Spawning a Limited Amount of Objects

QuasarCreator

In my game I am working on once I press a button an object is spawned. However, I want to limit the number of times the button can pressed to spawn an object. Here is my code:

local x=3 local rec_smallBnt = Button.new(Bitmap.new(Texture.new("images/rec_smallBnt.png")), Bitmap.new(Texture.new("images/rec_smallBnt.png"))) rec_smallBnt:setPosition((application:getContentWidth()- 90), (application:getContentHeight() * 0.5 + 105)) self:addChild(rec_smallBnt)   rec_smallBnt:addEventListener("click", function() x = x - 1 if x == 2 then local rec_small = Bitmap.new(Texture.new("images/rec_small.png")) --setting the x and y coordinates randomly rec_small:setX(math.random(0, 320 - 100)) rec_small:setY(math.random(0, 480 - 50))   rec_small.isFocus = false --add the event listeners for the two functions rec_small:addEventListener(Event.MOUSE_DOWN, onMouseDown, rec_small) rec_small:addEventListener(Event.MOUSE_MOVE, onMouseMove, rec_small) rec_small:addEventListener(Event.MOUSE_UP, onMouseUp, rec_small) --adding the shape to the stage self:addChild(rec_small)   elseif x == 1 then local rec_small = Bitmap.new(Texture.new("images/rec_small.png")) --setting the x and y coordinates randomly rec_small:setX(math.random(0, 320 - 100)) rec_small:setY(math.random(0, 480 - 50))   rec_small.isFocus = false --add the event listeners for the two functions rec_small:addEventListener(Event.MOUSE_DOWN, onMouseDown, rec_small) rec_small:addEventListener(Event.MOUSE_MOVE, onMouseMove, rec_small) rec_small:addEventListener(Event.MOUSE_UP, onMouseUp, rec_small) --adding the shape to the stage self:addChild(rec_small)   end end )

In this code I am trying to make it so each time the button is clicked x is subtracted 1. Then I am using if and else if statements to spawn only 2 objects which will then call the other functions. However, when I press the button no objects are spawning. I am sure that the way I am doing it is wrong. So, how am I suppose to fix this or how could I do this better?


-Thanks in advance!!

ar2rsawseen

Hmm, it seems strange, but it work ok form. Does it give any errors?
Here's a little code I've tried:

local x=3 local rec_smallBnt = Button.new(Bitmap.new(Texture.new("crate.png")), Bitmap.new(Texture.new("crate.png"))) rec_smallBnt:setPosition((application:getContentWidth()- 90), (application:getContentHeight() * 0.5 + 105)) stage:addChild(rec_smallBnt)   rec_smallBnt:addEventListener("click",function() x = x - 1 if x > 0 then local rec_small = Bitmap.new(Texture.new("crate.png")) --setting the x and y coordinates randomly rec_small:setX(math.random(0, 320 - 100)) rec_small:setY(math.random(0, 480 - 50))   rec_small.isFocus = false --add the event listeners for the two functions --adding the shape to the stage stage:addChild(rec_small) end end )

QuasarCreator

@ar2rsawseen Thank you! I changed something up and my code started working, however, I also tried your code where x > 0 and it seems to run a little faster (or at least it seemed faster to respond to the second click).