help with working with variables

[iluvAS]

im having some problems to work with variables can some1 help me??

im making a spaceship shooter kinda thing like the game garuda evolution...
im trying to make it like a lvl up kinda thing. ive done the lvl1,2,3 of the thrusters,wings and armor.
in the main mc instance named: bk, i put in:

onClipEvent(load){
wings=1;
thrusters=1;
body=1;
speed=3.5;
handling=5;
health=100;
}
onClipEvent(enterFrame){
if(Key.isDown(Key.UP)){
_root.bk._y-=speed*thrusters
}
if(Key.isDown(Key.DOWN)){
_root.bk._y+=speed*thrusters
}
if(Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT)){
_root.bk._x+=handling*wings
}
if(Key.isDown(Key.LEFT)){
_root.bk._x-=handling*wings
}
}

and to test it out i made a button with the actionscript in it:

on (release) {
wings+10
}

but i get no difference in the speed of moving _x wise.... can some1 teach me how to properly use the change variable thingy and if possible can some1 pro add me in msn to help me XD im not tat noob so i doubt ull get frustrated teaching me. PLS HELPP

[Neo-13]

At 4/22/08 08:21 AM, iluvAS wrote: and to test it out i made a button with the actionscript in it:

on (release) {
wings+10
}

but i get no difference in the speed of moving _x wise.... can some1 teach me how to properly use the change variable thingy and if possible can some1 pro add me in msn to help me XD im not tat noob so i doubt ull get frustrated teaching me. PLS HELPP

You need to do wings += 10, not just + 10.

Like this:

on (release) {
     wings+10
}

[Neo-13]

Whoops, forgot the ";". Please excuse the double post.

wings += 10;

[iluvAS]

no difference dood T.T plas help....
if possible can u add me in msn???
ill send u my hotmail through a PM.

[iluvAS]

PLSPLSPLSPLSPLSPLSPLSPLSPL
HELPPPP MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
i cant find any godd tutorials on dis in ng.
i swear if i can nail dis aspect of as ill help all those aspiring scripters with a reallly nice working tutorial
i want to learn not just to make games so pleaaase
HELPPP MEEEE T.T

[twistedduck]

Is this code inside bk? If so, try this:

onClipEvent(load){
wings=1;
thrusters=1;
body=1;
speed=3.5;
handling=5;
health=100;
}
onClipEvent(enterFrame){
if(Key.isDown(Key.UP)){
_y-=speed*thrusters
}
if(Key.isDown(Key.DOWN)){
_y+=speed*thrusters
}
if(Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT)){
_x+=handling*wings
}
if(Key.isDown(Key.LEFT)){
_x-=handling*wings
}
}

If that works, then movieclip isnt called bk, or it isnt in _root.

[iluvAS]

well dat part totally works well.
the problem is that im trying to increase the speed of moving through _x
by increasing the handling of bk.
in order to test that i made a button that has the AS:
on (release){
handling +=10;
}
annnnnd it didnt work.........

[twistedduck]

how about

on (release) {
_root.bk.handling += 10;
}

I think you'll find that works.

[iluvAS]

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[MTCronky]

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