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AndyUK Mascot Maniac Registered 01/08/2002 Points 14586	27th January, 2011 at 14:30:13 - Ah, the days of using the timer in jump events. Uncontrollable variable jumping lol. .
siven I EAT ROCKS Registered 03/11/2008 Points 604	27th January, 2011 at 18:30:06 - Well, just so you guys can see, this is what i did. +Object(Guninhand) Is faceing -> +Alterable value A of Guninhand is lower or = to 0 +Upon Pressing D key = Fire bullet = add 20 to alterable value A of guninhand and then... +Every 0.1 seconds +alterable value a of guninhand greater than 0 =subtract 0.1 from alterable value A it works just fine too. [Game design makes my brain feel like its gonna explode.]
OMC What a goofball Registered 21/05/2007 Points 3516	27th January, 2011 at 18:31:42 - You should switch the every 0.1 seconds out for an always.
Silveraura God's God Registered 08/08/2002 Points 6747	28th January, 2011 at 02:49:54 - Originally Posted by OldManClayton You should switch the every 0.1 seconds out for an always. Always is faster then every 0.1 seconds. http://www.facebook.com/truediamondgame
OMC What a goofball Registered 21/05/2007 Points 3516	28th January, 2011 at 03:00:30 - Which would be easily fixed by adding a higher number to the alterable value.
siven I EAT ROCKS Registered 03/11/2008 Points 604	29th January, 2011 at 02:21:26 - what would be the point in making it an always event? using the 0.1 secs makes it easier to moderate the amount of time between shots fired. and i read something somewhere that said the fastest mmf2 can process events is 0.2 secs, is that true? [Game design makes my brain feel like its gonna explode.]
UrbanMonk BRING BACK MITCH Registered 07/07/2008 Points 49567	29th January, 2011 at 05:25:59 - No, MMF will process as fast as your computer can handle and within the frame rate limit. OMC is right, the timer event may work fine on your computer, heck it may even run fine on every computer, but it's a bad habit to get into because once you start using larger amounts of time you'll start to have inconsistencies if the game runs at an inconsistent frame rate. The Timer is based on real time, and not in-game time. That's the only real problem. n/a
Duncan Thelonious Dunc Registered 18/05/2002 Points 552	29th January, 2011 at 13:23:45 - Siven, once we've learned that the timer is evil, we use no timer at all! and i read something somewhere that said the fastest mmf2 can process events is 0.2 secs, is that true? Before MMF2 introduced framerate settings, all klik games ran at 50FPS. I.e., if the game was running at maximum speed (which it rarely would be), the events would run and the screen would be redrawn every 0.02 seconds (protip: this is completely different from every 0.2 seconds). The 'Always' event means 'every frame'. Unless you use 'machine-independent speed', which I remember typically being gamebreaking, the game speed is going to fluctuate with framerate. The timer isn't, so it's a one-way ticket to inconsistency land. n/a
*Zephni* My other cars a Balrog Registered 17/10/2007 Points 4019	30th January, 2011 at 11:27:20 - So all in all. This is is how your conditions and events should go: + Upon pressing "Fire button" + If guninhand is faceing direction 0 + Active.altval = 0 - Fire bullet - Set Active.altval to (time before you can shoot again, maybe 10) + While Active.altval > 0 - Active.altval = -1 dont make me divide by zero...
the Pilgrim Registered 31/05/2004 Points 56	16th April, 2011 at 16:07:15 - Originally Posted by Assault Andy Repeat while is pressed "Space" + Active.AltA = 0 Then > Active.AltA = 10 > Fire Bullet If Active.AltA > 0 Then > Active.AltA = Active.AltA - 1 Where 10 is the cooldown time. Why haven't I figured this one out? This was just the one I needed for my comming new project! Thanks! "I am always on the move, becuase I am a pilgrim in this world."
*The* Chris Street Administrator Unspeakably Lazy Admin Registered 14/05/2002 Points 48487	16th April, 2011 at 16:16:19 - I thought "Always" equated to "0.02" seconds. n/a
Liquixcat Administrator Lazy Coder Registered 08/12/2002 Points 201	19th April, 2011 at 12:29:30 - I read an article that basically said 0.02 timer is equal to Always. Even if that's true it's just better habit to use always. PS. How i'd do it. code------- +always subtract from value 1 +Space key down +value<=0 -Fire bullet -set value=10 end code------- thinking is like pong, it's easy, but you miss sometimes.
Jon Lambert Administrator Vaporware Master Registered 19/12/2004 Points 8235	19th April, 2011 at 20:51:32 - Originally Posted by The Chris Street I thought "Always" equated to "0.02" seconds. That's only when the framerate is 50. "Always" equates to FrameRate/100.0. The default framerate is 50, so by default, "Always" is "Every 0.02 seconds". Sandwich Time!Whoo! JoyCheck & KeyCheck Widgets For easy implementation of customizable joystick and keyboard controls. http://www.create-games.com/download.asp?id=8364
Silveraura God's God Registered 08/08/2002 Points 6747	19th April, 2011 at 23:12:55 - Yeah, I was gonna say. In-game loops are completely independent of time. This is precisely why timer events are a bad idea to use, because when the game slows down, timer events still fire on time. "Always" is based on in-game loops, so if you increased the framerate, naturally "always" would be a faster than 0.02 seconds. Likewise, if you slowed the framerate down, "always" would be slower than 0.02 seconds. Slow it down to 30fps and Always will literally fire 30x a second. http://www.facebook.com/truediamondgame
Jacob! Registered 17/06/2011 Points 153	24th April, 2011 at 06:01:16 - No, you're all doing it wrong. The original poster had it almost right. Repeat While "Fire" is pressed Restrict Actions for 0.10 seconds -Shoot Object Have you even been far as decided to use even go want to do look more like?

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