Slot Machine

[Steel]

Hey, i gotta make a slot machine game, any ideas on what i should do, and, are you able to put pictures in if statements. Ex if "(picture of 7) then coins:= +20 or sumthing, also are you able to make pictures go randomly for the slot part. Im fairly new at turing and any help will be appreciated. Thx

[Prince Pwn]

Here's a small Turing program I made, look at the comments and try to understand it:

code:

var x : int := 10 %x position of fruits var cnt : int := 0 %Counter var slots : int %used as a junk variable to keep a random number var stops : array 1 .. 3 of int %Three variables to keep track of what you landed on var key : array char of boolean loop     Input.KeyDown (key)     randint (slots, 1, 3) %makes slots a random number from 1 to 3     if key (KEY_ENTER) then         if slots = 1 then             Draw.FillOval (x, 10, 10, 10, yellow) %represents a lemon         elsif slots = 2 then             Draw.FillOval (x, 10, 10, 10, red) %cherry         elsif slots = 3 then             Draw.FillOval (x, 10, 10, 10, blue) %blueberry         end if         x += 20 %pushes the oval over         cnt += 1         stops (cnt) := slots %stores the random number into a variable         delay (250)         put "Random Number: ", slots     end if     if cnt = 3 then         Input.Pause         if stops (1) = 1 and stops (2) = 1 and stops (3) = 1 then %checks if all 3 random numbers are 1             put "LEMONS WON!!!!"         elsif stops (1) = 2 and stops (2) = 2 and stops (3) = 2 then %checks if all 3 random numbers are 2             put "CHERRY WON!!!"         elsif stops (1) = 1 and stops (2) = 3 and stops (3) = 3 then %checks if all 3 random numbers are 3             put "BLUEBERRY WON!!!"         end if         Input.Pause         x := 10 %resets the x position         cnt := 0 %resets the counter         cls     end if end loop

For the importing of a picture look here.

[TokenHerbz]

i gotta make a slot machine game... So its for school yes?

You learn nothing from copy paste code, so i suggest you ignor prince pwn code.

Firstly, You can randomizse pictures, and use if's with them.

Secondly, i'd suggest you look threw turing walkthrew

http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?t=8808

[Steel]

Thankz

[Prince Pwn]

TokenHerbz wrote:

You learn nothing from copy paste code, so i suggest you ignor prince pwn code.

i learned by copy and pasting code.

[Steel]

hmm what does the dot mean in like

draw.Fill oval

because i know you could also just do drawfilloval.

[Prince Pwn]

No major difference. If you navigate your hard drive to your Turing installation folder, "Turing/Support/predefs/" you will find a few Turing files that are all noticeable such as "Dir", "Draw", and "Pic" that are all .tu files.

When you use Draw.FillOval, it opens the "Turing/Support/predefs/" and looks inside the Draw.tu file and further executes the code inside that Draw.tu according to what you put inside your ().

Saying drawfilloval has the same result, but doesn't look for "Turing/Support/predefs/".

[ericfourfour]

Actually Draw. means it is a member of the Draw module. It is loaded on the memory at run time so there is no searching through folders involved. It takes the same speed for each. Draw. is recommended because it is easier to understand and helps you out later on.

[Hackmaster]

your problems are really easy to solve, and they can probably be done with the help of the Turing Walkthrough, or some other tutorial based on it. but whatever. I'll give you a hand.

because you are fairly basic, I will keep it simple.


for the random part, all you need to do is make a simple randint statement:

code:

randint (var, 1, 10)

if you've never seen this before, I will tell you what it's about:

randint is the command to start it all. "var" is the variable you will be giving the random integer to. 1 and 10 are the limits of the randomization, so, if I put 1, 10, it means I will have a random number from 1-10. easy-peasy, right?

then, all you do is have an if statement (or case, whatever you prefer) which puts a certain picture up on the screen depending on what number was rolled, something like this, maybe :

code:

if var = 1 then       DrawPic ( "lucky_7.jpg" , 100, 100, 2) elsif var = 2 then       DrawPic ( "cherries.jpg", 100, 100, 2) % Add more if statements pertaining to displaying pics depending on roll. end if

something like that. alright? hope this helped!

[ericfourfour]

Hackmaster wrote:

for the random part, all you need to do is make a simple randint statement:

code:

randint (var, 1, 10)

Simple but deadly. Don't use randint. It teaches bad programming practise. Instead use the function (not procedure) Rand.Int.

code:

var num := Rand.Int (1, 10)

code:

put Rand.Int (1, 10)

[Hackmaster]

finickty, finicktey.. jeez...

really, it doesn't matter. use what you like. what is the differece between one command and putting a dot there?

well, it may teach you about module refrence, but you adapt to that as time goes on. I said this way because he is new, and thus doesn't (in my opinion) need to care about little details like this for now.

[ericfourfour]

There is more of a difference between Rand.Int and randint than a dot.

Rand.Int is a function returning an integer.

randint is a procedure that takes in a variable (the exact location) and assigns the value to it internally.

Which one do you have more control over?

This has been discussed countless times and the dot is hardly the issue between the two.

[Clayton]

The difference between Rand.Int and randint is a lot more than just a dot. Rand.Int is a function, it creates a value, it in no way modifys the program around it unless you specifically tell it to. randint on the other hand is a procedure, a procedure that takes a variable argument and mercilessly changes its value within the procedure. This is generally regarded as bad programming practice and should be avoided at all costs, as you have no idea what's happening to your precious varible within that procedure.

[Hackmaster]

I understand that guys... but it isn't really me you are appealing to.

the only reason I said to do randint is because that's what they teach in the schools. (in my experience.)

I'm just trying to make it simpler... but on second thought... when typing, there isn't much of a difference between randint and Rand.Int.

Fine! that's fine... you win...

[Steel]

Thanks guys your help is greatly appreciated. When the program is done ill try to post it here, and i think you are both right lol, all i gotta do now is learn how to put the pics in, but i could prob find that in tutorial thx again