Subroutines

[jazz_e_bob]

At the moment I am using Actors with Activation Events to hold subroutines.

For example: MoveAllActorsHome, ResetScores or FadeAllPlayers...

Is there a better way to do this?

Sometimes this doesn't work well because an Activation Event seems to work in parallel with the code after it. Normal subroutines, on the other hand, interrupt the program flow until they complete.

Comments? Anyone? Bueller?

[ingsan]

What are subroutines, jazz ?
Is that to save, load vars or something like that ?

[Just4Fun]

ingsan,
A subroutine is like a little sub program that runs,when called, within your actual program.
Like:
"My Subroutine to draw some random lines"
-----> your code to drawlines
end of subroutine

Your actual program flow:
------> some code
call "My Subroutine to draw some random lines"
------> your program jumps to the subroutine code to draw lines and returns here.
------> continue with your program code.

[ingsan]

What i can understand is that a subroutine is a code that you write and save for later use i'm hope I'm getting it
I'm impatiently awaiting an answer to Jazz-e-bob's post !

Thank you Just-4-Fun

[jazz_e_bob]

I often find myself saving out chunks of script and merging them back into several other scripts. It's, tedious, prone to error AND if you update the routine you need to edit each and every place it is used.

This is where subroutines are useful.

At the moment I use an actor with the subroutine in its activation event.

eg SendActivationEvent("resetGame");

Thanks for the feedback.



Hope ewes are all well.

[makslane]

You can put your subroutines in the Global code editor

[jazz_e_bob]

You can put your subroutines in the Global code editor

I thought you couldn't read or set actor properties with Global code.

[makslane]

You can't write the internals vars, but can read
And the user vars you can write and read

Don't works ?

[jazz_e_bob]

It all seems ok from here.

You can't write the internals vars, but can read
And the user vars you can write and read

Internal vars? Do you mean local? Examples?

In my test I was able to destroy an actor and set its xvelocity with global code.

[makslane]

internal vars: x, y, xscreen, yscreen, r, g, b, transp, ...

[jazz_e_bob]

Why can't we update internal vars then?

(This means you can't write a subroutine that moves a group of actors to a specific location for instance.)

[jazz_e_bob]

I have discover a workaround...

http://www.maybanana.com/pantzboi/game_editor/moveTest.ged

[jazz_e_bob]

No I haven't.

This method creates even more problems!!

Help!!! What is the best way to write subroutines in GE?

( Subroutines are the only method I know for managing program complexity. )

jazz

[jazz_e_bob]

I have a cunning plan...

[makslane]

What's the problem with your method?