Problem with sprites & arrays
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@SteveZX81 Ah yes 4AM programming. I know it well
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Yep! sounds perfectly normal to me. wake up with idea and must try it. programming isn't typing, it's thinking. well actually the typing is the programming but the developer part is the thinking
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Guys, I'm really sorry for keeping spamming this thread but I feel I'm so close..
I've been working on my 4am idea and that is to use an array to set the # of coins in a column (row to you guys) and then draw the coins using the array to draw however many coins in each column then deduct 1 from the index of the array when a coin in that column(row to you) is hit.
This is what I have now.
The first bit sets up the array and sets each index to 3 (3 coins in a stack, just to test it)
The second bit of code draws the coin sprites on screen using the array to see how many to add
The third bit tests for a collision with the bomb and apart from adding to the score etc, it takes one away from the array (which hopefully means that column(row to you) will draw with one less coin next time)
but I'm getting errors like 'array out of bounds'.
I honestly feel that I'm close to this working.. well, I think so.
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@SteveZX81 It's line 140 that gets the error isn't it? You're looping up to 26, while the highest array index you can use for that array is 9.
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@Nisse5 said in Problem with sprites & arrays:
@SteveZX81 It's line 140 that gets the error isn't it? You're looping up to 26, while the highest array index you can use for that array is 9.
Right yeah! ohh damn.. that kind of trashes the whole 'approach'. as changing that to 9 means it won't detect a collision with the others. ughhhh and I really thought I was close to fixing it. hells bells
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@SteveZX81 said in Problem with sprites & arrays:
@Nisse5 said in Problem with sprites & arrays:
@SteveZX81 It's line 140 that gets the error isn't it? You're looping up to 26, while the highest array index you can use for that array is 9.
Right yeah! ohh damn.. that kind of trashes the whole 'approach'. as changing that to 9 means it won't detect a collision with the others. ughhhh and I really thought I was close to fixing it. hells bells
I'm not actually sure the approach is wrong... I just think you use the wrong index for what you want to do. (Hint: look for example how you draw the coins and how you use array indexes there.)
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Thanks.
I've tried redoing the collision bit to this but alas no joy. I've tried so many variants now that I'm about to put my fist through my monitor lol.
Here is my latest lame failed attempt
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@SteveZX81 Go a bit further and use "c=0" and "c+=1" as you do in the draw loop. Then reference c in the same way as you do in the draw loop. Currently, you loop in the same way, but you reference the array indexes in a different way.
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Thanks, I did do that but no joy. I think I've wasted enough of your time on this so we'll call it a day but I really do appreciate the help you gave me!
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I'm utterly thrilled and delighted to announce that my problem is now solved and the game is working as should be.
This is not my doing (I thought I was close, but not really)Martin has gone above and beyond to help me with this and all I can do is say a HUGE Thank you!
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@Martin I think a pint is in order for you sir.
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@Martin Mate... That's awesome! Think I heard an angelic chorus when I read this! The joy and embarrassment that occurs when you learn something new in programming...
