Counter for enemy kils?

whatever_

Hello, Im new to Godot. Recently I did this tutorial on how to do a topdow shooter

The thing is...its incomplete, so to make it more interesting I wanted to make a counter for enemy kills, so for example if I kill 7 enemies(Thats the number of enemies I have on this level) i can go to the next level, this is my script

var count  = 0 
func _on_Area2D_body_entered(body):
	
	if "Bullet" in body.name:
		count+=1
		queue_free()
		print(count)

What I want to do is, every time a bullet collides with an enemy it increases the counter value but it only increases once and then stays at 1 everytime you kill an enemy

Zelta

add the enemies to a group ("BadGuys") and then:

if body.is_in_group("BadGuys"):
	count +=1

whatever_

@Zelta said: add the enemies to a group ("BadGuys") and then:
if body.is_in_group("BadGuys"):
	count +=1

Okay, so after a few tries I havent figured out how to put your piece of code into mine.

As you can see, my enemies are in a group

1)If I try to put it this way:

func _on_Area2D_body_entered(body):
	if "Bullet" in body.name and  body.is_in_group("Bad_guys") :
		count +=1
		queue_free()
		print(count)

They dont die and counter doesnt work

2)If I try to put it this way:

func _on_Area2D_body_entered(body):
	if "Bullet" in body.name  :
		queue_free()
		if body.is_in_group("Bad_guys"):
			count+=1
			print(count)

Enemies will die but counter doesnt work

Even if i try to only put :

if body.is_in_group("Bad_guys"):
			count+=1
			print(count)

The counter will start counting enemies only for appearing on scene and being hit too but will not die, so I have no Idea how to structure it , sorry for too much text xD

TwistedTwigleg

Where is the count variable stored? Is it in the bullet? If so, the issue is probably that when the bullet is destroyed, so too is the count. You probably want to store the count in another node, like an autoload or in the player/object that shoots the bullet, so when the bullet is destroyed the count doesn't go with it.

Zelta

ok i saw the video, is a alternative way for shooting but i think is not the best way ....

anyways like Twisted said i think too its the variable thing. You should use the autoload, or store the variable in the player script ie

---player script var count = 0

---bullet script func _on_Area2D_body_entered(body): if "Bullet" in body.name: get_node("../Player).count += 1 queue_free() print(count)

whatever_

@TwistedTwigleg said: Where is the count variable stored? Is it in the bullet? If so, the issue is probably that when the bullet is destroyed, so too is the count. You probably want to store the count in another node, like an autoload or in the player/object that shoots the bullet, so when the bullet is destroyed the count doesn't go with it.

Yeah I shouldve said it from the start, the variable and the function are located in the Enemy script as for me its the most intuitive thing to do

whatever_

@Zelta said: ok i saw the video, is a alternative way for shooting but i think is not the best way ....

anyways like Twisted said i think too its the variable thing. You should use the autoload, or store the variable in the player script ie

---player script var count = 0

---bullet script func _on_Area2D_body_entered(body): if "Bullet" in body.name: get_node("../Player).count += 1 queue_free() print(count)

@TwistedTwigleg said: Where is the count variable stored? Is it in the bullet? If so, the issue is probably that when the bullet is destroyed, so too is the count. You probably want to store the count in another node, like an autoload or in the player/object that shoots the bullet, so when the bullet is destroyed the count doesn't go with it.

It works¡¡¡¡ I did an autoload because for some reason if I tried to store the variable into the player and calling it from the Enemy it said it wasnt declared in the current scope

Thanks a lot ;)

Megalomaniak

@whatever_ said:

@TwistedTwigleg said: Where is the count variable stored? Is it in the bullet? If so, the issue is probably that when the bullet is destroyed, so too is the count. You probably want to store the count in another node, like an autoload or in the player/object that shoots the bullet, so when the bullet is destroyed the count doesn't go with it.

Yeah I shouldve said it from the start, the variable and the function are located in the Enemy script as for me its the most intuitive thing to do

Then it's possible similar to the bullet example from @TwistedTwigleg that the count is lost/freed along with the enemy unit. I would implement a instantiable node, lets name it MissionStats in this example, that can be instanced to the root of every mission/level scene to keep track of these things.