Question by MichaelTheGreat · Nov 05, 2014 at 04:34 AM · kills

Help on kill counter script!

I put a kill counter script inside my enemy health script, so (theoretically) every time the object (enemy) gets destroyed, the counter goes up by one. using UnityEngine; using System.Collections;

 public class Health : MonoBehaviour {
     public static int kills;
     public int hp = 3;
         public bool isEnemy = true;
     // Use this for initialization
     void Awake()
     {
                 kills = 0;
         }
     void OnGUI()
     {
         GUI.Label(new Rect(0, 0, 100, 25), "Kill Count: " + kills);
     }
     void OnTriggerEnter2D (Collider2D collider) {
         ShotScript shot = collider.gameObject.GetComponent<ShotScript>();
 
         if (shot != null) {
                         if (shot.isEnemyShot != isEnemy) {
                                 hp -= shot.damage;
 
                                 Destroy (shot.gameObject);
 
                                 if (hp <= 0) {
                                         Destroy (gameObject);
                     Health.kills++;
                             
                                 }
                         }
                 }    
 
     }
 }

Here is what happens currently: Every time the health script executes (its a wave game, so it executes every second or so) *The Gui pops up *The enemy count goes back down to zero

I need it to where the GUI stays on the moment the game starts instead of It popping up when I execute the health script and the kill count does not reset. I know the code is tied into the health script so it's no surprise that this happens, but any help would be great.

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Ricewind1 · Nov 05, 2014 at 05:12 AM 0

Why not put the killcount and other shared data on a separate script/gameobject such as the player or a data gameobject. This way you can manage things much more easily, and if needed you can serialize this class too.

Just reference this script/object in the enemy and add a kill every time just before you destroy it.

incorrect · Nov 05, 2014 at 07:08 PM 1

@yashpal, you are totally wrong. Try this:

 using UnityEngine;
 using System.Collections;
 
 public class TestScript : $$anonymous$$onoBehaviour {
 
     // Use this for initialization
     void Start () {
         Destroy(gameObject);
         Debug.Log ("It works!");
     }
 }

Btw, you don't know what static variables are, so you think they are destroyed too when an instance of a class is destroyed. Try reading more about them.

MichaelTheGreat · Nov 05, 2014 at 09:56 PM 0

It works perfectly now! Thank you!

I just wondered but how would I be able to add, lets say, If you kill this enemy, you get 2 points, if you kill THIS one you get 1 etc? I would assume you would use the FindGameObjectsWithTag function, but I do not know to word it to where it would "work"

yashpal · Nov 06, 2014 at 04:48 AM 0

@incorrect, Thank you. I just deleted my comment. you are correct.

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