Pong Remake (Player2's Paddle won't show)

[cptcool]

Hey, recently I have been trying to recreate the game pong and ran into some trouble showing the second player. I was wondering if someone would be so kind as to tell me what I did wrong. Help is appreciated.



Thanks in advance

Turing:

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%PLAYER1%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% View.Set("offscreenonly") colourback (7)          var x1, y1 : int                        x1 := 50                                y1 := 100 var chars1 : array char of boolean loop     Input.KeyDown (chars1)                if chars1 ('w') then         y1 := y1 + 5     end if     if chars1 ('s') then         y1 := y1 - 5     end if     drawfillbox (x1 - 10, y1, x1 + 10, y1 + 100, gray)        delay (10)                          View.Update  cls    end loop %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%PLAYER2%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% var x2, y2 : int                    x2 := 100                                  y2 := 200 var chars2 : array char of boolean      loop     Input.KeyDown (chars2)                if chars2 ('8') then         y2 := y2 + 5     end if     if chars2 ('5') then         y2 := y2 - 5     end if     drawfillbox (x2 - 10, y2, x2 + 10, y2 + 100, gray)        delay (10)                          View.Update   cls end loop

[michaelp]

Since your loop for your player 1 loop is first, it stays in that loop and never reaches the second loop where player 2 is blitted onto the screen.

[Sean]

Use one major loop, and it will work fine, and you should see them clearly.

[cptcool]

Thanks for replying.


I tried using one loop for both the player paddles, but the new problem is that it is very flickery, and player 2 barely moves until he pops back into his spawn location. here is the syntax

Turing:

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%PLAYER1%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% View.Set("offscreenonly") colourback (7)          var x1, y1 : int                        x1 := 50                                y1 := 150 var chars1 : array char of boolean loop     Input.KeyDown (chars1)                if chars1 ('w') then         y1 := y1 + 5     end if     if chars1 ('s') then         y1 := y1 - 5     end if     drawfillbox (x1 - 10, y1, x1 + 10, y1 + 100, gray)        delay (10)                          View.Update  cls    %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%PLAYER2%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% var x2, y2 : int                    x2 := 575                                y2 := 150 var chars2 : array char of boolean          Input.KeyDown (chars2)                if chars2 ('o') then         y2 := y2 + 5     end if     if chars2 ('l') then         y2 := y2 - 5     end if     drawfillbox (x2 - 10, y2, x2 + 10, y2 + 100, gray)        delay (10)                          View.Update   cls end loop

[BigBear]

You should take the variables for the second player out of the loop.
Also to removce the flashing just remove the first cls and View.Update.
Hope this helps.

[cptcool]

thank you very much for your help

[michaelp]

No problem.

[Sean]

You will need to set boundaries for your paddles, by checking it's y positions, just to ensure to doesn't float off the page.