is anyone able to tell me how to make a score meter not go into a negative (-) and always stay at 0 once reached? I have a game called cat clicker, but I need a little bit of help with the score not going down more than 0.


If i figure it out before someone answers, I'll just delete this topic

forever
if <(SCORE) < [0]> then
set [SCORE v] to [0]

I hope this helps

But rather than a forever loop just check the score whenever you change it - if the score is less than the amount you're about to subtract set it to 0 instead. An extra forever loop should not be required and could run earlier in the frame than the actual change meaning you could still see a negative value (eg forever loop sets value to 0, other script subtracts 1, frame is redrawn with value = -1, repeat).

deck26 wrote:

But rather than a forever loop just check the score whenever you change it - if the score is less than the amount you're about to subtract set it to 0 instead. An extra forever loop should not be required and could run earlier in the frame than the actual change meaning you could still see a negative value (eg forever loop sets value to 0, other script subtracts 1, frame is redrawn with value = -1, repeat).

Oh, really? Thank you for telling me more about scratch, I'll keep that in mind

Platinum_02 wrote:

forever
if <(SCORE) < [0]> then
set [SCORE v] to [0]

I hope this helps

And if you want the minimum score to be something else - other than 0, then use this script:

if <(SCORE) < (Minimum)> then
set (SCORE) to (Minimum)
end

if it's for a shop you could have something like this

when this sprite clicked
if <<(money) >(price)>> then
change [money v] by ((0) - (price))
change [item v] by (1)
end

:D :: hat :: motion

Wolf_Link21 wrote:

if it's for a shop you could have something like this

when this sprite clicked
if <<(money) >(price)>> then
change [money v] by ((0) - (price))
change [item v] by (1)
end

No, that only allows you to buy if you have more than enough money and not if you have the exact amount.

Ok, maybe i can update cat clicker! With the thing!