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Re: TI-Basic Game Design Tutorial Now Available for Commentary
« Reply #15 on: June 24, 2010, 01:57:51 am »
I'm not sure what you mean. The code I posted was actually causing a memory leak. http://tibasicdev.wikidot.com/goto
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Re: TI-Basic Game Design Tutorial Now Available for Commentary
« Reply #16 on: June 24, 2010, 02:13:22 am »
Well, I mean similar to this:

PrgmA

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Re: TI-Basic Game Design Tutorial Now Available for Commentary
« Reply #17 on: June 24, 2010, 02:17:30 am »
That can cause a similar memory leak. It is because the memory is not free'ed up by exiting the loop, because the End instruction is never reached
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Re: TI-Basic Game Design Tutorial Now Available for Commentary
« Reply #18 on: June 24, 2010, 03:27:17 am »
That will produce an error even without the While loop.  Since the program calls itself, it goes on forever and you eventually run out of memory.
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Re: TI-Basic Game Design Tutorial Now Available for Commentary
« Reply #19 on: June 24, 2010, 03:56:27 am »
If you have prgmA for example and all there is in the code is prgmA, the memory error even happens within the first second or so x.x

On the TI-81 there was protection against calling programs from themselves. It wouldn't let you do it at all. As for Lbls/Gotos, no mem leak could occur either since While/Repeat/For/Then/Else didn't exist back then :P
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Re: TI-Basic Game Design Tutorial Now Available for Commentary
« Reply #20 on: June 25, 2010, 12:53:24 am »
Ok. I am currently working with a friend on taking all suggestions and finishing the thing. I'm aiming for a Full tutorial, in form Beta Version 2.0 to be released by July 5, 2010, plus or minus a day or two.
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Re: TI-Basic Game Design Tutorial Now Available for Commentary
« Reply #21 on: June 25, 2010, 12:59:30 am »
I've been reading through and i really like the work you've put in so far :) I just wanted to point out that a game doesn't necessarily have to have AI in order to be a game, you can have a game without an opponent.
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Re: TI-Basic Game Design Tutorial Now Available for Commentary
« Reply #22 on: June 25, 2010, 03:33:03 pm »
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Valid label specifications may be from 1 to 99 and from A to ZZ.

I know this is being nitpicky, but can't you use _theta_?
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Re: TI-Basic Game Design Tutorial Now Available for Commentary
« Reply #23 on: June 25, 2010, 03:39:52 pm »
You can also mix numbers and letters, e.g. 3Z, D8. 0 and 00, not to mention 01 to 09, are also valid.
Yeah, it's way too easy to nitpick. Probably a better description is "Valid label specifications are one or two letters, numbers, or both" (and theta is a letter)
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Re: TI-Basic Game Design Tutorial Now Available for Commentary
« Reply #24 on: June 25, 2010, 04:13:48 pm »
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There are several commands that can be used to create a rock-solid gaming interface. These commands are Input, Prompt, and getKey.

Again, I'm being nitpicky, but it could be more concise.  Something like "There are three commands that can be used to create a rock-solid gaming interface: Input, Prompt, and getKey." would be better.
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Re: TI-Basic Game Design Tutorial Now Available for Commentary
« Reply #25 on: June 25, 2010, 05:18:39 pm »
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Valid label specifications may be from 1 to 99 and from A to ZZ.

I know this is being nitpicky, but can't you use _theta_?

Umm. Good question. Can u. I never got that high, as I started in order.
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Re: TI-Basic Game Design Tutorial Now Available for Commentary
« Reply #26 on: June 25, 2010, 05:19:42 pm »
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Valid label specifications may be from 1 to 99 and from A to ZZ.

I know this is being nitpicky, but can't you use _theta_?

Umm. Good question. Can u. I never got that high, as I started in order.
You can use theta. :)
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Re: TI-Basic Game Design Tutorial Now Available for Commentary
« Reply #27 on: June 25, 2010, 05:55:21 pm »
You can also combine numbers and letters.
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Re: TI-Basic Game Design Tutorial Now Available for Commentary
« Reply #28 on: June 26, 2010, 11:19:47 pm »
I am aware that you can. Thank you all. I look forward to providing you with a second beta on schedule.
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Re: TI-Basic Game Design Tutorial Now Available for Commentary
« Reply #29 on: June 27, 2010, 12:41:56 am »
Cool ^^

Will it have more stuff added to it too?
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