checkpoint scoring

i created a few checkpoints in my game(a sprite box) using a local variable boolean"checked" and one called checkpointnumber as number with a different number to each box. so when my player collides with "checkpointnuber 1"set checkpointnumber to 1, "checked" set true and when i die spawn me at box 1 x,y. if i touch "checkpointnumber 2" spawn me when i die at box 2 x.y etc. how can i keep my score not to add up every time i die and restart from a checkpoint? what i mean is if i collect 100points reach checkpoint 1 gather another 100points but before i reach checkpoint 2 i die ,i want to restart with 100 points not 200. if i reach checkpoint 2 to store the points i have up to that moment etc.thank you!

use a global variable "pointsatcheckpoint" and set it when you reach the checkpoint. Then when you revive, set the score to pointsatcheckpoint.

thank you for your answer but i do not thing it is that simple :) maybe i am wrong. any more suggestions?

I would just use the suggestion mindfaQ gave, it should work.

how will it work? i have a global variable named score which holds my score(lol) if i create another one as mindfqk suggested lets talk about the event.

if player is overlapping checkpoint set score = pointsatcheckpoint.

on layout restart set pointsatcheckpoint = score ??

every time i touch the checkpoint it will change the score if i have collected something more since my last overlapping. it need to store the number ONCEand only the first time i touch the checkpoint and override it only when i reach the second checkpoint.

do i make sense?

Nope, on layout restart set score to pointsatcheckpoint.

If you want to prevent abuse, make it this way:

player overlapping checkpoint AND checkpointnumber < checkpointnumber : set pointsatcheckpoint to score

add 1 to checkpointnumber

this way it only happens the first time you hit it

Then, when the player die, you respawn him at the checkpoint and you copy pointsatcheckpoint into the score. And you should probably also make the checkpoint as activated alread.

mindfaQ thank you! it worked. <img src="smileys/smiley32.gif" border="0" align="middle" />