[ASK] What Functions do you use most?

[Bee-Ant]

The title says it all.

I'm wondering what event and functions do people use most in GE. Please list them all.



EDIT:
Event in this case are:
- Collision
- Create Actor
- Draw Actor
- Keydown
- etc

Function in this case are:
- Physical Response
- MoveActor
- Create Actor
- Play Sound
- etc

[schnellboot]

definately Draw Actor and Script Editor haha

[lcl]

Here's my list

Events:

• Activation Event (through code, not the colored lines created via right-clicking)
• Collision
• Create Actor
• Draw Actor
• Key Down
• Key Up
• Mouse Button Up
• Mouse Button Down

Actions (as in the list that pops up after selecting an event):

• Script Editor (I don't use any other ones, all those can be done in script editor with more flexibility, so why bother?)

Functions (as in built-in script editor functions in GE):

• ActorCount
• ChangeAnimation
• ChangeAnimationDirection
• CreateActor
• DestroyActor
• EventDisable
• EventEnable
• ExitGame
• GetKeyState
• SendActivationEvent
• VisibilityState
• And of course all the basic C functions like math functions, file i/o, drawing functions, etc. I'm too lazy to name all those

EDIT: How about you, Bee-Ant?

[Jagmaster]

I haven't used GE in a long time. I doubt these are supported in c, but I'm getting pretty addicted to lists in c#, they're pretty handy for things like databases and inventory systems.

As for GE functions, I can't count the amount of times I had to put a physical response function on my actors. That was one of the reasons I was looking forward to box2d integration many moons ago.

Other than that, my list would be pretty much identical to Bee-Ant's, schnellboot's and lcl's.

I think there was one other custom function, like getActor2 or something like that that I used a lot.

also fprintf, since that was the only decent way to edit a string lol.

[Bee-Ant]

Thanks for the list everyone

definately Draw Actor and Script Editor haha

Can't live without it too

but I'm getting pretty addicted to lists in c#, they're pretty handy for things like databases and inventory systems

Javascript has that too. It's quite fun to play with indeed.

How about you, Bee-Ant?

I used to use the following Event(s):
- Animation Finish
- Collision
- Collision Finish
- Create Actor
- Draw Actor
- Key Down
- Key Up
- Timer

The following Action(s):
- Script Editor

The following Function(s):
- Change Animation
- Change ZDepth
- Create Actor
- Create Timer
- Destroy Actor
- Destroy Timer
- Exit Game
- Load Game
- Physical Response
- Play Music
- Play Sound
- Visibility State
- fread
- fwrite
- getclone
- max
- min
- rand
- strcat
- strcmp
- strcpy
- strlen

The followings Variable(s):
- x
- y
- xvelocity
- yvelocity
- angle
- directional_velocity
- r
- g
- g
- transp
- animpos
- animindex
- width
- height
- cloneindex
- musicvol

[MrJolteon]

if

[tvz]

if

same for me

Events:
- Animation Finish
- Collision
- Create Actor
- Draw Actor
- Key Down
- Key Up
- Timer

Functions:
- Change Animation
- Create Actor
- Create Timer
- Destroy Actor
- Destroy Timer
- Exit Game
- Load Game
- Physical Response
- Play Music
- Play Sound
- Visibility State
- getclone

Variables:
- r
- g
- b
- x
- y
- xvelocity
- yvelocity
- angle
- directional_velocity
- height
- width
- cloneindex
- musicvol
- animpos
- transp

and my favourite line of code is

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animpos=cloneindex; //XD

[Bee-Ant]

if

I think it's a conditional check instead of function?

@tvz: Ha... use that code too. Usually for menu button

[lcl]

if

I think it's a conditional check instead of function?

Yes, Bee-Ant is right, if is not a function. In C, if is a keyword for conditional statement.

[Zivouhr]

Nice lists of functions. I use a lot of those also. My favorite is the script editor since it lets you copy/paste codes.

Question I've had is about the key down functions.

While there's an automated way to click on actor/keydown event (select the keys)/script editor or event applied, is there a way to manually create a key down event within a script itself?
For example, I'm guessing you can't add a key down event in let's say, a create actor script editor to create manual code for a keydown:

In other words, is there ever a way to script the drop down choices for a key down event within a script editor of create actor?
KEY DOWN:
"Press the key or key sequence" Keys: Right, right, right, left
Execute when: Keys are pressed in order
Repeat: Enable
Script Editor

It's a weird question but sometimes I'm in a script editor window, and wish I could figure out how to access the key down options, but have never seen an example of it in a script, so imagine it might not be possible, since Makslane programmed the Key Down Function as a drop down choice in Add/Events.
Just like we probably can't script a "Draw Actor" separately outside of the add/draw actor event.
I don't recall what I was going to use this for other than more control options, so it's not a big deal. I just need to learn more about C and its logic for more complex commands.

[koala]

I was wondering the same thing. Good question.

[Zivouhr]

Thanks Koala. I remember I wanted to apply those features in a player/drawactor/script editor event, especially the repeat enabled or disabled option most of all.

[bat78]

Short answer - it's possible.
Is it hard - no

You can use the function getLastKey that returns the corresponding decimal number (known as key code) of the last pressed key.
Game-Editor defines several macros in order to provide textual representation of these key codes.
KEY_a
KEY_LEFT
etc
There is another function that converts key code into a context string. To assure yourself, you can use something like that:

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sprintf(text, "Last pressed key: [%s]", getKeyText(getLastKey()));

And the last but not the least, a function to return the condition of all the keys. It returns a statically allocated array with the condition of each key (whether it is pressed or not).

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char *key = GetKeyState();

if(key[KEY_a]) {...}
//or if(key['a']) {...}

Now you can use these functions to compose functions such as:

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int keyDown (int keyCode, int repeat); // Returns 1 if the key specified by keyCode is pressed, set repeat to 1 if you want it to return 1 if it is held.
int keyList (int keyCodes [], int repeat); // Returns 1 if at least one of the keys specified by keyCode is pressed, set repeat to 1 if you want it to return 1 if it is held
int keySequence (int sequence []); // Returns 1 if all the keys specified by sequence are pressed

[Zivouhr]

Thanks for the information Bat. I'll take a look into it.