I´m trying to make my game reload as soon as the player receives a predefined number of impacts, but no matter what I try, the script never seems to work, I must be making some kind of very basic mistake. I was capable of making the game reload after a countdown and after pressing a key, and also of making a scale that responds to the number of impacts, but cound not make the reload function work getting values from the var where the number of impacts is stored.
I first declared a variable (I´m using the car template):

var cracking = 0;

After that, I included an function to increase its value at each impact:

function crash_event()
{
while(1)
{
if (EVENT_TYPE == Event_impact)
// {
// if (glass_health < 6)/// this was to limit the number of impacts///for testing purposes
{
ENT_playSOUND(MY,wham_wav,80);
glass_health = glass_health + 0.04;
glass_stats = glass_stats + 1;
cracking = cracking + 0.04;
}
wait (1);

}
}



And, at the end, I use its value as follows:


function cracked()
{
while (1)
{
if (cracking == 6)
{
main_restart_game();
}
{

wait (1);
}
}


And, of course, it never works. I put a debugging digits window in my game interface to follow what is happening, and the var value increases at each impact, but the game never reloads. Won´t give me any error message either.

Could someone point to me what lowly and feeble minded mistake I´m doing?

thanks.

Try using cracking += 1; in the crash_event function to increase the impact 1 by one, and then in the cracked function try if(cracking > 5). This way, when the car impacts reaches 6, the game should restart...

Demigod, thanks for the tip, but the script still won´t work, even with your modifications. I´ve tried everything I could think of. The funny thing is I can do anything I want with the "cracking" var, drive windows, digits, move entities, except restart the game. I`m stuck.

Sorry for the late answer, but I was cought up in another project for some days.

thanks again.

Are you sure you wrote an appropriat action to call the function and assigned it to the player?

try a my = null; 'right before' your line to restart the game

Kiamonster: Well, I think the action is valid. It works for everything else, only fails when I try to reload the game with it.

Grimber: I'll sure try that ASAP.Thanks.

I think I've found the solution to your problem, did you actually called the 'cracked()' function in your main function? If you didn't, then simply add " cracked(); " in your main function and then it probably will work, the coding seems to be okey, so I guess the function itself doesn't get started at all?

Cheers

PheMox: hahahaha, yes, you were right, of course. I did not call it. Stupid me

It is working now, as it should. Sometimes the obvious is absolutely invisible, isn´t? Till someone points it out, then it jumps at you...

Thanks to all you guys for the help. I really appreciated it.