Toggle visibility?

I am making a DX game, and I want to know is thare some way to toggle something, like a flashlight i put in the game. Press F to turn it on, and press f again to turn it off. Please.

Help very much apreciated...

This is a fairly common question, usually you will want to use a private variable.

Here's how I would do it.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/666516/simpleio.cap

Toggling is done with events through branching.

Please have a look at this thread: http://www.scirra.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=6880

This is a fairly common question, usually you will want to use a private variable.

Here's how I would do it.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/666516/simpleio.cap

I'd even do it without a private variable. Although Newt has a point since in many situations having a PV will be to your advantage.

<img src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2306601/vistog.png">

This is a fairly common question, usually you will want to use a private variable.

Here's how I would do it.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/666516/simpleio.cap

Thank you, but would you mind just explaining the code for me so that I can remember it for future use. Thanx

The way I make values that toggle goes like this.

Sprite-- set value to-- 1 - Sprite.value('value')

With this the value will always be 1 or 0, so you can set the visibility to 1=on 0=off. Or doors 1=open 0=closed, etc. Very handy to keep this one in mind.

Thank you Steven

For simplicity's sake Steven's, or PRb's way is probably better.

I wonder if a plug for this would be a good idea.

Boolean behavior anybody?