Summative project-DDR

[little_secrets]

Hello, i am new to compsci and turing, so im pretty much a noob. I am, trying to make ddr for my summative project, but i am having problems with the arrows; they wont continue to come up until the song is over, which is like 3 min. They appear once and then it doesnt come back. i have tried many things to fix it, even removing the exit whens and putting if satements but it still doesnt work.

ps one arrow is in the next post because i met my limit.

[little_secrets]

this is the last arrow

[nastynika]

instead of posting each individual piece put it all in a .zip file and post it that way easier to access and as annoying

[Insectoid]

How are you playing the music? Are you just looping it or are you using a process? (or the process-free way I haven't learned yet)

[little_secrets]

thanks nastynik, ill do that next time, i know it is a bit distracting.

insectoid im playing the music in a loop.

[Insectoid]

That's why. While the music is looped, the program can't do anything else. What you should do is make it a process, as they (sort of) run simultaneouly with the rest of your program. Don't use them for anything else though.

code:

process playmusic      loop           Music.PlayFile ("songname.extension")      end loop end playmusic fork playmusic

[little_secrets]

thanks, insectoid but I don't know if you noticed I don't have the music in my program; I have different parts of the game then I put them together, so that cant be the problem.

[Tony]

little_secrets @ Thu Jun 12, 2008 3:26 pm wrote:

I don't know if you noticed I don't have the music in my program

I have noticed that. It appears that the problem is not in the code that you've posted.

[little_secrets]

Tony @ Thu Jun 12, 2008 3:41 pm wrote:

little_secrets @ Thu Jun 12, 2008 3:26 pm wrote:

I don't know if you noticed I don't have the music in my program

I have noticed that. It appears that the problem is not in the code that you've posted.

then what is the problem

[Tony]

little_secrets @ Thu Jun 12, 2008 3:45 pm wrote:

then what is the problem

little_secrets @ Thu Jun 12, 2008 3:26 pm wrote:

I have different parts of the game then I put them together

[little_secrets]

oh ok, but i havent put them together yet, there is a problem with this game part, and the different parts i have are just the main menu, the music, the actual game and the exit.

[Tony]

You are making very little sense.

little_secrets @ Thu Jun 12, 2008 3:52 pm wrote:

there is a problem with this game part

little_secrets @ Thu Jun 12, 2008 8:24 am wrote:

the arrows; they wont continue to come up until the song is over

But you don't even have a song in "this game part".

[little_secrets]

sorry i guess it was a typo, i meant they wont continue, the song is like 3 min but they only come up once.


i know its really confusing i never realized the typo until you mentioned it, thanks

[Tony]

Oh, I see what is going on. You are using the same y variable for every procedure, and you are not even resetting the value. So once the first arrow reaches the top, the second one starts off at the top of the screen and disappears after a single frame.

[little_secrets]

oh ok thanks so much, that helps alot, i know im a noob and i shouldnt have chosen this game for my summative but how do you restart a variable