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[JayJay96]

I am still quite a noob at this game but have made lots of progress since ive first started. I was wondering if there was a way to change an event each time a trigger has been hit. Example:

Trigger1_Hit()
Light2.FlashForMs 1000, 100, BulbOff

Then when the ball hits trigger1 a second time i want it to perform a different action , maybe as many times up to 5. Then after 5, start over again back to the first action? Is this possible?

Edited by JayJay96, 11 September 2010 - 05:45 PM.

[Mystman]

Hi. Have you read the excellent FP scripting guides?

http://www.vpforums....cript_guide.htm

http://www.vpforums....s/BigDraco.html

What you want to do:

1. Declare a global variable (something like "Target1TimesHit")

2. In the ResetForNewGame(), or ResetForNewPlayerBall() sub, initialize your variable to 0.

3. In the Target1_Hit sub, increase the variable by 1, and reset to 0 once it reaches 5 by using the "mod" operator (google for "mod vbs" to see how it works).

4. After that, in the Target1_Hit sub, create a "select case" that does something based on how much your variable is.

so in script..

CODE

dim Target1TimesHit

sub ResetForNewGame()
      Target1TimesHit = 0
end sub

sub Target1_Hit()
      Target1TimesHit = (Target1TimesHit+1) mod 5

      select case Target1TimesHit
      case 0
            do some stuff
      case 1
            do some other stuff
      case 2
           doing more stuff
      case 3
            stuff
      case 4
            you guessed it..
      case 5
            this one will actually never be selected, because 4 is the highest result you'll get when you do x mod 5.
      end select
end sub

[faralos]

say could you also write that in VP9? I would like to have that same thing happen in vp9 but am unsure how to go about it.

[Mystman]

I'm not familiar with VP, but I believe it also uses Visual Basic Script just like FP. So the mod operator, global variables, and select case should all work. Implementing them in the VP equivalents of the _Hit() and ResetForNewGame() subs should be easy enough I think.

Edited by Mystman, 12 September 2010 - 10:02 AM.