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how do you make health using text?

Make a text number actor and a health var. Text Number Actor -> Draw Actor ->

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textNumber = health;

Then Text Number Actor -> Create Actor ->

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health = //How much health you want\\;

Then collision with the bullet or whatever hurts the player Player -> Collision=Bullet Repete=No ->

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health = health -//how much you want to take away\\;

This should work. Try it!

yeah and:
if(health<0)
{//die action}

Amother Question, how do you make the game over thing after you run out of health?

Make an actor with game over text. Then, go to the text actor that has how much health you have left, and in draw actor , script editor type in:

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if("whatever your health variable is here"<1)
{
"create actor event here"
}

in the "create actor event here" section, make it so that it creates the game over text. You can make the position of where it is created relative to the creator, which will most likely be in the view.
Hope this helps

I'll try that later.
I'll keep that in mind.

Can someone help in THIS situation and tell me why its not working as plannned? I want there to be a text health meter that displays your max health. ie. HEALTH: 147 / 150

I have have 5 variables. health, healthmax, stat1, stat2, stat3.

I have 3 actors. player, healthmeter, healthmetermax.

The player create actor event determines the values of stat1, stat2, stat3, and starting health.

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stat1=1;
stat2=1;
stat3=1;
health=999

healthmetermax > draw actor:

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healthmax=(stat1+stat2)*5;
textNumber=healthmax;

healthmeter > draw actor

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textNumber=health;

//if it goes over max, make it equal max
if(health>healthmax)
health=healthmax;

//if it goes under 0, make it 0
if(health<0)
health=0;

This code works as planned, except the current health stays at 0. If I take out the code that prevents it from going over max or under 0, it makes the health be whatever I set it at. What am I doing wrong?

Ok, I propose there is a bug with the textNumber variable. As the following code works fine thus far.

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healthmeter.textNumber = health;

if(health>healthmax)
healthmeter.textNumber = healthmax;

if(health<000)
healthmeter.textNumber = 000;

Either there is a bug, OR I am not using it right, OR the numerous tutorials that members point nooblins to on this board are done incorrectly.

This looks like a problem,
it looks to me that your health should equal 10.
if stat1 is equal to 1, and so is stat2
then
stat1+stat2=2
2*5=10
so healthmax is equal to 10.

Also, double check that you are using global variables when needed, or calling out a specific actor to change a variable from another actor.
ie: actor1.variable2=2+2;

Yeah it should equal 10, but it was giving me 0. That 2nd group of code I posted worked perfectly. Can you explain what the difference between

healthmeter.textNumber = healthmax;

and

textNumber=healthmax;

I was under the impression that they were the same, but it clearly wasn't as the latter did not work for me.

Use this format:
actor.actorVariableName=4+4;
when you need to change an actor's variable (aka "local variable") from within another actor. It is like naming a path or a folder followed by the variable you want to access.

You don't need to name an actor when using global variables since all actors use the same value. You also don't need to name the actor if you are coding within the actor that you want the variable changed for.
So you would just use:
actorVariableName=4+4;

and I think you may have to name the actor all the time when changing it's displayed text value.

Ok next, question...

When you are in the script editor within an actor, and you create a variable using the variable button. Those are global or local?

If you set the variable to be global, then one global variable is created. If you set it to be an actor variable, it is added to the Actor struct (IE each actor has their own). If you want to make a local variable (only for the particular script) you must define it in code:

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int variable;

You all overhelped me.
Now i forgot game over and health cause there was too much help!