I'm trying to save highscores to a table whenever a gameOver function is called.
When I go back in the app and try to read the highscores(They're displayed as newText where text is set to the proper highscore of the level.).
But it's not doing what it's supposed to. I can read the the levels highscores but when I try to change the values in the table, the highscore text doesn't change.
I have my main.lua and a myData.lua - The highscore table should be placed in the myData.lua in order to reach it from all the levels in the game. this is my table
highScores = {
1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7
}
and I was trying to save/change the value with
highScores[1] = score
Where score is the score count in-game.
I've realized this is not the way to go about it, and what I can find on google seems to overly complicated for what I see as a simple task.
What am I doing wrong?
This is my entire level1.lua - The actual level that's running and trying to save it's score to the highScore table level1.lua):
local composer = require( "composer" )
local scene = composer.newScene()
local myData = require( "myData" )
local physics = require("physics")
physics.setDrawMode( "hybrid" )
-- forward references
local w = display.actualContentWidth
local h = display.actualContentHeight
local dropCount = 0
local spawnShit = 0
local allowDrop = 1
local spawnTime = 17
local countdownTimer
local score
local gX = 0
local gY = 0
score = 0
local countDownNumber = 10
local gameOver
local scoreT = display.newText( {text="Score: "..score, font=system.nativeSystemFont, fontSize=14,} )
scoreT.x = w * 0.5
scoreT.y = h * 0.1
local countDownText = display.newText( {text="", font=system.nativeSystemFont, fontSize=14} )
countDownText.x = w * 0.5
countDownText.y = h * 0.2
local drop01 = display.newImage("drop01.png")
drop01.x = -100
local drop02 = display.newImage("drop02.png")
drop02.x = -100
local drop03 = display.newImage("drop03.png")
drop03.x = -100
local drop04 = display.newImage("drop04.png")
drop04.x = -100
local timerSpawn
local timer2
-- Display objects
local background = display.newImage( "bluebg.png" )
background.x = w*0.5
background.y = h*0.5
background.width = w
background.height = h
local bckBtn = display.newText({text="<--BACK", font=system.nativeSystemFont, fontSize=14})
bckBtn.x = 50
bckBtn.y = 20
local egon = display.newImage( "Egon.png" )
egon.x = w*0.5
egon.y = h*0.85
egon.width = 100
egon.height = 97
local destroyAll = display.newRect( 0, h, w, 10 )
destroyAll.width = w*2
destroyAll.alpha = 0
local overlayBg = display.newRect( -500, -500, w, h )
overlayBg:setFillColor( 0, 0, 0 )
overlayBg.alpha = 0.4
--functions
function gameOver ()
if timerSpawn == nil then
else
timer.cancel(timerSpawn)
timerSpawn = nil
spawnShit = 0
end
if countdownTimer == nil then
else
timer.cancel(countdownTimer)
countdownTimer = nil
end
highScores[1] = score
transition.to( overlayBg, {x=w/2, y=h/2, time=500 } )
end
function goBack (event)
if "began" == event.phase then
gameOver()
if timerSpawn == nil then
else
timer.cancel(timerSpawn)
end
if countdownTimer == nil then
else
timer.cancel(countdownTimer)
end
elseif event.phase == "ended" then
timer2 = timer.performWithDelay(1000, function()
composer.gotoScene("select", "fade", 500)
end)
if overlayBg == nil then
else
overlayBg:removeSelf( )
end
return true
end
return true
end
function moveEgon (event)
if "moved" == event.phase then
egon.x = event.x
end
end
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function spawnObjects (event)
dropCount = math.random(1,4)
--if stopTimer == 1 then
-- timerSpawn = nil
--spawnShit = nil
--end
if spawnShit == 1 then
print( 'spawnShit' )
if dropCount == 1 then
-- Drop01 function and settings
drop01 = display.newImage( "drop01.png" )
drop01.x = math.random(10, 470)
drop01.y = -40
drop01.width = 50
drop01.height = 50
drop01.myName = "01"
physics.addBody( drop01, "dynamic", {density=0.9, friction=0.1, bounce=0.8 } )
elseif dropCount == 2 then
--Do shit for drop02
drop02 = display.newImage( "drop02.png" )
drop02.x = math.random(10, 470)
drop02.y = -40
drop02.width = 50
drop02.height = 50
drop02.myName = "02"
physics.addBody( drop02, "dynamic", {density=0.9, friction=0.1, bounce=0.8 } )
elseif dropCount == 3 then
drop03 = display.newImage( "drop03.png" )
drop03.x = math.random(10, 470)
drop03.y = -40
drop03.width = 50
drop03.height = 50
drop03.myName = "03"
physics.addBody( drop03, "dynamic", {density=0.9, friction=0.1, bounce=0.8 } )
elseif dropCount == 4 then
drop04 = display.newImage( "drop04.png" )
drop04.x = math.random(10, 470)
drop04.y = -40
drop04.width = 50
drop04.height = 50
drop04.myName = "04"
physics.addBody( drop04, "dynamic", {density=0.9, friction=0.1, bounce=0.8 } )
end
end
return true
end
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function onCollision (event)
