----------------------------------- adam_abm Thu Jun 05, 2003 10:42 pm Character walking effect for side-scroller ----------------------------------- hey i'm making a side scroller and wondered if anybody could help me out on how to alternate the pics to give a walking effect while using the Input.Keydown method of character control. thanks for the help ----------------------------------- Martin Thu Jun 05, 2003 11:00 pm ----------------------------------- Here it is, you can simplify them with arrays if you want. var pic1 := Pic.FileNew ("step1.bmp") var pic2 := Pic.FileNew ("step2.bmp") var pic3 := Pic.FileNew ("step3.bmp") var pic4 := Pic.FileNew ("step4.bmp") var x : int := 50 var step := 1 %What step the player is at var ch : string(1) loop getch(ch) if ch = KEY_RIGHT_ARROW then if step = 1 then Pic.Draw (pic1, x, 100, picCopy) elsif step = 2 then Pic.Draw (pic2, x, 100, picCopy) elsif step = 3 then Pic.Draw (pic3, x, 100, picCopy) elsif step = 4 then Pic.Draw (pic4, x, 100, picCopy) end if step := step + 1 x := x + 10 if step = 5 then step := 1 end if end if end loop ----------------------------------- adam_abm Fri Jun 06, 2003 10:29 pm ----------------------------------- Thanks for the code but i'm using the Input.KeyDown command and if i use your way the guy just contantly flashes through the steps (because theres no getch) I know theres a way to do it using the Input.KeyDown command so post if you got time and know the way. thanks ----------------------------------- Mephi Fri Jun 06, 2003 10:47 pm ----------------------------------- just building on the other code: var pic1 := Pic.FileNew ("step1.bmp") var pic2 := Pic.FileNew ("step2.bmp") var pic3 := Pic.FileNew ("step3.bmp") var pic4 := Pic.FileNew ("step4.bmp") var x : int := 50 var step := 1 %What step the player is at var ch : array char of boolean loop Input.KeyDown (ch) if ch (KEY_RIGHT_ARROW) then if step = 1 then Pic.Draw (pic1, x, 100, picCopy) elsif step = 2 then Pic.Draw (pic2, x, 100, picCopy) elsif step = 3 then Pic.Draw (pic3, x, 100, picCopy) elsif step = 4 then Pic.Draw (pic4, x, 100, picCopy) end if step := step + 1 x := x + 10 if step = 5 then step := 1 end if end if end loop basically the same thing, just change to input.keydown ----------------------------------- JayLo Tue Jun 17, 2003 5:48 pm ----------------------------------- oh man. lol according to the turing manual, GIFs should be in Turing, which would render most of this useless. ----------------------------------- Andy Tue Jun 17, 2003 6:06 pm ----------------------------------- according to the turing manual, sprites work and its the best language and that tom west is a genius ----------------------------------- JayLo Tue Jun 17, 2003 6:06 pm ----------------------------------- according to the turing manual, it's a party! ----------------------------------- Andy Tue Jun 17, 2003 6:06 pm ----------------------------------- but ya if GIF works in turing, i'd be awsome cause then you can import animated pics ----------------------------------- JayLo Tue Jun 17, 2003 6:08 pm ----------------------------------- well. tom west SAYS june 2003, but it's prolly not likely. ----------------------------------- Andy Tue Jun 17, 2003 6:12 pm ----------------------------------- tom west is a big fag, lazy bum ----------------------------------- JayLo Tue Jun 17, 2003 6:35 pm ----------------------------------- agreed, but 'beggars can't be choosers'. ----------------------------------- Andy Wed Jun 18, 2003 10:33 am ----------------------------------- lol true, if you complain to him about how crap turing is he doesn't reply, but if you report a bug he replys right away asking how he can recreate the bug ----------------------------------- PaddyLong Wed Jun 18, 2003 11:57 am ----------------------------------- probably because it is more important to make what you have now working entirely than making turing better as a whole as you seem so bent on doing... really turing isn't meant to make retail programs or anything, just for learning. if you want a better language, learn something like C++ or Java. but please stop whining about how bad turing is or whatever it is you think is wrong with it. it does what it was created to do just fine. ----------------------------------- JayLo Wed Jun 18, 2003 1:25 pm ----------------------------------- i guess. okay paddy. challenge accepted. ----------------------------------- Andy Wed Jun 18, 2003 3:06 pm ----------------------------------- wha? what challange? what's going on? is it me or is anyone else confused? ----------------------------------- JayLo Wed Jun 18, 2003 3:52 pm ----------------------------------- the challenge to get out of the turing 'rut' and move on. ----------------------------------- PaddyLong Wed Jun 18, 2003 6:00 pm ----------------------------------- it's not that I'm challenging you to stop using turing, just asking you (not necesarily you Jay Lo, but people in general..) to stop whining about it ----------------------------------- JayLo Wed Jun 18, 2003 6:01 pm ----------------------------------- ya, but you're right. i'm so addicted to turing syntax... ----------------------------------- Andy Wed Jun 18, 2003 6:10 pm ----------------------------------- lol ya i wrote so many compsci tests, i for got how to write the multiplication sign, i keep on writing astricks on my science tests ----------------------------------- PaddyLong Wed Jun 18, 2003 6:17 pm ----------------------------------- I just use a dot for when I'm writing multiplication... x's can get confusing when you're working with variable x ----------------------------------- Andy Wed Jun 18, 2003 6:18 pm ----------------------------------- but its sceince, not math, and science teachers like to use X and plus there are plenty of other variables to use ----------------------------------- PaddyLong Wed Jun 18, 2003 6:23 pm ----------------------------------- x is a pretty standard one, especially when talking about graphs ----------------------------------- JayLo Wed Jun 18, 2003 6:24 pm ----------------------------------- x, y, a, b that's all i ever hope to use. ----------------------------------- Andy Wed Jun 18, 2003 6:32 pm ----------------------------------- what about theta and alpha for angles? ----------------------------------- PaddyLong Wed Jun 18, 2003 6:34 pm ----------------------------------- and z, i, j, k for vectors and 3 space ----------------------------------- Andy Wed Jun 18, 2003 6:35 pm ----------------------------------- 3 spaces wha? ----------------------------------- PaddyLong Wed Jun 18, 2003 6:38 pm ----------------------------------- 3d plane, x, y, z (you're probably used to 2 space, x, y) i, j, k are unit vectors for planes x,y,z respectively... in algeo you don't look at points in a plane as just points, you look at them as vectors... so like point (x, y, z) is actually a linear combination of vectors i, j, k so it is actually vector OP = xi + yj + zk ----------------------------------- Andy Wed Jun 18, 2003 6:39 pm ----------------------------------- o u know i'm not a moron, i didn't know what u meant about 3 spaces, i thought u were talking about " " ----------------------------------- Mephi Wed Jun 18, 2003 6:43 pm ----------------------------------- isnt that just one space? three spaces is more like this: " " ----------------------------------- PaddyLong Wed Jun 18, 2003 6:52 pm ----------------------------------- lol, html doesn't display extra spaces unless you use & nbsp; "   " ----------------------------------- krishon Thu Jun 19, 2003 9:51 am ----------------------------------- ye...that's true, its so stupid, i dun't y they made it like that