<aside> 📦 ASSTLIB.acs

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<aside> ⚡ int Get_And_Inc_AssistBarCount(void)

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Usage

The large majority of assist display graphics are designed to stack on top of each other and fill the screen in such a way that there’s no overlap or excess spacing.

They do this by maintaining an “assist bar” with a count which determines where they should be placed. This function allows you to get the current count for your icon and to increment it for the next.

These assist icons are very cooperative!

Return Value

• Returns the current count for the assist bar which can be passed into functions like [Get_AssistDisplayBar_X](<https://mm8bdm.notion.site/Get_AssistDisplayBar_X-b1024a0668234f129edaf36a126c7b81>) and [Get_AssistDisplayBar_Y](<https://mm8bdm.notion.site/Get_AssistDisplayBar_Y-031bc9a7a82f448fbb4797839a35c692>) to determine what X and Y coordinates to use.

Example

Below is a truncated version of MM8BDM’s main assist item assist display script which only has Rush Jet which will show every function being used.

#library "COREAST"
#include "zcommon.acs"

#include "DTADD.acs"

Script "core_trunc_assists_define" OPEN CLIENTSIDE
{
	DefineAssistDisplay("core_trunc_assists");
}

#include "ASSTLIB.acs"

Script "core_trunc_assists" (int cam) CLIENTSIDE
{
	if(AssistDisplayBar_On()) {
		SetHudSize(320,200,0);

		if(CheckActorInventory(cam,"RushJetCounter")>0) {
			int pos = Get_And_Inc_AssistBarCount();
			int x = Get_AssistDisplayBar_X(pos);
			int y = Get_AssistDisplayBar_Y(pos);

			str img = "RUSJGO";
			if(CheckActorInventory(cam, "PlayerPropertyGrounded") > 0) img = "RUSJGON";
			if(CheckActorInventory(cam, "RushJetCounter") <= 1 && Timer() % 8 <= 3) img = "TNT1A0";
			
			BasicImageDisplay(img,Get_And_Inc_AssistDisplayID(),x,y);

			DrawBasicBarAndNumber(
			  "ASTBARPR","ASSTBARE",
			  "ASTVARPR","ASSTVARE",
				x,y,
				Get_And_Inc_AssistDisplayID(),Get_And_Inc_AssistDisplayID(),Get_And_Inc_AssistDisplayID(),
				CheckActorInventory(cam,"RushJetCounter"),
				CheckActorInventory(cam,"AssistNumberFlag")>0,
				CheckActorInventory(cam,"RushJetCounter")
			);
		}
	}
}