I am going to use the progressBar class as an HP Bar in my final project. How often should I update it?

Question

I wanted to put an enemy's HP bar on screen as part of my final project. Should I update it once per while loop like in the dragon game or should I only update it at certain times? I'm comparing it to the health feature from the dragon game, but I'm not sure how actually similar it is.

Answer 1

I'd guess you'd want to update it every time the enemy's health would change (every time you hit it/if it heals). From the dragon game, I've noticed that the fewer times you call functions, the less laggy your program will be.

Answer 2

I would recommend it gets updated every time the users HP either decreases or increases so it updates every time there is a change to the health.

Answer 3

I would suggest every time the item got hit or you got hit, then it call back because if try to check it every second might make the program laggy