Adventure Creator original thread

[tlaero]

I've uploaded a new version of adventure creator. The program is still 3.0, but _functions.js in the tutorials handles the new way of doing variables that increases the number of them you can have. No changes in your code necessary. Just grab the updated _functions.js.

https://rapidshare.com/files/942810411/ ... reator.zip

Tlaero

[tlaero]

Here's how to figure out how many variables you can have now. I store all the variables in a 4096 character string. Each variable has the name, the number, and two other characters. Assuming most variables have a single digit number, and assuming the names are 7 characters, you've now got room for over 400 variables. If you need more than that, you can use shorter variable names. With 4 letter variable names you've got room for 580 and with 3 letter variable names you've got room for 680.

If people start doing games with more than that number of variables, I can make it use more strings. But I've never come close to that, so I figure this is probably enough for a while.

Tlaero

[sylakone2]

Excellent As always Tlaero
Thanks again for your hard work I will put that to use as soon as I get an opportunity.

Cheers

Sy

[Dakutis]

It would be great if there be more tutorials, maybe with more complex things you can create with program or _game.js, _functions.js files.

[Squeeky]

Pardon?

What are you asking?
That tlaero offers tutorials to create templates so you can diversify your gaming strategy more easily?

I'd love that our lovely lady did not have to try to preempt one's potential to imagine. You might care to define more exactly what you mean. That way I am sure there are those who know her work may be able to assist us without putting undue pressure upon her.

[Dakutis]

Pardon?

What are you asking?
That tlaero offers tutorials to create templates so you can diversify your gaming strategy more easily?

I'd love that our lovely lady did not have to try to preempt one's potential to imagine. You might care to define more exactly what you mean. That way I am sure there are those who know her work may be able to assist us without putting undue pressure upon her.

No I don't need templates, maybe more info about functions (something like 'save restore' and etc.) I think there is more functions to use, but such noobs as I don't know about it.

[tlaero]

Tutorial 4 already teaches save and restore, but if you have questions about it, please ask. As for other tutorials, what would you like to know how to do?

Tlaero

[Squeeky]

@Dakutis
I understand. Our Ms tlaero is very generous with her advice, and many of us here are acutely aware that she has acquired a severe affliction, pardon me if I may have seemed a little abrupt with my comment but I had her interests at heart and obviously did not understand your question.

You ask "functions"?
I see tlaero, @ viewtopic.php?p=57454#p57454, allows you quite some scope to build your game database. Would you be looking at being able to write functions to access various data from that? I note that you say that you are not programmed skilled so that the kind of thoughts that you are having?

[Trucla]

Hmm... sorry to interfere, but I think, repeat I think that Dakutis wants to know what each function in the package does and may be how it does.

This reminds me very old times when I started playing with the basic Basic of my Sinclair 1000. But there I had to find things out by myself.

Believe me, Dakutis, it's fantastic discovering and learning just by ourselves. We'll never forget a simple or complicated thing!

Cheers!

[tlaero]

I think a better approach is to think of something you want to do and then ask how to do it. Alternately, read through Life With Keeley and Getting to Know Christine and see how I used the functions, then ask if anything doesn't make sense.

Tlaero

[Dakutis]

I am sorry if you don't understand me. I was writing about: ( gameShowScore(), calcScore(), check() and etc) it is what I know now, but before all tutorials, I didn't know about it.
Ok I again apologize for my stupid questions, I ask you when I will know what I need.

[Squeeky]

I am sorry if you don't understand me. I was writing about: ( gameShowScore(), calcScore(), check() and etc) it is what I know now, but before all tutorials, I didn't know about it.
Ok I again apologize for my stupid questions, I ask you when I will know what I need.

Cross boundaries of languages and somehow assuming someone knows what you are thinking can be a big problem, and so your "stupid questions" are not to be seen as so "stupid" after all.

[LRM]

I am sorry if you don't understand me. I was writing about: ( gameShowScore(), calcScore(), check() and etc) it is what I know now, but before all tutorials, I didn't know about it.
Ok I again apologize for my stupid questions, I ask you when I will know what I need.

Anyone striving to learn cannot ask a stupid question. The language barrier can easily confound the question. I can't speak for tlaero but from what I've seen she'll work tirelessly to find an answer once we all understand the question. Any answer that you feel is not relevant to your question, please restate your question and ask again.

[Dakutis]

How change font size only in showScore, and it's possible to create gameShowScore2, gameShowScore3 and etc? And possible to use to different varPlus/varMinus in one onclick function.
I need: onclick="return varPlus('One',5) and return varMinus('Two',4)" href="home.html">Go home</a></td> (something like that in one line)

[tlaero]

There's no id on the score, so it's not straightforward to change only the score's font size. I see two options:
1) change everything else's size except the score.
2) rewrite outputString to add an id to the score.

Here's how to do the first:
Go into _style.css and add the following:
p#toptext
{
font-size: large;
}

Now the text at the top is large.
Now add another "font-size: large;" to the "table a" section.

At this point the "font-size: medium" in the "p" section only refers to the score. It's kind of ugly, but it works.

Here's option 2. Instead of what you did above, do this:
Add the following function to your _game.js
function outputScoreString(string)
{
document.write("<div align='center'><p id='score'>" + string + "</p></div>");
}

then in gameShowScore, call "outputScoreString" instead of "outputString";

Then in your _style.css add
p#score
{
font-size: small;
}

Now only the score is small.

Does that make sense?
Tlaero