Loops and Drawing for a menu, using keys and jpegs,need help

[Leftover]

I'm at a bit of a stand still again.

I'm making steady progress on my game but once again I have come into a bump, this time at the menu.

I basically have a fading text intro, that then moves to a screen with logo and 2 buttons (Continue and New Game). I have it all going with a selector arrow moving up and down with the arrow keys to select 1 or the other, using lots of drawing, but here is where I am stuck.

Currently it is set up so if down key is pressed, it goes down to new game, and if up key is pressed (or by default) it is on continue. When enter is pressed at any time, it kills the music, which is what I want it to do as well.

code:

loop     if hasch then         enter := getchar         if enter = chr (208) then             Draw.Cls             GUI.SetBackgroundColor (255)             Pic.Draw (hand_dwn, 135, 155, picCopy)             Pic.Draw (logo, 135, 325, picCopy)             Pic.Draw (new_bl, 170, 155, picCopy)             Pic.Draw (continue_bl, 170, 235, picCopy)             Draw.FillBox (125, 30, 365, 58, 33)             Font.Draw ("C 2005 SPORK", 126, 46, font2, 0)             Font.Draw ("C 2005 NINTENDO", 126, 31, font2, 0)             View.Update         end if         if enter = chr (200) then             Draw.Cls             GUI.SetBackgroundColor (255)             Pic.Draw (hand_up, 135, 235, picCopy)             Pic.Draw (logo, 135, 325, picCopy)             Pic.Draw (new_bl, 170, 155, picCopy)             Pic.Draw (continue_bl, 170, 235, picCopy)             Draw.FillBox (125, 30, 365, 58, 33)             Font.Draw ("C 2005 SPORK", 126, 46, font2, 0)             Font.Draw ("C 2005 NINTENDO", 126, 31, font2, 0)             View.Update         end if         if enter = chr (10) then             Music.PlayFileStop         end if     end if end loop

The first problem with that, not too serious, but it flickers the screen when it goes up or down"¦ Is there any way to clean up that flicker to make it look cleaner?

On to the main problem:

I can't figure out how I can make it so when it is on Continue and enter is pressed, it goes to the load menu, or if it is on New Game and enter is pressed, it goes to the New Game menu. I've tried so many things and they just don't work or mess up the program more and don't work. I am just so baffled right now and I'm sure it's so simple .

The basic pseudocode I want is:

Chr(ascii), 10 is enter, 208 is down, 200 is up,

code:

If key = chr(208) then move pointer to new game If key = chr(10) once pointer is on new game, then go to new game menu If key = chr(200) then move pointer to continue, or leave it where it is (default on continue) If key = chr(10) once pointer is on continue, then go to continue menu

I only had a few minutes to get on the net while working on this and couldn't find anything. I also spent about 2 hours trying different things that worked in my head but not in turing .

If anyone can offer any help on either of the 2 problems I am having it will be put to good use . Thanks in advanced, L.O.

[Delos]

Here's the thing w/ OOT. For optimal usage, work w/ classes and/or modules. Either or, you'll be using lots of procedures. With most other higher level langs, you can call a procedure before it's been declared. Not so in OOT.
Thus, I can see 3ish procedures you'll need for the basic framework here.
- game procedure: this contains the actual game, and reads specific data regarding the player etc, that is already stored
- new game procedure: creates player data, then calls the game proc to continue
- menu procedure: if the 'New Game' option is selected, calls the new game proc, otherwise loads saved data and calls the game proc.

Basically, in terms of chronology, think backwards.

[Leftover]

That makes sence and it's still early enough to change my program to that, but I still can't make my menu pick one of those procedures by pressing enter

Is it just not possible to do it the way I want to? If so it seems pretty odd that code from 87 cand do it but not code from 2005

[Leftover]

Nevermind, I re read that about 50 times and I tried some stuff and got it.

code:

loop     if hasch then         enter := getchar         if enter = chr (208) then             ContNew := false             GUI.SetBackgroundColor (255)             Pic.Draw (hand_dwn, 135, 155, picCopy)             Pic.Draw (logo, 135, 325, picCopy)             Pic.Draw (new_bl, 170, 155, picCopy)             Pic.Draw (continue_bl, 170, 235, picCopy)             Draw.FillBox (125, 30, 365, 58, 33)             Font.Draw ("C 2005 SPORK", 126, 46, font2, 0)             Font.Draw ("C 2005 NINTENDO", 126, 31, font2, 0)             View.Update         end if         if enter = chr (200) then             ContNew := true             GUI.SetBackgroundColor (255)             Pic.Draw (hand_up, 135, 235, picCopy)             Pic.Draw (logo, 135, 325, picCopy)             Pic.Draw (new_bl, 170, 155, picCopy)             Pic.Draw (continue_bl, 170, 235, picCopy)             Draw.FillBox (125, 30, 365, 58, 33)             Font.Draw ("C 2005 SPORK", 126, 46, font2, 0)             Font.Draw ("C 2005 NINTENDO", 126, 31, font2, 0)             View.Update         end if         if enter = chr (10) then             if ContNew = true then                 continue   % This would be the procedure called when person wants to continue             elsif ContNew = false then                 newgame  % This would be the procedure called when a person chooses to start a new game             end if         end if

Thanks again Delos, and it's nice to know that it's a bit easier in higher level programming, as it may be my choice for college if I can not get a place in Toronto. I just wish I had more time to read up on other langs

[Delos]

Hmm...if you want to know anything about higher level programming, speak to wtd...my experience in programming wanders sweet short paths away from OOT...so sad I know.

I would still suggest that you alter your proggie and use procedures instead. You will like them lots.