if "began" == event.phase then
--v--do shit when touching surface
if event.other.myName == "01" then
-- Do shit for drop01 --
-- Change score, powersups etc
event.other:removeSelf( )
score = score+1
countDownNumber = countDownNumber + 10
scoreT.text = "Score: "..score
end
if event.other.myName == "02" then
-- Do shit for drop02 --
-- Change score, powersups etc
event.other:removeSelf( )
score = score+1
scoreT.text = "Score: "..score
end
if event.other.myName == "03" then
-- Do shit for drop03 --
-- Change score, powersups etc
event.other:removeSelf( )
score = score-1
scoreT.text = "Score: "..score
end
if event.other.myName == "04" then
-- Do shit for drop04 --
-- Change score, powersups etc
event.other:removeSelf( )
score = score-1
scoreT.text = "Score: "..score
end
elseif "ended" == event.phase then
-- Do shit when leaving surfaces
end
return true
end
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function showCountDown (event)
-- Condition to show and hide countdown
if countDownNumber <= 1 or score == -1 then
spawnShit = 0
countDownNumber = 0
timer.cancel(timerSpawn)
timer.cancel(countdownTimer)
countdownTimer = nil
highScores[1] = score
print( 'NO MORE SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWNS' )
end
if countDownNumber >= 1 then
countDownNumber = countDownNumber -1
countDownText.text = countDownNumber
spawnShit = 1
end
return true
end
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function destroy (event)
if "began" == event.phase then
event.other:removeSelf( )
else if "ended" == event.phase then
end
return true
end
end
--function scene:create( event )
function scene:create( event )
local sceneGroup = self.view
-- Initialize the scene here.
-- Example: add display objects to "sceneGroup", add touch listeners, etc
--Listeners
background:addEventListener( "touch", moveEgon )
bckBtn:addEventListener( "touch", goBack )
egon:addEventListener( "collision", onCollision )
destroyAll:addEventListener( "collision", destroy )
--SceneGroup insert
sceneGroup:insert( background )
sceneGroup:insert(egon)
sceneGroup:insert(bckBtn)
sceneGroup:insert(drop01)
sceneGroup:insert(drop02)
sceneGroup:insert(drop03)
sceneGroup:insert(drop04)
sceneGroup:insert(scoreT)
sceneGroup:insert(countDownText)
sceneGroup:insert(overlayBg)
sceneGroup:insert(destroyAll)
end
-- "scene:show()"
function scene:show( event )
local sceneGroup = self.view
local phase = event.phase
if ( phase == "will" ) then
-- Called when the scene is still off screen (but is about to come on screen).
elseif ( phase == "did" ) then
-- Called when the scene is now on screen.
-- Insert code here to make the scene come alive.
-- Example: start timers, begin animation, play audio, etc.
physics.start( )
gX = 0
gY = 10
physics.setGravity( gX, gY )
timercount = 10
spawnShit = 1
score = 0
scoreT.text = "Score: "..score
-- ADD physic bodies ----
physics.addBody( egon, "static", {density=0.1, friction=0.1, bounce=0.8 } )
physics.addBody( destroyAll, "static", {density=0.1, friction=0.1, bounce=0.1 } )
countDownNumber = 10
if countdownTimer == nil then
countdownTimer = timer.performWithDelay( 1000, showCountDown, 0 )
else
end
----------- Timers ------------
if timerSpawn == nil then
timerSpawn = timer.performWithDelay(500, spawnObjects, 0 )
else
end
end
end
-- "scene:hide()"
function scene:hide( event )
local sceneGroup = self.view
local phase = event.phase
if ( phase == "will" ) then
-- Called when the scene is on screen (but is about to go off screen).
-- Insert code here to "pause" the scene.
-- Example: stop timers, stop animation, stop audio,
--timer.pause( timerSpawn )
physics.stop()
spawnShit = nil
score = nil
timerSpawn = nil
countdownTimer = nil
overlayBg = nil
--timer.cancel(timerSpawn)
physics.removeBody( egon )
elseif ( phase == "did" ) then
-- Called immediately after scene goes off screen.
end
end
-- "scene:destroy()"
function scene:destroy( event )
local sceneGroup = self.view
-- Called prior to the removal of scene's view ("sceneGroup").
-- Insert code here to clean up the scene.
-- Example: remove display objects, save state, etc.
bckBtn:removeEventListener("touch", goBack )
egon:removeEventListener("touch", moveEgon )
end
-- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Listener setup
scene:addEventListener( "create", scene )
scene:addEventListener( "show", scene )
scene:addEventListener( "hide", scene )
scene:addEventListener( "destroy", scene )
-- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
return scene
highScoreis in the scope of the gameOver function, since you don't get any nil value indexing errors. But are you certain that it is the table you want to change that is in scope? Perhaps there's anotherhighScorelocal table that you're changing? You might want to give more specifics, your entire code perhaps? - W.B.