Flash: Really cool HP Bar Trick!

this shows you how to keep your hp bar 100% to scale for whatever health you have. Ex: if you have 1,342,600 Hp, the hp will still stay 100% scale. very simple. very awesome

Category:

Education

Tags:

• flash
• actionscript
• 2.0
• 3.0
• cs2
• cs3
• cs4
• game
• programming
• pivotypivoty
• hp
• bar
• computer

[paolaruga123]

what if I don't want it to let the number go negative and instead, there will be a window appearing or nothing happens?

[brandonrugzie]

You're using AS2, if I'm not mistaken, yes?

[SSCeles]

I've successfully recreated this (as much as intended upon doing so) and even added a few things. However, how would one go about creating a regenerating health bar (where the current hp variable would increase by 1 hp every, say, three seconds). Also, I'd like it if the hp bar would flash upon the current hp variable dropping. (It can't be dependent on the button, else it wouldn't work in a real situation.)

[adamkyler]

@ninefd bar.gotoAndStop(Math.ceil(maxH­ealth/health*100));

[FuIIySick]

Best one i've seen! Keep up the good work (Y)

[Renkay141]

ok! wen it reaches zero it goes 2 the next bar... how u do that?

[Renkay141]

@ninefd its hard but it makes sense its tru

[TheLegendaryQ]

Personaly, I'd have two variables instead of one. hp and maxHp. That way when you put code it the bar you just say something like: this.scaleX = root.hp*(100/maxHp).

When you hit next level it could just say something like "maxHp += random(50);

hp = maxHp"

and for ninefd

"bar.gotoAndStop(hp)"

something like that, I'm not as good with as2 as as3.

Overall, a pretty good tutorial.

[ninefd]

Instead of scaling it, how would i go about making it change frame, i have a 100 frame hp bar that i have created some effects that i would prefer over a green box.