Title page problem

[skyler]

Hi, this is my title page for the game that i have to hand in tomorrow, the problem is that i cant see the writing after the animation ends, and one more thing, is there a solution for the movement of the fonts ?, they r slowing down at the beginning then they move faster.
THANK YOU.

code:

setscreen ("graphics:v256") setscreen ("graphics:640,480") var choice:string %TITLE PAGE                                                            %----------     View.Set ("offscreenonly")     for x : 0 .. 990 by 2         %Back color:         drawfillbox (0, 0, 640, 480, 200)         var fontbill : int         fontbill := Font.New ("ESRI Crime Analysis:200")         Draw.Text ("H", -250 + x, 370, fontbill, green)         Font.Free (fontbill)         var fontbill2 : int         fontbill2 := Font.New ("ESRI Crime Analysis:200")         Draw.Text ("H", 700 - x, 200, fontbill2, green)         Font.Free (fontbill2)         var fontbill3 : int         fontbill3 := Font.New ("ESRI Crime Analysis:200")         Draw.Text ("H", -350 + x, 80, fontbill3, green)         Font.Free (fontbill3)         %Game title:         drawfilloval (320, 240, 150, 150, 179)         drawfilloval (320, 240, 120, 120, 175)         var font : int         font := Font.New ("MARKETPRO:30")         Draw.Text ("Who Wants To Be A", 70, 280, font, 0)         Draw.Text ("2006", 255, 150, font, 0)         Font.Free (font)         var font3 : int         font3 := Font.New ("MARKETPRO:30")         Draw.Text ("MILLIONAIRE", 160, 230, font3, 0)         font3 := Font.New ("ESRI Crime Analysis:80")         Draw.Text ("J", 40, 10, font3, 0)         Font.Free (font3)         %Output two choices         var font5 : int         font5 := Font.New ("DESTINE:20")         Draw.Text ("TO PLAY TYPE START", 150, 50, font5, 0)         Font.Free (font5)         var font7777 : int         font7777 := Font.New ("DESTINE:13")         Draw.Text ("TO SEE INSTRUCTIONS TYPE INFO", 150, 20, font7777, 0)         Font.Free (font7777)         drawfillbox (450, 20, 565, 60, 0)         drawfillbox (455, 25, 560, 55, 200)         View.Update     end for     %SET UP CONSTRUCT FOR OUTPUT OF CHOICE "START" OR "EXIT".     %--------------------------------------------------------     %SET THE PROMPT AT X,Y.     locatexy (460, 40)     colorback (200)     Text.Color (8)        get choice : *     %Clear screen.     cls

[Delos]

You have set your screen to 'offscreenonly', hence for any output to be refreshed, you have to call View.Update. You're missing that at the end.

[TheOneTrueGod]

code:

View.Set('nooffscreenonly')

This will turn off the offscreenonly. Read up on the double buffering system that Turing initiates with 'offscreeonly' to find out why it doesn't work without that. [Turing Walkthrough has some info on that]

As far as the speeding up / slowing down goes, it worked fine for me.

Also, you should know that locatexy doesn't actually locate at that specific (x,y) location. It actually finds the closest (column,row) and locates there. Also, I can keep typing even when the cursor extends past the box. You can remedy this by getting rid of the ":*" though this would only allow for one word to be entered (Though in the space you gave, there isn't enough room for quite a few surnames)

[skyler]

i didn't understand where to put the View.Update ??????????

[skyler]

Never mind my last reply , i got it , and thank you very much for you help