[Tutorial]Zombie counter in Scripting

Created on: March 21, 2014, 07:19:31 pm

InFInIX
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Go to mapname.gsc

and add this to the bottom

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zombiesleft_hud()
{   
	Remaining = create_simple_hud();
  	Remaining.horzAlign = "center";
  	Remaining.vertAlign = "middle";
   	Remaining.alignX = "Left";
   	Remaining.alignY = "middle";
   	Remaining.y = 230;
   	Remaining.x = 60;
   	Remaining.foreground = 1;
   	Remaining.fontscale = 8.0;
   	Remaining.alpha = 1;
   	Remaining.color = ( 0.423, 0.004, 0 );


   	ZombiesLeft = create_simple_hud();
   	ZombiesLeft.horzAlign = "center";
   	ZombiesLeft.vertAlign = "middle";
   	ZombiesLeft.alignX = "center";
   	ZombiesLeft.alignY = "middle";
   	ZombiesLeft.y = 230;
   	ZombiesLeft.x = -1;
   	ZombiesLeft.foreground = 1;
   	ZombiesLeft.fontscale = 8.0;
   	ZombiesLeft.alpha = 1;
   	ZombiesLeft.color = ( 0.423, 0.004, 0 );
   	ZombiesLeft SetText("Zombies Left: ");


	while(1)
	{
		remainingZombies = get_enemy_count() + level.zombie_total;
		Remaining SetValue(remainingZombies);

		if(remainingZombies == 0 )
			{
			Remaining.alpha = 0; 
			while(1)
				{
					remainingZombies = get_enemy_count() + level.zombie_total;
					if(remainingZombies != 0 )
					{
					Remaining.alpha = 1; 
					break;
					}
					wait 0.5;
				}
			}
		wait 0.5;
	}		
}

now call the function after

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maps\_zombiemode::main();

with

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thread zombiesleft_hud();

If you want to change the text

search for

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ZombiesLeft SetText("Zombies Left: ");

And change the Zombies left:

WARNIG:

Leave the "" or you will get a bad syntax error

[Script by: Mrhankey91]

Last Edit: March 22, 2014, 06:57:35 pm by Xcept

Reply #1 on: March 21, 2014, 07:45:15 pm

YaPh1l
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I could be wrong, but I don't think this tutorial was made by you. In that case, you might want to credit the original creator.

- Phil.

Reply #2 on: March 21, 2014, 09:08:20 pm

daedra descent
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get_enemy_count()

Wouldn't this get all Axis characters in a level? Wouldn't it be more accurate to make it like this:

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zombiesleft_hud()
{   
	Remaining = create_simple_hud();
  	Remaining.horzAlign = "center";
  	Remaining.vertAlign = "middle";
   	Remaining.alignX = "Left";
   	Remaining.alignY = "middle";
   	Remaining.y = 230;
   	Remaining.x = 60;
   	Remaining.foreground = 1;
   	Remaining.fontscale = 8.0;
   	Remaining.alpha = 1;
   	Remaining.color = ( 0.423, 0.004, 0 );


   	ZombiesLeft = create_simple_hud();
   	ZombiesLeft.horzAlign = "center";
   	ZombiesLeft.vertAlign = "middle";
   	ZombiesLeft.alignX = "center";
   	ZombiesLeft.alignY = "middle";
   	ZombiesLeft.y = 230;
   	ZombiesLeft.x = -1;
   	ZombiesLeft.foreground = 1;
   	ZombiesLeft.fontscale = 8.0;
   	ZombiesLeft.alpha = 1;
   	ZombiesLeft.color = ( 0.423, 0.004, 0 );
   	ZombiesLeft SetText("Zombies Left: ");


	while(1)
	{
		level.zombie_total SetValue(level.zombie_total);

		if(level.zombie_total == 0 )
			{
			Remaining.alpha = 0; 
			while(1)
				{
					if(level.zombie_total != 0 )
					{
					Remaining.alpha = 1; 
					break;
					}
					wait 0.5;
				}
			}
		wait 0.5;
	}		
}

Reply #3 on: March 21, 2014, 10:04:14 pm

YaPh1l
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Well, first of all, this is not going to work anyway:

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level.zombie_total SetValue(level.zombie_total);

And yes, get_enemy_count() returns all living axis AI, which is most likely what you want, as zombie_total is decremented when an AI spawns. That means, zombie_total + get_enemy_count() gives the number of zombies yet to spawn in this round plus the number of zombies currently alive, which is, in total, the number of zombies remaining to be killed this round.

- Phil.

Last Edit: March 22, 2014, 10:36:55 am by YaPh1l

Reply #4 on: March 22, 2014, 08:28:34 am

treminaor
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Either your authorship needs to be proven or the original author needs to be credited before this can be moved to the tutorials section.

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