[Michael]

Hi guys,

Having trouble getting my level to reset. Just going to explain the situation first and then I’ll give you whatever code you’d like to see.

I start my game app, click through the menu to a select level scene, pick level 1 and play. When my player dies, I go to a game over scene. From here I can return to the select level scene and start the level again. However, the level doesn’t reset itself when I die. It used to, as I built the game using the Flappy Bird tutorial. I’d click the MouseArea and the level would reset. But now that I go to the game over screen instead, I don’t where to call the reset function from in my code. My gamescene looks like this.

import Felgo 3.0
import QtQuick 2.0
import "../common"
import "../Entities"

SceneBase {
    id:gameScene
    // the filename of the current level gets stored here, it is used for loading the
    property string activeLevelFileName
    // the currently loaded level gets stored here
    property variant activeLevel
    // set the name of the current level, this will cause the Loader to load the corresponding level
    function setLevel(fileName) {
        activeLevelFileName = fileName
    }

    sceneAlignmentY: "bottom"

    EntityManager {
        id: entityManager
    }

   Scene {
       id: scene

   property string gameState: "wait"

   function startGame() {
             scene.gameState = "play"
                  }

   function stopGame() {
            window.state  = "gameOver"
                }

   function reset() {
        scene.gameState = "wait"
        pipe1.x = 400
        pipe1.y = 30+Math.random()*200
        target1.x = 210
        target1.y = 190
        target2.x = 420
        target2.y = 260
        target3.x = 330
        target3.y = 280
        player.x = 160
        player.y = 180
        scene.score = 0
                   }

   property int score: 0

   // background
   Image {
        id: bg
            source: "qrc:/assets/bg.png"
            anchors.horizontalCenter: scene.horizontalCenter
            anchors.bottom: scene.gameWindowAnchorItem.bottom
          }

   Border {
            id: border
            anchors.top: scene.gameWindowAnchorItem.top
                      }

   Pipe {
         id: pipe1
         x: 480
         y: 30+Math.random()*200
                    }

   Target1 {
          id: target1
          x: 210
          y: 190
                  }

   Target2 {
         id: target2
         x:420
         y:260
            }

   Target3 {
            id: target3
            x: 330
            y:280
        }

   Ground {
          anchors.horizontalCenter: scene.horizontalCenter
          anchors.bottom: scene.gameWindowAnchorItem.bottom
               }

   Player {
            id: player
            x: 160
            y: 180

          }

   PhysicsWorld {
          debugDrawVisible: false // set this to false to hide the physics overlay
          gravity.y: scene.gameState != "wait" ? -31 : 0 // -9.81 would be earth-like gravity, so this one will be pretty strong
        }

   MouseArea {
        anchors.fill: scene.gameWindowAnchorItem
        onPressed: {
          if(scene.gameState == "wait") {
            scene.startGame()
            player.push()
          } else if(scene.gameState == "play") {
            player.push()
          }
        }
      }

   SoundEffectVPlay {
          id: pointSound
          source: "qrc:/assets/sfx_point.wav"
          volume: 1.0
        }

   SoundEffectVPlay {
          id: collisionSound1
          source: "qrc:/assets/sfx_hit.wav"
          volume: 1.0
        }

   SoundEffectVPlay {
          id: collisionSound2
          source: "qrc:/assets/sfx_hit.wav"
          volume: 1.0
        }

   SoundEffectVPlay {
          id: collisionSound3
          source: "qrc:/assets/sfx_die.wav"
          volume: 1.0
        }

   SoundEffectVPlay {
          id: collisionSound4
          source: "qrc:/assets/sfx_die.wav"
          volume: 1.0
        }

   Text {
          text: scene.score
          color: "white"
          anchors.horizontalCenter: scene.horizontalCenter
          y: 30
          font.pixelSize: 30
        }


    // back button to leave scene
    MenuButton {
        text: "Back to menu"
        // anchor the button to the gameWindowAnchorItem to be on the edge of the screen on any device
        anchors.left: gameScene.gameWindowAnchorItem.left
        anchors.leftMargin: 10
        anchors.top: gameScene.gameWindowAnchorItem.top
        anchors.topMargin: 10
        onClicked: {
            backButtonPressed()
            activeLevel = undefined
            activeLevelFileName = ""
        }
    }
}

    // name of the current level
    Text {
        anchors.left: gameScene.gameWindowAnchorItem.left
        anchors.leftMargin: 10
        anchors.top: gameScene.gameWindowAnchorItem.top
        anchors.topMargin: 10
        color: "white"
        font.pixelSize: 20
        text: activeLevel !== undefined ? activeLevel.levelName : ""
    }

    // load levels at runtime
    Loader {
        id: loader
        source: activeLevelFileName != "" ? "../levels/" + activeLevelFileName : ""
        onLoaded: {
            // reset the score
            score > 0
            // since we did not define a width and height in the level item itself, we are doing it here
            item.width = gameScene.width
            item.height = gameScene.height
            // store the loaded level as activeLevel for easier access
            activeLevel = item
            //start level from new
            if (state.gameOver){
                scene.reset ()}
            }
      }


    // we connect the gameScene to the loaded level
    Connections {
        // only connect if a level is loaded, to prevent errors
        target: activeLevel !== undefined ? activeLevel : null
        // increase the score when the rectangle is clicked
        onRectanglePressed: {
            // only increase score when game is running
            if(gameRunning) {
                score++
            }
            if (state.gameOver){
                scene.reset ()}
        }
    }
}

I’ve tried to call the reset function from the loader and the connections but this doesn’t work. As usual, I’m sure there’s a very straightforward explanation but my brain is fried at the moment. If anyone could help that would be great. I experimented with breaking up the reset function and applying it to all the entities separately but that didn’t work and I’ve tried to call it from a few other places. If it’s possible to fix this some other way I would love to hear about it as I’ve wasted too much time on this already.

All the best,

Michael