help with simple combat system

[hawanja]

okay, I'm making progress. I want it really simple, so that whne you click on the bad guy (ZOMBIE), your character throws a punch and the zombie takes damage. Also, the Zombie walks around randomly and takes swipes at you. Pretty simple.

In the room script I have:

// room text script file


function room_a() {
Ã,  // script for room: First time player enters screenÃ,  Ã, 

if (character[BIFFY].prevroom == 8){
Ã,  FollowCharacterEx (ZOMBIE,BIFFY,5,0);} }//zombie charges the player, BIFFY

function room_b() {
Ã,  // script for room: Repeatedly execute
Ã, 
if ((AreCharactersColliding (2,3)==1) && (GetGlobalInt(15)==1)){
Ã,  Ã,  Wait(2);
Ã,  Ã,  AnimateCharacterEx (3,5,5,0,0,1); // animate blocking
Ã,  Ã,  SetGlobalInt(10,GetGlobalInt(10)-10);//player takes damage
Ã,  Ã,  AnimateCharacterEx (2,6,3,0,0,1);//zombie attack animation
Ã,  Ã,  character[BIFFY].x-=10;//player is "knocked back" a few pixels
Ã,  Ã,  MoveCharacter(ZOMBIE,189,146);}}//zombie moves away and attacks again

This part works like a charm. I'm having problems getting the player to connect with any hits on the zombie.

So in my "any click on character" section of the zombie I have:


if (GetGlobalInt(16)==0){//If the zombie's health is zero
Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  FollowCharacter(ZOMBIE, -1); // stop following anyone
Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  AnimateCharacterEx (ZOMBIE,7,0,0,0,1);//zombie death animation
   Ã,  Ã,  }Ã, 
Ã, 
if (character[BIFFY].x > character[ZOMBIE].x){//this is so the player punches in the right direction
Ã,  Ã,  SetGlobalInt(15,GetGlobalInt(15)+1);//set punching variable +1
Ã,  Ã,  AnimateCharacter (2,5,3,0);//player takes a swing left
Ã,  Ã,  Wait(1);
Ã,  Ã,  SetGlobalInt(15,GetGlobalInt(15)-1);//set punching variable back to 1
Ã,  Ã,  }Ã, 

if (character[BIFFY].x < character[ZOMBIE].x){//same as above but player swings in other direction
Ã,  Ã,  SetGlobalInt(15,GetGlobalInt(15)+1);
Ã,  Ã,  AnimateCharacter (2,4,3,0);
Ã,  Ã,  Wait(1);
Ã,  Ã,  SetGlobalInt(15,GetGlobalInt(15)-1);
Ã,  Ã,  Ã, }

if ((AreCharactersColliding (2, 3)==1) && (GetGlobalInt(15)==2)){
Ã,  Ã,  Ã, SetGlobalInt(16,GetGlobalInt(16)-1);//if characters are colliding and punching variable is 2 zombie takes damage
Ã,  Ã,  Ã, AnimateCharacterEx (3,8,1,0,0,1);//zombie damage animation
Ã,  Ã,  Ã, character[ZOMBIE].x+=10;//zombie is knocked back a few feet
Ã,  Ã,  Ã, SetGlobalInt(15,GetGlobalInt(15)-1);}//hero's punch is set back to 1



I had the player hitting the zombie fine, until I put in the part under repetedly execute so the zombie could fight back. So I know the above code works, there's just something I'm doing wrong. Dam global variables make my head hurt. I think the repeatedly execute is overriding the click on character part, anybody have any suggestions?

[hawanja]

Never mind guys, I got it working. I'm going to put in weapons, then I'll post the whole thing.