I need some help?

[Wayne Rayner]

Ok I have just started to continue on with my racing manager game and I have found out a problem. I want to know whether I can permanantly keep a line that tells the player the amount of money the team has on every screen that there is. I don't feel like writing the lines of code that takes so much time i only want to have it written once and nether again.

Also how would you make a button and How would you make a exit button

Thanks
Wayne Rayner

[shadow008]

i dont have the slightest clue what ur trying to say but i think what you might want to use is a function or sub? If your trying to have certain lines of code to be executed whenever you please then use one of them. if im way off im sorry cause your post seems hard to understand.

[Wayne Rayner]

ok I need to know say I make 5 screens for a game. One is the team HQ the other 4 are for buying parts, signing drivers, signing sponsers and race day. Can I make buttons that would go from one screen to the other.

Wayne Rayner

[shadow008]

well yeah. use a function or sub and call it when needed (assuming you know how they work) and make maybe a 2d sprite to make a button and add mouse collision i guess. and reset the screen to the desired output in the function/sub. thats my best guess to your problem. i take it you want 5 seperate screens not 5 screens in one cause i dont know how you do that
and your probly gonna have to know how to read and write files

[Wayne Rayner]

Well I don't know how to make subs and functions

[Nicky Peter Hollyoake]

Heres a small example.

const MENU   = 1
const SHOP   = 2
const OPTION = 3

dim SCREEN = MENU

TextMode (TEXT_BUFFERED)
while TRUE

    CLS

    if ScanKeyDown (VK_F1) then SCREEN = MENU endif
    if ScanKeyDown (VK_F2) then SCREEN = SHOP endif
    if ScanKeyDown (VK_F3) then SCREEN = OPTION endif
    
    if (SCREEN = MENU)   then         Printr"MENU"    endif
    if (SCREEN = SHOP)   then         Printr"SHOP"    endif
    if (SCREEN = OPTION) then         Printr"OPTION"  endif
    
    Printr
    Printr
    Printr"F1 = MENU"
    Printr"F2 = SHOP"
    Printr"F3 = OPTION"

    DrawText()                        
wend

(no subs/functions)

- Nicky

[Wayne Rayner]

Thanks nicky for helping me again - You, darkjester, djlinux andmatthew seem to be always helping me.

Also that helps me for my game as I will need a lot of keypresses.

Thanks Will post for more help in a couple of day

Wayne Rayner

[shadow008]

const MENU = 1
const SHOP = 2
const OPTION = 3

sub menu()
'put desired menu output here
endsub

sub shop()
'put desired shop output here
endsub

sub options()
'put desired options output here
endsub

dim SCREEN = MENU

TextMode (TEXT_BUFFERED)
while TRUE

CLS

if ScanKeyDown (VK_F1) then
SCREEN = MENU endif
menu() ' <-- this calls the menu sub
endif

if ScanKeyDown (VK_F2) then
SCREEN = SHOP endif
shop() ' <-- this calls the menu sub
endif

if ScanKeyDown (VK_F3) then
SCREEN = OPTION endif
option() ' <-- this calls the option sub
endif

if (SCREEN = MENU) then Printr"MENU" endif
if (SCREEN = SHOP) then Printr"SHOP" endif
if (SCREEN = OPTION) then Printr"OPTION" endif

Printr
Printr
Printr"F1 = MENU"
Printr"F2 = SHOP"
Printr"F3 = OPTION"

DrawText()
wend

basically subs are used to call code you dont wanna write many times over. just call the name of the sub. functions are similar, but i just use them for math instead of calling code

eg.

dim x,y

function addnumbers(y,z) '<-- it may look like it, but your not re-diming variables
dim x
'and i dont know how that works
x = y+z
return x '<-- it returns the value of x
endfunction

do
cls
input "enter x value ";x
input "enter y value ";y
print " the sum is: ";addnumbers(x,y) '<-- here you call the variables used, in this case x and y
sleep(500)
loop

: / i guess thats the best i can explain it in a short time

[twasik4]

now cole.. give him a working version..

[Wayne Rayner]

oh don't worry I have postponed this for a while. I'm gonna try a little pokemon clone if I can lol. will have features I wud like that not in pokemon.

I will also have different things, but i will try and make a demo of it.

Wayne Rayner