//written by Aiden Harrington and Connor Blondin-Beale

//Placed on level settings on main level
class PlayerHud : ZilchComponent
{
    [Property]
    var HudLevel: Level;
    var HudSpace: Space;
    
    //HealthText is the SpriteText that I used to show the health of the player
    //this can be given any name you chose and update it through the script
    //for this code to work the sprite text you are updating must be give THE SAME NAME as this variable
    var HealthText : Cog;
    //Name given to the variable that stores the user controlled player information
    var PlayerSprite : Cog;
    
    function Initialize(init : CogInitializer)
    {
        Zero.Connect(this.Space, Events.LogicUpdate, this.OnLogicUpdate);
        this.HudSpace = this.GameSession.CreateNamedSpace("HudSpace", Archetype.Find("Space"));
        this.HudSpace.LoadLevel(this.HudLevel);
        //stores the user controlled player information so that we can quickly find it
        //without exhausting resources
        this.PlayerSprite = this.Space.FindFirstObjectByName("Player");
        if(this.HealthText == null)
        {
            this.HealthText = this.HudSpace.FindObjectByName("HealthText");
        }
    }

    function OnLogicUpdate(event : UpdateEvent)
    {
        //this the main part of the script, it updates the hud to display the player's health
        //This can be used to display anything such as coins, score or ammo
        this.HealthText.SpriteText.Text = "`this.PlayerSprite.PlayerHealth.HealthPlayer`";
    }
}