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What do you mean by score, like the game score or highscore?

the game score... like lets say my hero hitTests a coin and I get a score of +10

Well create a variable and when the hero hitTests a coin make it var += 10 (which is shorthand for var = var + 10). You might also want a dynamic text box on stage to display the score if you haven't.

The main problem I am having is showing it on a screen using a dynamic text

It's relatively simple but tricky. First create a textbox and set it as dynamic instead of static in the properties window.



Then add some basic magic code.

var number:Number = 5
var score:String = String(number)
numbertextfield.text = score

and Voilia! That's it, you can edit the visual look of the text in the properties window also.

Grumbles, AG didn't post my last post previously and when I redid it I made a mistake in the image posting. I also wish AG had bb code for code comments..

ooooh its string :P
lol thanks a lot man I really appreciate it =D

sorry if I am a bit annoying but now its having problems where the score isnt refreshing itself... I used trace on "number" and it was showing that it was changing but I think the string only happens once and than stops right after keeping it from changing.

At this point I'm not sure since I can't test my ideas and I haven't touched flash in a while so I'm not sure if a frame or time based update system would be better so here it goes.

stage.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,onFrameLoop);

var number:Number = 5

function onFrameLoop(evt:Event):void {
var score:String = String(number)
blah.text = score

}

yep that was it
and I haven't used flash in a while so I have forgotten a lot xD
thanks again man

No problem it's good to have someone kick me into actually working :P.

Thought I am surprised the frame based system worked. But in retrospect I can see it doing better than a time based system.