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SolarB
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26/12/2011
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3rd January, 2012 at 14:35:03 -
Hi,
For my RTS I want to have each unit of the same type (say 'soldier') have its own health bar that follows it around. One way to do this would be to have an active as the health bar with looped id checks but if I want to change the amount of health of 'soldier' then this technique is useless as I would have to redo the animation all over again etc.
Counter with horizontal bar (and pretty gradient!) functions much better but there is no way I can see of assigning IDs to counter objects.
Any thoughts?
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Knudde (Shab)
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31/01/2003
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3rd January, 2012 at 16:36:20 -
I'd say make a custom health bar out of an active object, then use that in lieu of an actual counter object. 10 frames of animation would be all you need, then set the animation as a function of the percentage of health of the unit.
Eg 18/20 Health animation #9
16/20 Health animation #8
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Del Duio
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3rd January, 2012 at 18:06:43 -
EDIT: I didn't read the first post clearly, sorry!
 Edited by Del Duio
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Fordom
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4th January, 2012 at 00:31:38 -
use counter object (horiz bar).
THn you need compare the fixed value in private variable on position th e counter on for ech loop-.
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Cecilectomy
noPE
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19/03/2005
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4th January, 2012 at 00:44:06 -
shabs way is the best way to do it. you don't need any loops, except for maybe determining which bar is attached to which unit. then you just always set the animation to the percentage of the units health.
id say have at least 10 animations, 10% 20% ... 100%.
division of integers in mmf round down (iirc) so:
98 / 10 = 9.
87 / 10 = 8.
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