Re: Re: pacman woes

["Daniel Ajoy" <da.ajoy@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 2 Jun 2007 at 7:57, nan zhong wrote:

> Thanks so much!!!
>  
> There still some random announcements that come on especially 
> during the 2nd level, as well as some errors in the command window.
>  
> Nan Zhong


When I started playing the game I got:


finsh? didn't report anything to 

This is your code:

to lastdot
when [finsh? = "true] [finshlevel1]
end

to finsh?
if (get "t25 "visible?) = "false
[op "true]
end


Notice that you don't specify what should
happen in the case where this condition:

(get "t25 "visible?) = "false

is false

You only say that, if this condition

(get "t25 "visible?) = "false

is true, the "finsh?" procedure should output "true


It seems to me that this is what you need:

to lastdot
when [not get "t25 "visible?] [finshlevel1]
end


it means: "when t25 is *not* visible do finshlevel1"



the "eating" procedure already has a forever inside
so you don't need to say:

launch [eating]

just say:

eating



> 2. After choosing Play Again after the game has ended the 
> following text is shown in the command center:
> 
> Showpointsbox(a text box) is already used in showpoints(a 
> procedure)

I couldn't figure out why. But a way to solve the
problem is this:


your showpoints procedure creates and removes the
textbox every time. 


to showpoints :text.input
showpointspage
carefully [remove "showpointsbox][]
newtext "showpointsbox [-235 100][500 300]
setfontsize 40
print sentence [You have a score of:] :text.input

transparent "showpointsbox
end


Why not just hide it? 

using 

hidetext
showtext

or even, why not just use a announce

this way:

to showpoints :text.input
announce sentence [You have a score of:] :text.input
end


> 1. Towards the middle or end of the game, random 
> announcements come up that are in other non-running procedures.

The only possibility, of course, is that they
*are* running. I suggest that when your project is
running you keep an eye on the content of the 
"processes tab". The Processes tab shows you what is 
running.


Daniel
OpenWorld Learning