Whack a Mole

I thought I'd create a thread so we could put all the issues into it.

General: The previous tutorials really held your hand. Whack a mole kinda throws things at you and says "god bless" - written by the same guy? Anyway, here's a couple of points for those who come after me:

The code as given does not update MISSED, or it does and I just completely did something wrong. Regadless, the fix is this:

function mole::onAnimationEnd(%this)
{
//echo("animated ended:" @ %this.getAnimationName() );
if( %this.getAnimationName() $= ("animMoleWhacked" @ %this.moleColor) )
{
// free the respawn point for other moles
%this.respawnPoint.isOccupied = "";
// decrement the occupied counter
%this.sceneGraph.spawnPointsOccupied -= 1;// after deleting the old mole schedule a respawn
// >%this.sceneGraph< is the level

echo("animation ended:" SPC %this.getAnimationName() );
echo("on mole:" @ %this.moleColor);

// update score
//if( %this.getAnimationName() $= ("animMoleWhacked" @ %this.moleColor) )
%this.scenegraph.incWhackedCount();

%this.sceneGraph.schedule( 1500, "spawnMole");
%this.safeDelete();
} else
if( %this.getAnimationName() $= ("animMoleDiveIn" @ %this.moleColor) ) {
%this.scenegraph.incMissedCount();
}//if
}//F

Instead of what is given, then it works.

Also, in the example, Scenegraph should be scenegraph, but if you take my code you'll be fine.

It took me a long while to figure out why the animations had to be named by color, if they were already on the mole, but I did figure it out, so I pass that along:

All the moles are based off a SINGLE sprite, which contains green, red and lilac frames for the moles and animations. Therefore, in order to trigger the "green dive in" you have to always tell it it is a 'green' mole. I would have recommended making 3 sprites for red, green, and purple just for the sake of the tutorial and clarity.