Castle Paradox

junahu · Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2004 3:24 am Post subject:

a command to read the ASCII code of the key being pressed and a command to convert an ASCII value into text would allow us to collect text input from the player much more smoothly. No longer would we have to use rename hero quite so much
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SlightlyPyro · Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 9:40 am Post subject:

Yes, some commands that directly access the submenus within the main [Esc] menu would really be nice. Especially exit and save to file commands...then you could assign various submenus to different keys and rewire [Esc] to save and quit...

Dreaming on...
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jabbercat · Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 10:22 am Post subject:

that is actually to which I refered. I might as well try and hack the command myself. *groan*

SlightlyPyro · Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 4:36 am Post subject:

Another thing I forgot that would be *really* helpful is arrays. So I don't have to do a bunch of "for" loops to get all the NPCs I want marching around the screen.
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junahu · Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 4:39 am Post subject:

Yeah, so far we can only fake global variable arrays with read global and write global
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MultiColoredWizard · Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 6:02 am Post subject:

So what's the difference in them, then?

SlightlyPyro · Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 7:01 am Post subject:

Besides being significantly more convenient, *real* local arrays would be more reliable and take far less work to set up than fake global arrays. And then there's the nice little fact that you wouldn't have to have 20 global variables up at the top of your HSS just for one array that has 20 NPCs move, and then another 30 for changing the tiles in that corner of your map...
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MultiColoredWizard · Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 9:17 am Post subject:

What, just use arguments, and then give all the NPCs that argument, and then use walknpc(npcargument,up,1)
Etc.

SlightlyPyro · Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 9:47 am Post subject:

That'd be awesome if I were using different npcs...but if I'm using 20 copies of the same npc, the script would get the same argument from each one...which is why arrays would be nice. For example, assuming our hypothetical array was initiated with an "array" command and had commands called "setelement", "arraylength" and "getelement":

MultiColoredWizard · Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 12:06 pm Post subject:

what, wouldn't giving just that npc the argument work, then?

(i see what you're saying, though)

SlightlyPyro · Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 1:08 pm Post subject:

Actually, you're right...Gaah! I've been programming in Pissed off!

FORTRAN all day, dangit, I can't think HS right now...

But

Flamer · Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 1:22 pm Post subject:

couldn't you just go

SlightlyPyro · Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 4:52 am Post subject:

Sure, I could do that. But I'm a programmer, not an artist. I don't like adding little realistic details to my code. Like all good programmers, I despise doing more work than is absolutely necessary. Arrays are much easier to use and debug when their insides aren't splattered across your code, and they're generally more reliable because they're hardcoded into the language.
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Flamer · Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 6:13 am Post subject:

that's the trouble with some programmers... they're too used to one method, they hate the other methods and are too lazy to manage the details.

Guest · Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 6:35 am Post subject:

Hm...I don't think you fully understood my comment Raspberry!

I didn't mean that I wouldn't go out of my way to do something special with my program. I'm currently busting brain cells to get a system of soft-coded levels and exp into my game, along with some other...stuff. I just meant that the easiest route to get to where I want to go is the route I prefer to take.