance!

Hi,

First of all, you're using Lite-C, not C-Script (you can't use switch/case in c-script)

I can't tell why it crashes without seeing more of your code, but to check whether the missile hits the player or the box, use a skill to determine that, e.g.:

player's skill1 = 1
box's skill1 = 2

then in the missile event, you can check (if event_entity) whether you.skill1 is 1 or 2

well, if could read your code i would be pretty sure to be able helb you.
but let me try to help without reading it^^

if im right, you try to let the missile know what it has hit.
try, to detonate the missile an collision and do nothing else.
and let the poverup check if its been hit by player or missile.
than you could let it dissaper or powerup the player...

if this dindnt help, post your code so sombody con read and help^^

Hey there! Thanks for the quick reply!
Well, I've alsow tried "if(event_type == EVENT_ENTITY)" but I guess that's the best way to do this though, since you say I can't use switch/case ^^.



I'm currently at the wrong computer to be able to post the script - but will do it asap if the problem persists.

so basicly you mean it SHOULD be possible for the missile to check what it hit if I use something like this?:

if (event_entity)
{
if(your.skill1 == 1) {do something}
if(your.skill1 == 2) {Do something else}
}

I'm pretty sure that this is the code I am using at the moment, though maybe I wrote "if(EVENT_TYPE == event_entity)"
instead of "if(event_type)" is this vital? I don't get any errors during compile-process, so...

Anyway, I will test your tip, and if it's not working I'll post the code later!

Thanks a lot for your help, and your time. *Thumbs up*

I'll check back later then

If you write "if(event_type)" you are just checking whether event_type is not 0, and then you will get an empty-pointer error if you e.g. hit a level block instead (that would make event_type == event_block and the "you" entity would not exist then).