i need help with my script. i am trying to make a timed race game with multypl levels. on the final level, when they cross the finish line the code is suppose to: set the current time on the timer as the players score, if it is higher than the high score it is set as the new high score. but it is not working! can some one help ?? this is the code:

when green flag clicked
if <touching [car v] ?> then
set [score v] to (timer)
end
if << <[score] = (☁ highscore)>> or <[score] < [☁ highscore]>> then
set [☁highscore v] to [score]
set [playerv] to (username)
end

(sorry can't get rid of the red part )

Make sure there's a forever loop around those two “if” blocks so the script continues to check if its touching the car after the green flag is clicked. Also, if the score is the time it took for the player to finish the race, wouldn't a lower score be better, in which case you'd want to set “highscore” to “score” if score < highscore?

Hope this helps!

–Danlo

skedex wrote:

i need help with my script. i am trying to make a timed race game with multypl levels. on the final level, when they cross the finish line the code is suppose to: set the current time on the timer as the players score, if it is higher than the high score it is set as the new high score. but it is not working! can some one help ?? this is the code:

when green flag clicked
if <touching [car v] ?> then
set [score v] to (timer)
end
if < <[score] = (☁ highscore)>> or <[score] > [☁ highscore]>> then
set [☁highscore v] to [score]
set [playerv] to (username)
end

First of all, this is how it should be:

when green flag clicked
reset timer
repeat (3)  // if you have 3 laps, and if you start behind the finish line
wait until <touching [car v] ?>
wait until <not <touching [car v] ?>>
end
if <touching [car v] ?> then
set [score v] to (timer)
wait until <not <touching [car v] ?>> // just to be safe
end
if <(score) < (☁ highscore)> then
set [☁ highscore v] to (score) // notice how I didn't add the username
end

Second of all, letters are not allowed in cloud variables. If you want to add letters, you need to encode them into numbers, then decode them back into letters. Also, I don't know what the variable “playerv” is for because since it's not a cloud variable, the username will not be stored for everyone to see.

Using the timer for things like that is a bad idea anyway, because it means the score is dependent on how fast the player's computer is. It's better to count how many times it runs through the loop that controls the car, and use that as the score.