Running something in backround?

[bc123]

What is it you are trying to achieve?
I want a loop to be running in backround. Example : A loop is animating a missle coming to a character, i want the user to be able to move the character, but still have that missle moving smoothly

What is the problem you are having?
Ny problem at the moment is im unsure how to do it, i was told by a friend to use procedures, but have never worked with it, and i so far have a moving character (a moving square) but still unsure how to add in the missle

Turing:

var x1 : int := 300 % used for coords of character| var y1 : int := 10  %                             | var x2 : int := 330 %                             | var y2 : int := 40  %                             | %_________________________________________________| var x3 : int := 700 % used for coords of missle  | var y3 : int := 10  %                            | var x4 : int := 670 %                            | var y4 : int := 40  %                            | %________________________________________________| var col : int := 52 % color of character var pressed : array char of boolean Draw.FillBox (x1, y1, x2, y2, col) loop     Input.KeyDown (pressed)     if pressed (KEY_UP_ARROW) then         y1 := y1 + 10         y2 := y2 + 10         delay (50)         View.Update         cls         Draw.FillBox (x1, y1, x2, y2, col)         y1 := y1 + 10         y2 := y2 + 10         delay (50)         View.Update         cls         Draw.FillBox (x1, y1, x2, y2, col)         y1 := y1 + 10         y2 := y2 + 10         delay (50)         View.Update         cls         Draw.FillBox (x1, y1, x2, y2, col)         y1 := y1 + 10         y2 := y2 + 10         delay (50)         View.Update         cls         Draw.FillBox (x1, y1, x2, y2, col)         y1 := y1 - 10         y2 := y2 - 10         delay (50)         View.Update         cls         Draw.FillBox (x1, y1, x2, y2, col)         y1 := y1 - 10         y2 := y2 - 10         delay (50)         View.Update         cls         Draw.FillBox (x1, y1, x2, y2, col)         y1 := y1 - 10         y2 := y2 - 10         delay (50)         View.Update         cls         Draw.FillBox (x1, y1, x2, y2, col)         y1 := y1 - 10         y2 := y2 - 10         delay (50)         View.Update         cls         Draw.FillBox (x1, y1, x2, y2, col)         y1 := y1 - 10         y2 := y2 - 10         delay (50)         View.Update         cls         Draw.FillBox (x1, y1, x2, y2, col)     end if     if pressed (KEY_LEFT_ARROW) then         x1 := x1 - 10         x2 := x2 - 10         delay (50)         View.Update         cls         Draw.FillBox (x1, y1, x2, y2, col)     end if     if pressed (KEY_RIGHT_ARROW) then         x1 := x1 + 10         x2 := x2 + 10         delay (50)         View.Update         cls         Draw.FillBox (x1, y1, x2, y2, col)     end if end loop

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[bc123]

also, forgot to mention i forgot how to make a limit on how far the x1 and x2 can move to :s any ideas?

[Alex C.]

yeah, what version of turing

[Alex C.]

oh and second, do you have any code for your missile? (stronger straight forward attack or homing missile)

[bc123]

4.1.1

and no, i only have variables set for the missle
and another example of what i want, im working on this other game, and ill need this to have a backround constantly scrolling, then there will be a character that is running in one spot.
thnx
EDIT :
oh and i am going for a side attack, either from left or right

[Alex C.]

make your missile coordinate try to be as close to the the characters coordinates...

example

charx>missilex
missilex-5

etc

[Alex C.]

for limiting x and y...

if char x > maxboundaryx then
char x -= amount character moved right....

etc

[bc123]

im confused :s why do charx > misslex? also i made this little example, of how i would animate a missle

Turing:

var x3 : int := 700 var y3 : int := 10  var x4 : int := 670 var y4 : int := 40  loop Draw.FillBox (x3, y3, x4, y4, black) x3 := x3 - 10 x4 := x4 - 10 delay (50) View.Update cls Draw.FillBox (x3, y3, x4, y4, black) end loop

[Alex C.]

the greater the x value the farther right you are...
so if you want the missile to follow you and you are farther right, you add to the missiles x value to make it go FARTHER RIGHT

simple math...

[bc123]

oh, i just figured out limits my own way :s i bassicaly did
if x1 > 11 then
x1 := x1 + 10
end if
if x2 > 31 then
x2 := x2 + 10
end if

and the box is 30x30 (i think :s) but it does work :s jus a little more pointless lines of code

[Alex C.]

by the way your jumping makes you go farther into the ground...

[bc123]

well my idea is no matter what, the missle would scroll across the screen, and your character would jump over it, and the missle would continue on, but if i had a loop with an animation of a missle scrolling with its own delays, if i press the arrow keys and delay the characters movement, then wouldnt it affect the speed of the missle??

[bc123]

yes, i realized that when i ran it, just remove one of these chunks

Turing:

Draw.FillBox (x1, y1, x2, y2, col)         y1 := y1 - 10         y2 := y2 - 10         delay (50)         View.Update         cls

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[Alex C.]

no...

loop
box moves...
delay
missile moves...
delay
endloop

how many times is the character delayed in comparision to the missile?

[bc123]

well if u jump, i have like 6 delays, wont that affect the missle? like it will take longer to get through the loop to add distance to the missle and output it