ActionScript 3 :: Cashier Game - Matching Updated Variable With Static One
Oct 28, 2011
I am attempting to create cash register simulation game and am running into a problem with a conditional statement that I am using to check whether the correct change is being provided to the customer and if a button is being pressed or not. In this game, the user can see the amount of the sale as well as the amount the customer pays. With this information they have to click on the cash drawer slots which will increase a variable called changeCount by the value of the monetary unit they have selected.
I am using an if statement to take them to the next frame if the changeCount = payment-sale and the confirm button has been pressed. To check for the button I am using a boolean to see if it is being pressed or not. For some reason, it is not registering the updated value of the changeCount for the if statement to work. If I trace the value with trace(changeCount); it will return the value I want.
The source code is pasted below:
package {
public class CashierMain extends MovieClip {
private var confirmBtn:ConfirmButton;
private var pennyBtn:PennyButton;
private var dimeBtn:DimeButton;
[Code] .....
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private var coverIndex : int = CoverFlow.selectedCoverIndex;
But I receive the error msg that selectedCoverIndex is not available to static class CoverFlow or something of that sort. This is what my CoverFlow code looks like (i.e. where I determine which image I want to position in the center):
public class CoverFlow extends Sprite { public var covers : Vector.<DisplayObject>; private var cover : DisplayObject;[code].............
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stop(); addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, playGame); function playGame(Event):void {
[code]....
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var counter = 1; gotoAndStop(counter); function setupevents(){ buttonplay.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, playbutton); buttonstop.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, stopbutton); [Code] .....
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an example:
i make acounter
var i:int = 0; var timer:Timer = new Timer(1000); timer.start();
[Code]....
the value of i will increase but after i close the application and open it again the value will return to 0 , keep the variable stores his value after closing the application ?
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Basically I have 2 classes, A and B. B derives from A. Inside A, I declare a static variable/constant to the class of B. When I run the program, I get a null object reference error, with the line pointing to the class declaration of B, i.e.
Code: public class B extends A
For reference, these are the 2 classes:
Code: package { public class A {
[code]...
Also, this error only occurs when the variable is static. If it's just a normal variable it works fine, i.e.
Code: private var OTHER:Class = B;
If I change the static variable to point to a different class, it's also fine, i.e.
Code: private static var OTHER:Class = Main;
I can probably work around this, but it's a bit of a pain in the ass. Anybody know what's causing it, or is this a Flash bug?
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