Making a simple platform game for an ISU

[fluxflashor]

I am having problems with the key.down function in turing. I have searched the forums, cannot find anything useful, maybe im just stupid.

this is my code, it worked out of soemthing I got in the turing help, but it isnt working with pictures.

code:

var chars : array char of boolean  var leftvivi : int := Pic.FileNew ("viviblueleft.gif")  var rightvivi : int := Pic.FileNew ("viviblueright.gif")         loop         Input.KeyDown (chars)       if chars (KEY_LEFT_ARROW) then             put Pic.FileNew ("viviblueleft.jpg")  %use to be left vivi             else             put "                "       end if       if chars (KEY_RIGHT_ARROW) then             put Pic.FileNew ("viviblueright.jpg") %use to be rightvivi             else             put "                "       end if end loop

Help would be awesome. Thanks.

[Clayton]

I don't think your problem is with Input.KeyDown(), but rather with the Pic. module. I highly suggest you check out the tutorials on the Pic. module in the Turing Walkthrough.

[rdrake]

Erm... would using just one if statement work better here?

Turing:

var chars : array char of boolean var leftvivi : int := Pic.FileNew ("viviblueleft.gif") var rightvivi : int := Pic.FileNew ("viviblueright.gif") loop     Input.KeyDown (chars)     if chars (KEY_LEFT_ARROW) then         put Pic.FileNew ("viviblueleft.jpg")      %use to be left vivi     elsif chars (KEY_RIGHT_ARROW) then         put Pic.FileNew ("viviblueright.jpg")     %use to be rightvivi     else         put "                "     end if end loop

[fluxflashor]

ok thanks will check that out. Kinda freaky your sigs not my name in it. I guess it just reads the user information if im not mistaken.

[Clayton]

Um... using put with Pic.FileNew() will work, but I don't see the point... instead, I think you're trying to actually draw the picture on the screen in which you should be using Pic.Draw (picID, x, y : int, text : string, mode : int)

You can read more on this in the Turing Reference Manual, or in the Turing Walkthrough.