Snake Help

[upthescale]

You know when you hit a key and the snake wil move...well for me the snake only moves when i hit the key, how can i do it so when i key an arrow key, he will go...because he only goes when i hold down!

[Clayton]

think about it, if it is going to move continuously without input, what do you need? a loop. have an if condition then go into the loop. simple

Turing:

var keys:array char of boolean loop     Input.KeyDown(keys)     if keys(%whatever arrow) then         loop             %make coordinate changes in the loop(continuous without input)         end if         exit when hasch end loop

[upthescale]

my box doesn't even move now that it is in a loop!!!

[upthescale]

ok it werks,,, thanks man +5 bits!!!!

[Clayton]

Turing:

var keys : array char of boolean View.Set ("graphics,offscreenonly") var x, y : int := 0 const size : int := 20 y := maxy - size loop     Input.KeyDown (keys)     if keys (KEY_DOWN_ARROW) then         loop             y -= 1             Draw.Cls             Draw.FillBox (x, y, x + size, y + size, black)             View.Update             delay (200)             exit when hasch         end loop     end if end loop

[Delos]

SuperFreak82 wrote:

Turing:

var keys:array char of boolean loop     Input.KeyDown(keys)     if keys(%whatever arrow) then         loop             %make coordinate changes in the loop(continuous without input)         end if         exit when hasch end loop

A nested loop eh? Not a bad idea, and functional. However, using this approach you'll be left with 4 instances of such loops within your main loop. This might just me being picky, but I would far prefer to use a vectors-and-components approch.
Simply break down your snake movement into its components (in this case very, very simple). If the left button is pressed, the movement components would become (-1, 0); this can then be used in the main loop to change the position of the snake.
And yes, you would end up with 4 instances of these assignments - but this just strikes me as a simpler route to creating the constant motion here.

[Clayton]

i was thinking more of a procedural approach where you could get the input and pass that to a procedure and run the loop, i just did that to show him the concept of what to do really