Ring loss problem in Damizeans engine?

[Zonar Games]

Ok I have been having trouble with ring loss in damizean's engine. I have tried many different methods of getting this right and it done the same thing. Sonic dies when he is hit with rings. Here is some sample codes I tried for making this right?

 // Lose rings
             if ( action == action_hurt && animation != "hurt")
             {
                  rings_create_ringloss (min(global.Rings,32), x, y ) global.Rings -=global.Rings;
                  sound_play(snd_ringloss)
             }

             // If no rings then kill Shadow
             if ( global.Rings <=0 )
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[CODE] // Lose rings
if ( action == action_hurt && animation != "hurt")
{
rings_create_ringloss (min(global.Rings,32), x, y )
sound_play(snd_ringloss)
global.Rings = 0;
}

// If no rings then kill Shadow
if ( global.Rings <=0 )
[/CODE]

There are some other methods I tryed but I can't remember them. But they were probally similar to the ones above. Does anyone know how when Sonic gets hit by a badnik for example and he has rings the rings are decreased to 0 and he is still alive and when he is hit with no rings he dies?

[Kain]

Yay, logic error! OK, before you check if you have any rings, first you run the ring loss code and set your rings to 0. See a problem with that?

Anyway, you're code should look something like this:

if ( action == action_hurt && animation != "hurt")
{
     if( global.Rings > 0)
     {
          //Ring loss
          rings_create_ringloss (min(global.Rings,32), x, y ) 
          sound_play(snd_ringloss)
          global.Rings = 0;
     }
     else
     {
         //Kill Shadow or Sonic
      }
}

See? When Sonic gets hit one of two things can happen: he loses his rings or he dies. Using if...else makes sure they don't both happen.

[Zonar Games]

thanks I'm going to test it along with the layering right now!