ok update, I got the cubes to finally spawn in a random set, through a loop... only issue is... its....
It wont allow me to delete any of these objects, which, is a big problem, considering I want it to be a completely random experience...

What I dont understand is, I believe these are created in a global styled array...
and, it confuses me more, because, how.... how do you define global in this environment?

I feel im correct with the ladder statement, and such...
If that is how this entire system is operating...

Then I literally have everything I need to create absolutely every game I want...
The problem is, It will become very taxing on the lines of code because I will need to manually input several, meaning 10+ enemies for whatever Im creating...

In my first example I will be trying to stick to 10 objects per enemy, and each subset will contain 3 or so of each enemy. I need about 30 subsets to not break the environment and keep it cohesive..

I have approximately 4 - 5 enemy types in one subset...
So that means I will need 4500 objects... for a single subset... my most.... demanding subset...
the others have slight differences but, only one or two enemies.... so... im not as worried about them, but that requires additional LINES of code...

which means, I will need to not create the objects initially, but rather their global identity,
and when they are spawned, they will be created, and subsequently destroyed through regular means and gameover...

when I get everything in a working state, I will have more to comment on the actual use of this software.
in my eyes, this system has alot of potential, I can work with a 2300 object limit, the old version of this game i am reproducing probably used 1000-1300 at any given time...
depending on character selected and overall what was happening in-game...

the difference in this situation is the fact that I do not have to emulate a game play scenario.
so, with the previous version being flawed by an overly abundant use of objects, whilst playing a game in a game, I feel this software will just keep on pushing.
also because, I can stretch objects...
(which further lowers my object count)
In the other version I was forced to use square cubes... which, I became very clever at reducing object weight with and can only imagine what I can do with this.
I also was forced into using terrain, which, is the only reason it ended up working as well as it did.

Also because this software processes the information so fast, I believe I will have no issues in spawning sets onto the map...
increasing the games difficulty abundantly...

That is how I will initially look towards this project....
Im not quite that thrilled to be putting this much effort into something that shouldnt be this difficult, but...
Initially it took me about 6 months of a fever dream to even get it into a working state with the limits I already had...
And was by far, one of the better experiences to have on that platform. recieving around 60k downloads..

I started this journey with the idea to create my games on the Nintendo Switch,
because I love the games I have created, the Nintendo Switch, and.... Im intelligent enough to do anything I set my mind to.
They should be fast imports because I already have the concepts written/created, my only issue is, I would need another 4500+ objects per MAJOR theme, like xmas, halloween, ect...
and as-much-as I want to have faith in this program...
Im not sure if it could handle everything in one package, but... after I get it working, again, I will make a copy and try it.

The one problem I'm already aware of is, this program literally reads, EVERY SINGLE LINE, over and over and over and over... regardless of an if statement..
regardless of anything...
Ive had code that wasnt supposed to be accessed - accessed and ran, and then unran... and my booleans and variables were all in check...

This program has no chill...
So, that could be my downfall... but then, I'll learn how to slap FUZE and get it working just like I did before...

I look forward to making you jealous. Because I make great games that are aesthetically pleasing.
My monopoly board is by no means done, but when im done it will look exactly like a monopoly board, policeman and all...
Its in the forums, idk categories...
and I have crazy plans for that aswell....
(I also like producing thumbnails)

( I just... I really hate the idea of writing sooooooo many lines of code... at least I made a 3D editor...)

@Jaywalker cheers hopefully find some more time to test this out

@pianofire Ok awesome , thank you - I've really only stepped up from single variables to vectors and arrays in the last months so I'll need to practice more use of different variable types I think - Thanks again!

@sahara-min thankyou il give this a go i pretty much abandoned hope but i can see this working

I'd start with 2d or a single screened game,
It's very worth it using the sample games loading them up and just customizing them
So you learn where to put code and what does what it helped me immensely!
Still worth holding onto your project as it's great to add to it as you learn.

@pianofire It's very helpful, thank you.

@waldron said in Background layers:

@Dave got it working;) but got game slow down but its working

Nevermind increased my frame rate

There will be a few updated demo programs added to Fuze in an upcoming patch which contain a better foundation for using the map and sprite commands with player controls. This should really help here!

Hope you got the help you needed, if not please let me know if I can help out.

@Discostew This was the reason. Anyway I think that we are committed now without breaking everyone's programs

@pianofire perfect thanks

@kendog400 said in I have a fibinatchi program here that needs work, can anyone see what went wrong ?:

Is there a tutorial video on how I can put the nitendo switch screen shots on to twitter ?

No tutorial as such but you press the screenshot button on the left joycon (long press for the last 30s of video). Then, on the switch you go to the gallery on the home page. From there you have options to edit the video (if it was a video) and assuming you have linked your Twitter and Nintendo accounts, upload.

I'm sure Nintendo must have instructions for all of this somewhere since it's not specific to Fuze.

OR, you could power off the switch (annoying!), remove the SD card, and copy the screenshot or video off of the SD card to some online service (such as twitter).

Thank you I'll give it a try.

@Nisse5 thank you that's fixed it. I wondered what the other possible image types were after reading the in game help.

@pianofire it counts that I reported a bug now? 😁

@Thierry Glad that worked out for you, and thanks for the compliment!

@MikeDX Thanks, it looked like 2 triangles. :-) Will try another approach.

I do similarly for my text adventure, but I didn’t create a function for it like you did. I should replace all those double drawtext calls with this.

Very nice !
Thank's you for the tips @Martin

There seems to be something wrong with arrays that causes type errors under heavier usage, will make another bug post about it shortly

You can use array of structures and iterate over an array and access the element of the structure. Don't have my switch here (so unfortunately can't take a look into help), but here's what I've done:
struct terrainElement
float elevation
integer hashIndex
endStruct

terrainElement terrainMap[4096]

for i=0 to elementsNo loop
print(terrainMap[i].elevation)
repeat

The main benefit is that doing graphics in huge batches like this and then calling an 'update' function makes performance much better.
Basically you'd be able to do way more graphics text and other stuff before FUZE slows down with the update thing in place than without it.