4.0 Progress?

[Silverwind]

How's 4.0 coming along Al? Any estimated release dates for screenshots or betas?

[Charlo]

I was just thinking about this.  I hope 4.0 comes out soon.

[EqwanoX]

whats it gonna have? methods?

[Tireas Dragon]

Actually Al said that he was going to put something like that in.

P.S. In real programming languages their proper name is a function.

[Silverwind]

P.S. In real programming languages their proper name is a function.

You should substitute "real" with "the majority". The majority of programming languages also have stupidly unnecessary syntax.

[Silverwind]

Hey Al, will there be a way to package sprites into a game in 4.0, like the way SC does?

[Al Staffieri]

Hey Al, will there be a way to package sprites into a game in 4.0, like the way SC does?

I'm trying to make the games be a bundle so it will look like just the application and all of the stuff for the game will be inside that bundle "folder".

Work is moving along, but it's been very slow. I'm hoping it runs a lot faster than GM 3.

[Swamp7hing]

Sounds Awesome! Any rough list of improvements that GM4 will have?

[alias]

lol GM4 has been in development for a long time now hasnt it? I was so excited when you first posted the page on it. You might wanna update that.
Main thing im interested in is if it will contain some basic object orientated coding features. And hopfully more sprites with more speed. Even not ill still be very excited to buy it when it comes out.  

[Al Staffieri]

It's coming along slowly. I just don't get as much time to work on it as I'd like. I will update my page to detail the progress. I might even be putting out a preview version real soon, so you get an idea of what it looks like.

[Tireas Dragon]

Will GM4 be able to handle mathematical problems during code as in:
IF x = RANDOM 5 THEN

IF x + y = z THEN

LET y = y + x * z

I can do all of these things right now but it takes and extra line of code and sometimes an extra variable.

currently these code lines are written as

LET y = RANDOM 5
IF x = y THEN

LET w = x + y
IF w = z THEN

LET w = x * z
LET y = y + w

[Silverwind]

Will GM4 be able to handle mathematical problems during code as in:
IF x = RANDOM 5 THEN

Certainly that would be impossible.

[Tireas Dragon]

You can do it in BASIC. In fact I've done it in BASIC. but it is doubtful that Al will insert that 1.

[Silverwind]

You can do it in BASIC.

What? But it's an improbable figure. A variable can't equal RANDOM anything, RANDOM is just a command to assign a varying value. Is it one of those commands that don't do or mean what the name makes them out to? Does it mean "IF x equals greater than 0 but less than 6" or something?

EDIT:

Hang on, will x's value be random each time it's referenced in BASIC after the "x = RANDOM y" command?

[Tireas Dragon]

IF x = RANDOM 5 THEN means that it will roll a RANDOM 5 and if x is equal to the random number it carries out the operation.
I would like something like IF x = 1-5 THEN command too