Where in my program do I render and update the player score with BMFont

stoddsie

Hi.

I have placed a player score in my game in the top-left corner, and added it to my onEnterFrame using:

text = BMTextField.new(font, tostring(score))
stage:addChild(text)

The score is incremented when my player collides with objects. However, the previous scores are left on the screen, and the new score is placed on top. Presumably, I am placing my score in the wrong place. Should I be creating the score in the Init function, and then just updating it in my onEnterFrame?

If anyone can suggest the best way to set up a scoring system I'd be very grateful.

Thanks

James

techdojo

Should I be creating the score in the Init function, and then just updating it in my onEnterFrame?

In a word - yes.
Just call the BMFont:setText() function with your new score - however I'd only update if the value changes or else you'll be wasting a lot of time re-creating objects that don't need to be created.

stoddsie

Thanks techdojo, that's great. And yes, I agree, I will wrap some logic around it that says only update the text if the value has actually changed.

Cheers for the quick response.

James