Looping a ForLoop?

[pers2981]

This is my first post, Sorry if I some how mess up the post format or act like a total noob.

What is it you are trying to achieve?
I'm trying to create a wave based "castle defense" game were your job is to survive endless waves of increasing enemies who charge the castle.


What is the problem you are having?
I cant get the bad guys to move on time because they move in a for loop and I think forloops only execute once.


Describe what you have tried to solve this problem
None, I'm really confused on what else I should do / try.


Post any relevant code (You may choose to attach the file instead of posting the code if it is too long)
Field.bmp can be found here.

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Turing:

setscreen ("graphics:640;480,nobuttonbar,offscreenonly") View.Set ("title:Defend Your Castle") /*  Draw.FillBox (0, 0, 650, 100, grey)  Draw.ThickLine (600, 0, 600, 100, 5, darkgrey)  Draw.Line (100, 350, 550, 350, black)  Draw.FillOval (240, 220, 5, 5, white)  */ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% var Field := Pic.FileNew ("Field.bmp") var TotalE : int var Round : int := 1 var clocks : int := 0 var clockf : int := 0 var i : int := 0 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% proc EnemyCreate     var EnemeyCordsX : array 1 .. TotalE of int     var EnemeyCordsY : array 1 .. TotalE of int     var ESide : array 1 .. TotalE of int     for i : 1 .. TotalE         ESide (i) := Rand.Int (1, 2)     end for     for i : 1 .. TotalE         if ESide (i) = 1 then             EnemeyCordsX (i) := 0             EnemeyCordsY (i) := 100         end if         if ESide (i) = 2 then             EnemeyCordsX (i) := maxx - 25             EnemeyCordsY (i) := 100         end if     end for     for i : 1 .. TotalE         Draw.FillBox (EnemeyCordsX (i), EnemeyCordsY (i), EnemeyCordsX (i) + 25, EnemeyCordsY (i) + 50, red)     end for     for i : 1 .. TotalE         if EnemeyCordsX (i) < 220 then             EnemeyCordsX (i) := EnemeyCordsX (i) + 1         end if         if EnemeyCordsX (i) > 220 then             EnemeyCordsX (i) := EnemeyCordsX (i) - 1         end if     end for end EnemyCreate %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% proc EnemyMove end EnemyMove %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% proc Update     TotalE := Round * 5 end Update %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% proc DrawField     Pic.Draw (Field, 0, 0, picMerge)     put "Level: ", Round, "" : 50, " Bad guys left : ", TotalE     put clockf end DrawField %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% proc Count     if clocks = 15 then         clockf := clockf + 1         clocks := 0     end if     clocks := clocks + 1 end Count %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% loop     Update     DrawField     EnemyCreate     EnemyMove     Count     View.Update     delay (100)     cls end loop %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

Please specify what version of Turing you are using
4.1.1

[Raknarg]

The obvious solution is then to move them out of a for loop; have all the actions happen at the same time. Instead of moving the enemy across the field then using the other procedures, have them move while everything else is happening as well.

Also, you'll run into another error: You can't set the upper bounds of an array to a variable and change it how you like, it requires different syntax.

[pers2981]

But then how would I move the bad guys? if I got rid of the for loop that is.

[Tony]

same as you would move anything else. Everyone takes a turn to move a step. Repeat.

[Raknarg]

And whatever you do, do not use processes for it, as some are inclined to do.

[evildaddy911]

Quote:

Turing:

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% proc EnemyMove end EnemyMove %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

what does this do?