deathCounter not incrementing - variables

Question

Hi in this game that i am trying to modify there are 3 different types of enemies all with the same enemyHealth script. in this health script i am attempting to increase a counter every time an enemy dies. the code below shows the enemyHealth class
using UnityEngine;
namespace CompleteProject
{
public class EnemyHealth : MonoBehaviour
{
public int startingHealth = 100; // The amount of health the enemy starts the game with.
public bool isDead; // Whether the enemy is dead.
public int deathCount;
public int currentHealth; // The current health the enemy has.
public float sinkSpeed = 2.5f; // The speed at which the enemy sinks through the floor when dead.
public int scoreValue = 10; // The amount added to the player's score when the enemy dies.
public AudioClip deathClip; // The sound to play when the enemy dies.
Animator anim; // Reference to the animator.
AudioSource enemyAudio; // Reference to the audio source.
ParticleSystem hitParticles; // Reference to the particle system that plays when the enemy is damaged.
CapsuleCollider capsuleCollider; // Reference to the capsule collider.
bool isSinking; // Whether the enemy has started sinking through the floor.
void Awake ()
{
// Setting up the references.
anim = GetComponent <Animator> ();
enemyAudio = GetComponent <AudioSource> ();
hitParticles = GetComponentInChildren <ParticleSystem> ();
capsuleCollider = GetComponent <CapsuleCollider> ();
// Setting the current health when the enemy first spawns.
currentHealth = startingHealth;
}
void Update ()
{
// If the enemy should be sinking...
if(isSinking)
{
// ... move the enemy down by the sinkSpeed per second.
transform.Translate (-Vector3.up * sinkSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
}
}
public void TakeDamage (int amount, Vector3 hitPoint)
{
// If the enemy is dead...
if(isDead)
// ... no need to take damage so exit the function.
return;
// Play the hurt sound effect.
enemyAudio.Play ();
// Reduce the current health by the amount of damage sustained.
currentHealth -= amount;
// Set the position of the particle system to where the hit was sustained.
hitParticles.transform.position = hitPoint;
// And play the particles.
hitParticles.Play();
// If the current health is less than or equal to zero...
if(currentHealth <= 0)
{
// ... the enemy is dead.
Death ();
}
}
void Death ()
{
// The enemy is dead.
isDead = true;
// Turn the collider into a trigger so shots can pass through it.
capsuleCollider.isTrigger = true;
deathCount++;
Debug.Log("Deaths" + deathCount);
// Tell the animator that the enemy is dead.
anim.SetTrigger ("Dead");
// Change the audio clip of the audio source to the death clip and play it (this will stop the hurt clip playing).
enemyAudio.clip = deathClip;
enemyAudio.Play ();
}
public void StartSinking ()
{
// Find and disable the Nav Mesh Agent.
GetComponent <UnityEngine.AI.NavMeshAgent> ().enabled = false;
// Find the rigidbody component and make it kinematic (since we use Translate to sink the enemy).
GetComponent <Rigidbody> ().isKinematic = true;
// The enemy should no sink.
isSinking = true;
// Increase the score by the enemy's score value.
ScoreManager.score += scoreValue;
// After 2 seconds destory the enemy.
Destroy (gameObject, 2f);
}
}
}
all of the 3 enemies in the game have this script attached on their prefabs so they behave in the same way, so I cannot see why the counter will not increment when an enemy is destroyed.
when debugging the counter seems to go to 1 and then every kill after that just stays at 1 again.

Answer 1

that is correct. It's a member, so it will existing for each instance of your enemy. You want to track three different healths, right?
So enemy 1 start with 100, enemy 2 with 100, enemy 3 with 100. When enemy 1 gets 20 damage, it goes to 80 and 2,3 stay at 100, right? Why would the counter behave differently then? They all start at 0 and go to 1 when they die.
Either have an upper object (e.g. enemymanager) and have that count the times an enemy die (preferred solution) or use a static variable.