dMZX Forums: : "playerdied" label -> MegaZeux Feature Requests -> Tracker

I would like to propose the implementation of : "playerdied", in the same vein as : "playerhit" and : "playerhurt". The main use case for this would be where ammo could be reset, score could be deducted, or health could be set to a different value than the default at the beginning of a new life. Currently, checking for deaths is not particularly reliable, as all you can really do (of which I'm aware) is listen to : "playerhurt" and see if the player has one fewer life than the last time it was called, and that's assuming the player hasn't since gained a life.

it's also an option to check lives in this fashion:

set "local1" "lives"
: "l"
wait 1
if "local1" = "lives" "l"
set "local1" "lives"
goto "#DIED_SUBROUTINE"
goto "l"
: "#DIED_SUBROUTINE"
[ "ive been killed"
goto "#return"

A check like that would work for most cases, but I think Kewlio was specifically concerned about the edge case where you gain a life at the same time you lose a life (that code will fail to detect it). It's a silly edge case but one I can imagine happening (rarely). I don't really have a problem with adding this as a built-in label.