Resetting GameObjects After Dying

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Hi Everyone,

I am curious if there is a simple way to reset the positions and states of gameObjects after the hero dies so that the whole experience starts over at the beginning of a new life of the hero. I am hoping it is simpler than coding for every object in the game because that seems extremely tedious. I am looking for some code examples to show me the way...

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Answer by syclamoth · Apr 20, 2012 at 02:27 AM

Well,

 Application.LoadLevel(Application.loadedLevel);

will perfectly reset the scene, but is this really what you want?

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Dr_GeoFry · Apr 20, 2012 at 02:37 AM 0

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this was exactly what I needed. I can't believe this didn't occur to me. I was only thinking of this to load new levels. Thanks!

aldonaletto · Apr 20, 2012 at 03:24 AM 1

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That's what this is doing: the current level is reloaded, thus everything goes to the original states. But you will need a life counter that doesn't get reset: declare it as static - static vars are created and initialized when the game begins, and survive to level changes:

 static var lifeCount = 5; // set to 5 only at game start

Dr_GeoFry · Apr 20, 2012 at 03:33 AM 0

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I definitely still need to set up lifeCounters and things like that. I am about to implement these things. I have code ready, but I just haven't set up the visuals for all that stuff yet.

Thanks for the added code.

syclamoth · Apr 22, 2012 at 11:48 PM 0

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Don't use static variables for this. That can only end badly. Use 'DontDestroyOnLoad(lifeCounter)' to stop specific objects from being removed. Avoid static variables whenever you possibly can.

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