Displaying Health Ints

[idiotbox]

On my GUI, I want my health int to be displayed. I know you use labels, and I've been looking at the manual but the examples don't seem to be close to what I want. Can anyone give me some pointers?

[DoorKnobHandle]

Well, you have your integer variable in your global script file and then in your repeatedly_execute function you add something like this:

Code: ags

if ( IsGUIOn ( MY_GUI ) == 1 )
   SetLabelText ( MY_GUI, MY_LABELNR, MY_VAR );

This first checks if your GUI named MY_GUI in this example is turned on (ie: is visible at the moment) and then if it is visible it sends your var named MY_VAR here to the label on your GUI. You'd need to replace MY_GUI with the number or name of the GUI you have your label on, MY_LABELNR with the object number of your label and MY_VAR with your integer variable...

Hope this helps and by the way I didn't not check that code in ANY way, just wrote it without even having AGS opened, so there might be an error in it.

[idiotbox]

Yes, neither of them can be defined. All the new codes replaced them now I suppose. I can't seem to find the new way of checking if a GUI is on.

[strazer]

In AGS v2.7, you can check if a GUI is enabled with the GUI.Visible property:

Code: ags

  if(gMy_gui.Visible == true) {

and MY_VAR with your integer variable...

Since labels can only display text strings, you have to convert your integer to a string first:

Code: ags

   string tempstr;
   StrFormat(tempstr, "%d", MY_VAR);
   SetLabelText ( MY_GUI, MY_LABELNR, tempstr);

In AGS v2.7, you give the label a name in the editor and just do
  mylabelname.SetText(tempstr);

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If you're using a GlobalInt to store your health, you could also just set the label's text to @GIx@ where x is the number of the GlobalInt.

[DoorKnobHandle]

Aww, thanks for correcting me there, strazer.

This stuff happens when you answer without trying out anything when you're actually to newb to answer without trying out...

[idiotbox]

Thanks a lot guys. It worked!