I get an error saying that the hp++ is unreachable code but I don't understand why or how to overcome it.

 

Thanks

 

What's the code in the for loop look like?

It is a modification of the 2d ufo tut

 

I maybe doing this wrong. I was trying to setup a hit point counter on the ufos.

 

You break out of the loop after a single iteration, so it will never execute the hp++ code.

I am missing some concept then. I was under the impression that since hp starts less then two it would iterate until it got to two then it would execute the rest of the code.

I would also rethink what your trying to do... & work out on paper before u start coding....

do u really want to use a for loop anyway?

your also resetting it to 0 in the for loop... & does hp mean health points or hit points?   u would be checking the enemys health...

So if u removed that break; u will see it still does not work... as the score will go up till it gets to the hitpoints value + 1...

I would get a ebook on c# programming if u can't trace it... or put a breakpoint on it after u remove the break;.  

It would only be dead if health is less than or equal to 0.

I redid this using an if statement. It works correctly except that it has one set of hitpoints for all the enemies. So now I need to figure out how to make each ship have its own hitpoints ( I can work on this and I am not looking for an answer right now).

James Walsh II:

I am missing some concept then. I was under the impression that since hp starts less then two it would iterate until it got to two then it would execute the rest of the code.

The keyword "break" forces execution out of the loop when it hits it. You need to call "break" only when the condition exists to exit the loop before it finishes. You don't have that currently.

Ok, I understand now. Thanks.