Heyyy guys! I'm new to the forum  Anywayy, i'm not sure if we're supposed to do BASIC code in a special box when posting like on other forums, but here i goooo.
I'm making a horse racing game for my calculator, which involves selecting one of five horses (i had a friend do cool graphics for each one ), and placing a bet on a horse . I've made the racing animation work, yet it takes up tonsss of memory, because it wanted to have the winning horse in front of the others in each animation. So, being the TI-noob that i am, i made a seperate race code for each horses' victory. Is there anyway I can shrink it down to code for just one race? Here it is:

:ClrHome
:ClrDraw
:randInt(1,5)->R
:If R=1:Then
:ClrHome
:For(X,2,16)   //it's starting at 2 so the other horses can be "behind" the lead horse
:Output(2,X,"o  //row #2 is first lane so the race is more in the center of the screen
:Output(3,X-1,"o
:Output(4,X-1,"o
:Output(5,X-1,"o
:Output(6,X-1,"o
:For(Y,1,150)
:End
:Output(2,X," "
:Output(3,X-1," "
:Output(4,X-1," "
:Output(5,X-1," "
:Output(6,X-1," "
:End
:Goto AE     //the victory scene is on lbl AE
:End

Now this code would be repeated for all 5 potential R values (each horse). Is there any way I can avoid repeating this code, but still have one horse winning? (In this case, the horse in lane 1 won)

I'll have to test it out later because i'm going bowling now, but the syntax makes sense!!

thank you!!!

oh, is there a way to convert pictures to code efficiently? i got a pic-to-program converter on the TI website, but it's terrible with memory because it turns on each individual pxl, and an error always pops up halfway through converting.
because i dont want to have to upload each individual pic along with the main program when sending it to other people.

i've heard of text sprites before, but they looked too confusing for me. i'll give them a try 

thank you!

i'm not sure if we're supposed to do BASIC code in a special box when posting like on other forums

It is recommended, since it's easier to read, but it's not necessary. Just always make sure to disable smileys if you don't use these boxes because some of your code will turn into emoticons.

Welcome here btw

I still don't get vertical text sprites myself

Sadly, though, these ones are no longer really efficient, though, with OS 2.53 and Nspire OS 2.0, because they won't show properly on these OS.

Mhmm, I would recommend maybe getting the latest possible that is under 2.53MP if you can find one, though, in case older ones may have bugs. The latest is 2.43, if I remember. Again, though, it's not a big hurry if you regulary perform backups.

i dont want to have to upload each individual pic along with the main program when sending it to other people.

Working with pic's will be the fastest tho in pure basic. The solution for not having to send individual files equalz Grouping them after all code is done/all art is made.

BTW, welcome here (:

I already said that, like, one post ago q:
EDIT; No wait, now it's 2 posts ago

and yay, this is my 444th, finally

EDIT2: It's prolly just me, but I don't see the offensive side off this. Then again, at least 2 others did..
So I'm off again.. Ciao