Changing game over message

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1

I’m trying to add a message to my game over screen in a dice gambling game that will change based on whether or not the player wins, and which win condition they met.
I was trying a method similar to how I manipulate the players total coins and jackpot values, but it doesn’t seem to work.

var GameOverMessage = pc.createScript('gameOverMessage');

GameOverMessage.attributes.add('manager', {type: 'entity'});

// initialize code called once per entity
GameOverMessage.prototype.initialize = function()
{
    this.message = this.entity.findByName("GameOverTag");
    this.tag = this.manager.script.gameManager._tag;
    
    this.on('Enable', this.onEnable, this);
    this.on('Disable', this.onDisable, this);
    
    this.onEnable();
};

GameOverMessage.prototype.onEnable = function()
{
    this.app.on("game:gameover", this._changeTag, this);
    this._changeTag(this.tag);
};

GameOverMessage.prototype.onDisable = function()
{
    this.app.off("game:gameover", this._changeTag, this);
};

GameOverMessage.prototype._changeTag = function(newTag)
{
    this.message.element.text = newTag;
};
2

Every time I post a question lately I find the solution…

3

Never mind, problem came back. The second time the dice are rolled the toString comes back undefined.
This is what I’m attempting to do now:

var GameOverMessage = pc.createScript('gameOverMessage');

GameOverMessage.attributes.add('manager', {type: 'entity'});

// initialize code called once per entity
GameOverMessage.prototype.initialize = function()
{
    this.message = this.entity.findByName("GameOverTag");
    this.tag = this.manager.script.gameManager._tag;
    this.winnings = this.entity.findByName("RollWinnings");
    this.amount = this.manager.script.winCheck.winnings;
    
    this.on('Enable', this.onEnable, this);
    this.on('Disable', this.onDisable, this);
    
    this.onEnable();
};

GameOverMessage.prototype.onEnable = function()
{
    this.app.on("game:gameover", this._changeTag, this);
    this._changeTag(this.tag);
    this._changeAmount(this.amount);
};

GameOverMessage.prototype.onDisable = function()
{
    this.app.off("game:gameover", this._changeTag, this);
};

GameOverMessage.prototype._changeTag = function(newTag)
{
    this.message.element.text = newTag;
};

GameOverMessage.prototype._changeAmount = function(newAmt)
{
    this.winnings.element.text = newAmt;
};

Error appears on line 33 (this.message.element.text = newTag;.

4

are you sure that enable and disable events have the correct case?

this.on('enable', this.onEnable, this);
this.on('disable', this.onDisable, this);
5

Oddly enough, yes. I did initially have them with lower case and it didn’t work for some reason.

6

https://developer.playcanvas.com/en/user-manual/scripting/anatomy/

go at the end of the page. they are lowercase.

7

I understand that, I was following a tutorial to make the ui transitions and changes that had it that way, but it never worked when I tried it. And that’s not the issue I’m facing with this, the non existent toString call is returning an error.

8

Or maybe the lack of toString is the problem.

9

Nope, either way I get the error on the second roll.