If Loop

[phej]

God, this shouldn't be this hard!

I am trying to loop a few frames over and over until a counter equals a certain number. And instead of reaching the set number and moving on, I'm stuck in an infinate loop.

What am I doing wrong here?


// Set Variable
shake = 0;

//Raise count by 1
var shake = +1; ((also, this frame has the "play" label))

//Loop until X
if (shake = 3) {
gotoAndPlay("after shake");
} else {
gotoAndPlay("play");
}

I've tried everything I can think of...

 

[msteggo]

there are 3 errors in your code in context:

// Problem: declaring while incrementing and not when instantiating to value 0
shake = 0;
// Solution: 
var shake = 0;

// Problem: operators are reversed 
var shake = +1;
// Solution:
shake++; // (or shake += 1);

// Problem: using assignment and not equality test
if(shake = 3)
// Solution:
if(shake == 3)

i haven't looked further than these issues, but if this doesn't help, let me know, and i'll dig deeper.

Mike

 

[phej]

That's it, thanks!

I'm so rusty at my AS, it's annoying.

Thanks!