Spawn Random Objects :)

Weeell yeah you can

1/ set some specific patterns in a string like

Global test patList = ""
Global number index=0
Global number line=0
+System: start of layout
  Local variable curLine=""
  -> System: set patList to "01321320
03213210
02313210
23132120
02030102"
  -> System: set curLine to tokenat(patList,line,newline)
  +System: for "" from 0 to tokencount(curLine,"")-1
    -> System: create arrow at x0+loopindex*cs,y0
    -> arrow: set a to tokenat(curLine,loopindex,"")

Global number seed=123456
Global number srand=0
Global number a = 22695477  // just a constant
Global number c = 1  // just a constant
Global number m = 4294967296  // just a constant
+System: On start of layout
  -> Set srand to seed
// Each time you want to do a random(3) you do things like that:
+System: for "" from 0 to aCount
  -> System: create arrow at x0+loopindex*cs,y0
  -> System: Set srand to (srand*a+c)%m
  -> arrow: set a to floor((srand/m)*3)

Yann,

"-> System: create arrow at x0+loopindex*cs,y0"

     - cs is not a system value it says <img src="smileys/smiley6.gif" border="0" align="middle" />

-> arrow: set a to tokenat(curLine,loopindex,"")

     -> Cannot set a string to a numbered variable.

smitchell

yeah int(tokenat()) I sometimes forget too

Ah yeah 'cs' is an old habit of mine it means "cell Size" I always use that in grid based stuff. If I remember I used arrow.width instead.

Yann, I tried to get this working but no luck! :(

Take a look : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/51270524/Test.capx

What I wrote was just a kind of add-on, you still had to keep most of what was in the base capx. But you blindly remove too much stuff. Like setting the order instance variable, the start of layout destruction and x0,y0 setting and of course it was only the loop at start of layout, you have to copy the same one when you end a line (you can also use function to avoid copying this loop code)

Anyway

smitchArrow.capx

Yann, I see now. But I found a bug, If you set the patlist to: "12341234"

when you press 4 - which should be the right arrow it doesn't recognize it as the correct arrow.

Oops never mind this was me being dumb :P

Wait! Yann, it does seem to be a bug. Is this just me or are you experiencing this aswell?

smitchell

be carefull:

0 = right

1 = down

2 = left

3 = up

The angle of the arrow sprite = a*90 that's why

if you use 4 the arrow sprite will be properly displayed (4*90 = 360), but the 'a' instance variable is also used to compare the input.

haha, I changed these to 2,3,0,1 for the hardmode, so you have to press the opposite key! tricky~ :)

haha some people got stoned to death with that kind of idea :D

Yann, Interesting read of your code here! nice concept guys.

How hard would it be to make it more like a conventional music based game, where the notes come in on a timer and you have to hit the note at the target position to get it correct?

I tried:

System.Compare(Cur = aCount)

Every(1.0 seconds)

     -> etc

     -> etc

But I guess im completely off as usual?

I get the moving of thing, using lerp right? then if its over the target sprite and the correct key is pressed add 1 to good. I think im right there :)

very hard

Yann, ahh dammit! <img src="smileys/smiley6.gif" border="0" align="middle" />

I just want to have the pattered list, but tween the closest one to a target position, then if it's at that position and the correct key is pressed the badaboom! can you help me out? pwetty please *flutters eyelids*

Can no one help me? [:'(]