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Another way of using V6
« on: June 28, 2008, 10:27:31 AM »
Well I don't know about you guys but sometimes I get lost in V6's numbers and have a difficult time seeing the grid. So in order to help myself see the grid I have made the variable declared in several places like this:
gridlayout$ = ""
gridlayout$ = gridlayout$ + "1111111"
gridlayout$ = gridlayout$ + "1100001"
gridlayout$ = gridlayout$ + "1010001"
gridlayout$ = gridlayout$ + "1001001"
gridlayout$ = gridlayout$ + "1000101"
gridlayout$ = gridlayout$ + "1000011"
gridlayout$ = gridlayout$ + "1111111"

This is easier for me because now I can see the grid. It take more lines but it really helps. Especially if you want to add something somewhere.
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Re: Another way of using V6
« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2008, 10:34:38 AM »
Great idea!  I agree, it is hard to see what the grid actually looks like when you're staring at a bunch of zeros and ones.   ;D
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Re: Another way of using V6
« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2008, 11:42:19 AM »
That's a clever idea indeed. :) I've never had any problems reading or writing the code myself, but I'm sure this will make it significantly easier.
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Re: Another way of using V6
« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2008, 09:32:37 AM »
Never mind don't use it. It doesn't work in compiled games. I have no idea why it just doesn't. Says that the string limit has exceeded 255 characters.
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Re: Another way of using V6
« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2008, 07:18:26 PM »
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Never mind don't use it. It doesn't work in compiled games. I have no idea why it just doesn't. Says that the string limit has exceeded 255 characters.

i just fixed a string bug for the next update, so I'll try the code with that and see what happens.
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Re: Another way of using V6
« Reply #5 on: July 10, 2008, 08:36:51 PM »
I also encountered a bug when I was using it in run mode it seemed some sort of invisible " character was in my code I retyped the line of code but it kept on adding the " character to the end of my code. When I took out the " character that you could see it worked fine. It was an Isolated incident tho I was unable to duplicate it, with a small amount of code.
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Re: Another way of using V6
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2008, 01:31:49 AM »
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I also encountered a bug when I was using it in run mode it seemed some sort of invisible " character was in my code I retyped the line of code but it kept on adding the " character to the end of my code. When I took out the " character that you could see it worked fine. It was an Isolated incident tho I was unable to duplicate it, with a small amount of code.

Yep. I saw this bug a few days ago too. I have an update coming out real soon that should fix all this stuff, but I just want to do some testing and make sure I got it right before i release it.
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Re: Another way of using V6
« Reply #7 on: July 11, 2008, 01:46:21 AM »
Most of the problems lie in the compiled versions. Maybe when you made 399 you did something wrong with the compiler.
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Re: Another way of using V6
« Reply #8 on: July 11, 2008, 05:13:46 AM »
The "string limit has exceeded 255 characters" bug when adding strings together has been fixed. I'll edit this post once I check the extra " at the end of a string bug.

EDIT: The " at the end of a string bug is fixed for the next update. Yay!
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Re: Another way of using V6
« Reply #9 on: July 11, 2008, 07:06:57 AM »
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Most of the problems lie in the compiled versions. Maybe when you made 399 you did something wrong with the compiler.

Yeah I made a few minor changes to string handling and it turns out i really screwed some stuff up.
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Re: Another way of using V6
« Reply #10 on: July 14, 2008, 06:48:02 PM »
First did this in TNT with arrays, figured I'd try it in SC. it accomplishes what V6 does in only 30 lines of code:

Download it here

This is a 10x10 grid at 32 pixels per tile. 100 tiles in total.

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Code: [Select]
CREATESPRITE 1, "GUY"
MOVESPRITE 1,32,32
LET grid$="0000000000011111111001111111100111111110011111111001111111100111111110011111111001111111100000000000"
LET curTile=12

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SELECT CASE KEY$
CASE UPARROW$
LET tile$=MID$(grid$,curTile-10,1)
IF tile$="1" THEN
PUSHSPRITE 1, 0,-32
LET curTile=curTile-10
END IF
CASE DOWNARROW$
LET tile$=MID$(grid$,curTile+10,1)
IF tile$="1" THEN
PUSHSPRITE 1, 0,32
LET curTile=curTile+10
END IF
CASE LEFTARROW$
LET tile$=MID$(grid$,curTile-1,1)
IF tile$="1" THEN
PUSHSPRITE 1, -32,0
LET curTile=curTile-1
END IF
CASE RIGHTARROW$
LET tile$=MID$(grid$,curTile+1,1)
IF tile$="1" THEN
PUSHSPRITE 1, 32,0
LET curTile=curTile+1
END IF
END SELECT
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Re: Another way of using V6
« Reply #11 on: July 14, 2008, 08:25:54 PM »
Maybe 30 lines of code but your guy still moves 2 times, when you press the button once.
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Re: Another way of using V6
« Reply #12 on: July 14, 2008, 08:27:40 PM »
no he doesn't
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Re: Another way of using V6
« Reply #13 on: July 14, 2008, 08:57:15 PM »
Maybe its the version cause when I load it he moves 2 times.
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Re: Another way of using V6
« Reply #14 on: July 15, 2008, 03:09:59 AM »
Nice one Alias :) What's the regular size of V6 when it's striped down to do only what this one does?

EDIT:

Sorry about that Harry, I read the name wrong. I thought Alias wrote the code.

Nice one Harry!
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