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neuro.akn

Fri Dec 21, 2012 9:33 pm


clear screen procedure in Turing for a game?

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Hello, I have a question regarding the cls procedure in Turing. How does one call a cls procedure so that at a random point (during a game) the screen will clear for a certain amount of time and display something else, and then return back to the game being played prior?? This would help a lot for my final.


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Metaxu

Sat Dec 22, 2012 12:34 pm


RE:clear screen procedure in Turing for a game?

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i assume you could make a procedure that you could call that would generate a random number. If this number = whatever then cls? After a delay of whatever you choose i guess you could just re implement what you had before. re draw everything and such.


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Raknarg

Sat Dec 22, 2012 9:35 pm


RE:clear screen procedure in Turing for a game?

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Are you trying to make a menu screen or something?


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neuro.akn

Fri Jan 04, 2013 8:51 pm


RE:clear screen procedure in Turing for a game?

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Well, I'm trying to call a procedure to clear the screen at a random point during the game. I have the menu, I have the game functionality, I just need to call a procedure to clear screen at random points (more than once) throughout the game... Any ideas?


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neuro.akn

Fri Jan 04, 2013 8:53 pm


RE:clear screen procedure in Turing for a game?

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The game is similar to the game "Copter" in which one must control a helicopter using the mouse to pass obstacles.


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Tony

Sat Jan 05, 2013 12:41 am


RE:clear screen procedure in Turing for a game?

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so your game loop should look something like
cls could be that something.


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neuro.akn

Sat Jan 05, 2013 5:34 pm


RE:clear screen procedure in Turing for a game?

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I don't quite understand what you mean by this loop... I have the game and everything, and it works but what exactly do you mean with the "draw current world state" step? What would I write?


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Raknarg

Sat Jan 05, 2013 6:01 pm


RE:clear screen procedure in Turing for a game?

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Just draw everything out. You draw the map, any enemies out, the player, projectiles, obstacles, etc. Basically any drawing you have to do, you should do at the end.


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neuro.akn

Sat Jan 05, 2013 6:46 pm


RE:clear screen procedure in Turing for a game?

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I have everything drawn out and such, I just need to figure out how to call a cls procedure for clearing the screen at random points during gameplay


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evildaddy911

Sat Jan 05, 2013 9:05 pm


RE:clear screen procedure in Turing for a game?

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What he means is during the "do stuff" part is determine if the cls command will be called, then using a conditional during the "draw" stage:
 % do stuff section
if Rand.Real