Exiting Fork

[freakysnots]

Hi guys.

I made this game which requires several fork commands running. When the game finishes, the fork commands are still running causing massive lag, and the game cannot go back to the main screen.

I was wondering if there was a way to end the fork commands when the program is running like a "end fork" or something to that effect.

Thanks.

[freakysnots]

Here is the game just in case anyone was wondering what I was talking about.

[Sean]

Change the Processes to Procedures. The only need for Processes is for Music. And you don't even need it for that.

[freakysnots]

It gives an error "fork argument must be a process"

[andrew.]

Take out fork.

e.g.

Turing:

procedure DoThis     blah blah blah end DoThis DoThis

instead of

Turing:

process DoThis     blah blah blah end DoThis fork DoThis

[freakysnots]

That doesn't work since I want the process running at the same time as the main game.

It will freeze the gameplay and loop that specific code nonstop.

[Insectoid]

You don't use individual loops, try one big loop.

code:

proc movesomething      x += 1      y += 1 end movesomething proc movesomethingelse     otherx -= 1     othery -= 1 end movesomethingelse loop      movesomething      movesomethingelse      View.Update end loop

[isaiahk9]

I don't think a fork can be exitted (85% sure).

[gitoxa]

In proper coding conventions, a program (subprograms included [procedures, funtions, processes]) are supposed to end when they're reached the bottom of code.

Your process will stop running once it runs out of code to run.

[isaiahk9]

I think freakysnots meant if there was just an exit fork command.

AS far as i know, there isn't (besides gitoxa's way which won't work for infinite loops, like music in the main menu). You could put the process in a procedure and exit the procedure.

[gitoxa]

You know, there's this crazy command, I'm not sure if you've heard of it, but it exits loops.

There's also this other one, that (get this) stops music!

[Clayton]

return

[Sean]

And Clayton comes to the rescue. Processes end the same as procedures and loops. You have the two options, return or exit, however return.

When the condition is met in the process then use the return function there.