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How can I do this better? ENABLE_TOUCH #271852 06/15/09 12:18 06/15/09 12:18
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 321 Norway Eagelina OP Senior Member
Eagelina OP Senior Member Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 321 Norway	This is what I am trying to do: A model of a candle is in the game. Unligt is ticked in the properties. So the model is dark. I have added some text, that shows when the candle are touched, and that works fine.... But this dont..... What I whant is the player touch with mousepointer and left click with mouse and then the candle will be lighted up setting the ambient to 100. Problem is that it takes forever to react. I click on the candle and I have to click many times and some times it works and some time it dont. Does any of you have any suggestion on how to make it react faster? I whant the candle to get ambient to 100 as soon as the mouse is clicked Code: function display_light() { set (message_txt, VISIBLE); wait (-1); reset (message_txt, VISIBLE); if(mouse_left) { if(mouse_ent) { my.ambient = 100; } } } action lyse_stake() { set(my,PASSABLE); my.emask \|= (ENABLE_TOUCH); my.event = display_light; } Code: ////mouse///// function mouse_startup() { mouse_mode = 2; //mouse_range=5000; mouse_map = bmp_mouse_ptr; while (1) { vec_set(mouse_pos, mouse_cursor); wait(1); } } ///////////// Last edited by Eagelina; 06/15/09 12:39. A6 and A7 Commercial ------------------- Programmer always searching for more to learn and understand.

Re: How can I do this better? ENABLE_TOUCH [Re: Eagelina] #271863 06/15/09 13:47 06/15/09 13:47
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,178 England M MrGuest Serious User
MrGuest Serious User M Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,178 England	heya, whenever i use entities in a game, i define them with a class (__class) so i know know what they are when using them Code: #define __class skill1 #define _class_candle 1 have the function that'll determine what the light does Code: //operate candle function click_light(ENTITY* _ent){ //toggle the ambience _ent.ambient = 100 - _ent.ambient; //100 - 100 = 0 \|\| 100 - 0 = 100 //display text set(message_txt, SHOW); //wait 1 second wait(-1); //hide text reset(message_txt, SHOW); } have 1 function that catches all mouse_clicks, i've shortened here though so you can see what's happening easier Code: //catches all mouse_left clicks function mouse_click(){ //if hit any entity if(mouse_ent){ //see what's being clicked switch(mouse_ent.__class) //if candle case _class_candle: //call click_light click_light(mouse_ent); break; } } } then set your mouse function for left clicks Code: void main(){ mouse_mode = 4; on_mouse_left = mouse_click; } also if you use mouse_mode = 4; it'll save using while(1) vec_set(mouse_pos, mouse_cursor etc... Hope this helps! untested

Re: How can I do this better? ENABLE_TOUCH [Re: MrGuest] #271870 06/15/09 14:06 06/15/09 14:06
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 624 DEEP 13 badapple User
badapple User Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 624 DEEP 13	i made you a quick working demo also if you want it , get it here get here

Re: How can I do this better? ENABLE_TOUCH [Re: Eagelina] #271873 06/15/09 14:20 06/15/09 14:20
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 321 Norway Eagelina OP Senior Member
Eagelina OP Senior Member Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 321 Norway	@MrGuest Thanks for the suggestion , I will try it out later today. @badapple Thanks I have downloaded it and: Wow you made much more than I whanted. I will use the evening to study the code. ------------------------------- Thanks! Now are there going to be a lot of candles in my game.... The goal with this is that the player must "light" several candles in a spesial order....to get the key..... A6 and A7 Commercial ------------------- Programmer always searching for more to learn and understand.

Re: How can I do this better? ENABLE_TOUCH [Re: MrGuest] #272097 06/16/09 13:15 06/16/09 13:15
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 321 Norway Eagelina OP Senior Member
Eagelina OP Senior Member Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 321 Norway	@MrGuest I had to ad this code to make it work: Code: action light() { my.emask \|= ENABLE_CLICK; my.event = click_light; my.ambient=-100; } By the way isent this way of coding (your code) like Object Oriented Programming? It looks a lot like we did program with Java, and I have been coding with different of C(+, ++, # )that I have seen the same. And yes it is much better to program this way, it is so much easy to "understand" it..... for me anyway..... Thanks! A6 and A7 Commercial ------------------- Programmer always searching for more to learn and understand.

Re: How can I do this better? ENABLE_TOUCH [Re: MrGuest] #272107 06/16/09 13:58 06/16/09 13:58
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 321 Norway Eagelina OP Senior Member
Eagelina OP Senior Member Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 321 Norway	If I am not wrong mrguest, so is some of the code C-script.... I am only using Lite-C. Eksample: when I select this in SED it says C-script function click_light(ENTITY* _ent) <--- The ENTITY* _ent does sed say that it is C-script. A6 and A7 Commercial ------------------- Programmer always searching for more to learn and understand.

Re: How can I do this better? ENABLE_TOUCH [Re: Eagelina] #272196 06/16/09 21:28 06/16/09 21:28
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MrGuest Serious User M Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,178 England	all of the code there is lite-c, some of it's probably CScript too, but it's been quite a while since i've used it, i wouldn't be able to tell you which part try just renaming _ent to something similar Code: function click_light(ENTITY* ent_temp){