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hello

Tue Jun 03, 2003 2:57 pm


How Do You Tell a Process to Quit

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we have enemies with a process and a corresponding proc that draws it
our collision detection is in the proc and when the proc quits
we want the process to quit also and not keep on running

example:

process enemy1(aa,a...)
       position of enemy changes

end enemy1

proc enemydraw
draw enemy
collision detection then quits
end enemydraw

we want the proc to somehow tell the process to quit also at tge time of collision detection


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Catalyst

Tue Jun 03, 2003 3:39 pm



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return will end the process


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naoki

Tue Jun 03, 2003 9:54 pm



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return was tried, but it either didn't quit properly or it quit a huge chunk of the game

the point is that there are still things that run because of that fork, and if we destroy it we might not be able to retrieve that info or call it again.

i'll try and tell you later.


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void

Tue Jun 03, 2003 10:10 pm



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hmmmmm...im not sure...but i would prolly use this method:
create an integer (switch) and give it a 0 value....and when the proc quits....make the variable equal to 1..and where ever you tell your process to be forked make it an if statement 
if switch =0 then
fork process
end if
and whenever the collision occurs make switch:=1...that should work...but if this is like a shooting game...then u might wanna reset the variable switch every time you shoot...i dunno if this helps...i'll do some reaading on procedures (my CS teach has the books)....and ill respong ASAP....