[TIB] Re: TI-83 Basic stumper
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[TIB] Re: TI-83 Basic stumper
Here is an idea with the output command.
first, just so you know, when you use the output command on
split screen it starts at the top of the bottom half of the screen.
also what about this
If (player wants to pick up gold)
Then
randInt(10,100->G {number of gold pieces}
disp" (space)" {this shifts all your earlier text
messages up
disp" (space)" 2 lines leaving room for the output command}
Output(3,1,"You pick up the
Output(4,1,G
Output(4,5,"gold pieces
end
At 10:30 PM 8/18/02 -0400, you wrote:
>Ben,
>
>That's very clever; I hadn't considered that route.
>However, it doesn't work in this situation for two
>reasons.
>
> First and most important: my game uses the TI-83's
>Horiz split mode to display the dungeon map and
>the status messages simultaneously. The map is
>shown in the upper half of the window, and the status
>messages ("YOU HIT THE ORC! THE ORC MISSES. YOU
>HAVE SLAIN THE ORC...") scroll up in the bottom half
>of the screen.
> Therefore, I can't use Output(, because I don't know
>where on the display my messages will be appearing.
>
>Picture time!
>
>What I want: What I can get: What you get:
>
>---------------- ---------------- ----------------
>YOU HIT THE ORC. YOU HIT THE ORC. YOU HIT THE ORC.
>THE ORC HITS! THE ORC HITS! THE ORC HITS!
>
>becomes
>
>---------------- ---------------- ----------------
>THE ORC HITS! 85 YOU HIT THE ORC.
>YOU HAVE 85 GP. GP. YOU HAVE 85 GP.
>
>
>You see the problem? The Output(s overwrite previous messages!
>(I've modified the "YOU PICK UP THE 85 GOLD PIECES." message to
>show the problem more clearly. I hope you don't mind that I'm
>changing the problem just when you had a solution...)
>
> The less serious problem: that extra space in the output,
>before the "85". That can actually be fixed with some clever
>coding, but I don't think the first problem can.
>
> Verdict: this problem is still open.
>
>Thanks,
>
>-Arthur
>
>
>On Monday, 19 Aug 2002, you wrote:
> > From: "Ben Gladding" <benkenobi87@hotmail.com>
> > Subject: [TIB] Re: TI-83 Basic stumper
> > Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 16:10:18 -0400
> >
> >
> > Arthur,
> > Not sure if this is the "quick and speedy" method you are looking for,
> but I
> > would just use Output( to shift the numbers/letters over. ex:
> > If (player wants to pick up gold)
> > Then
> > randInt(10,100->G {number of gold pieces}
> > Output(1,1,"You pick up the
> > Output(2,1,G
> > Output(2,5,"gold pieces
> >
> > I know this is a bit more cumbersome and larger than the orginial, but it
> > was the easiest way I could think of to basically shift things
> over. As for
> > converting interger numbers to a string, I think it can be done (remember
> > reading about it somwhere), but, alas seem to have misplaced website URL.
> > Hope this helps...
> > -Ben
> >
> > >From: "Arthur J. O'Dwyer" <ajo@andrew.cmu.edu>
> > >Reply-To: ti-basic@lists.ticalc.org
> > >To: ti-basic@lists.ticalc.org
> > >Subject: [TIB] TI-83 Basic stumper
> > >Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 13:50:54 -0400 (EDT)
> > >
>-snip-
> > > Is there a way in Basic to convert an
> > >integer number to its string representation
> > >in a string variable? For example, in
> > >my current project, "Rogue", I have piles
> > >of gold pieces which the player can pick
> > >up as in the following snippet:
> > >
> > > If (player wants to pick up gold)
> > > randInt(10,100->G {number of gold pieces}
> > > Disp "YOU PICK UP THE",G,"GOLD PIECES."
> > >
> > >But that displays as
> > >
> > > YOU PICK UP THE
> > > 85
> > > GOLD PIECES.
> > >
> > >and what I want is more like
> > >
> > > YOU PICK UP THE
> > > 85 GOLD PIECES.
> > >
> > >which could be accomplished easily
> > >if I could get the value of G into
> > >Str1,...
> > >
>-snip-
> > >-Arthur
> > >ajo at andrew dot cmu dot edu
Matt
romman@cinci.rr.com
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