1. Game Du Skill
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Hey, all.
I'm thinking of starting a role-playing game and I thought I'd use =
the Dragon Warrior top down view. I then got to thinking I should use a =
TXT file, with a series of numbers that represent the landscape.=20
Like this:
1=3Dgrass plain
2=3Dhills
11112222111
Which would make 4 squares of grass plains, the 4 hills, the 3 more =
grass plains. The problem is, I don't know how to read and write files. =
Even a text file for crying out loud. So, if one of you great big gurus =
in the sky could teach me how to read and write text files.
-----Thanks
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hey, all.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> I'm thinking of =
starting a=20
role-playing game and I thought I'd use the <EM>Dragon Warrior </EM>top =
down=20
view. I then got to thinking I should use a TXT file, with a series of =
numbers=20
that represent the landscape. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Like this:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>1=3Dgrass plain</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>2=3Dhills</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>11112222111</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Which would make 4 squares of grass =
plains, the 4=20
hills, the 3 more grass plains. The problem is, I don't know how to read =
and=20
write files. Even a text file for crying out loud. So, if one of you =
great big=20
gurus in the sky could teach me how to read and write text =
files.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-----Thanks</FONT></DIV>
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2. Re: Game Du Skill
Hi Paul,
No offense, but if you don't take the time to look at the docs, of course your
going to
have a hard time to figure things out.
What you want to know is in the Library.Doc
If you learn to find things out for yourself, you will learn much more
quickly.
As well, you will get ansers to your questions more quickly.
People don't mind helping you, but many things you ask about can be found in
the
EU Docs.
Have you DL'd ABGTE2?
Have you read through the ENTIRE refman.doc?
before you post to the list asking questions, in would be in your own benefit
to look
in the library.doc
The library.doc contains info on all the essential commands included with EU.
Try checking out the File and Device I/O section...
If you are really stuck, I'm sure people will be more than glad to help,
myself
included.
As a matter of fact, I was in the midst of looking it up for you, when I
realized that
there isn't much chance that you yourself actually looked. Because it is quite
easy to
find.
Reading the documentation is the best advice you will ever get when learning
to
program, in fact, that can be applied to pretty much anything, not just EU, or
even
programming.
If you still don't understand, read it again. THEN, when you have questions,
they will
be much more specific, and others will be more able, (and more willing) to help
you.
I have already prepared an example for you on how to do file input/output,
but by
me telling you, you will easily forget. If you find out for yourself, chances
are, you will
NEVER forget.
Trust me, I'm a Teacher, trial and error will take you MUCH further than
someone
handing you the answers.
imagine if I gave my students work to do in class, and instead of letting
them make
mistakes, and trying on their own, I just told them the aswers to the
questions.. Do
you think they would even remember the next day what I told them?
Chris
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3. Re: Game Du Skill
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Hey bro , i`m also bussy with a RPG like that ! Cool ! Hope the best of =
coding with your game ! I`m telling you man , RPG is awsome stuff . O , =
make a nice sad ending ! bye ..
Read ya later !
Ferdinand Greyling=20
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From: Paul Kerslake=20
To: EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU=20
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2001 4:17 AM
Subject: Game Du Skill
Hey, all.
I'm thinking of starting a role-playing game and I thought I'd use =
the Dragon Warrior top down view. I then got to thinking I should use a =
TXT file, with a series of numbers that represent the landscape.=20
Like this:
1=3Dgrass plain
2=3Dhills
11112222111
Which would make 4 squares of grass plains, the 4 hills, the 3 more =
grass plains. The problem is, I don't know how to read and write files. =
Even a text file for crying out loud. So, if one of you great big gurus =
in the sky could teach me how to read and write text files.
-----Thanks
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<DIV>Hey bro , i`m also bussy with a RPG like that ! Cool ! Hope the =
best of=20
coding with your game ! I`m telling you man , RPG is awsome stuff . O , =
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a nice sad ending ! bye ..</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Read ya later !</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Ferdinand Greyling </DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Game Du Skill</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hey, all.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> I'm thinking of =
starting a=20
role-playing game and I thought I'd use the <EM>Dragon Warrior =
</EM>top down=20
view. I then got to thinking I should use a TXT file, with a series of =
numbers=20
that represent the landscape. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Like this:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>1=3Dgrass plain</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>2=3Dhills</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>11112222111</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Which would make 4 squares of grass =
plains, the 4=20
hills, the 3 more grass plains. The problem is, I don't know how to =
read and=20
write files. Even a text file for crying out loud. So, if one of you =
great big=20
gurus in the sky could teach me how to read and write text =
files.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-----Thanks</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial =
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4. Re: Game Du Skill
> Hey, all.
>
>
> I'm thinking of starting a role-playing game and I thought I'd use the
> Dragon Warrior top down view. I then got to thinking I should use a TXT file,
> with a series of numbers that represent the
> landscape.
>
> Like this:
>
> 1=grass plain
> 2=hills
>
> 11112222111
>
> Which would make 4 squares of grass plains, the 4 hills, the 3 more grass
> plains. The problem is, I don't know how to read and write files. Even a text
> file for crying out loud. So, if one of you
> great big gurus in the sky could teach me how to read and write text files.
>
>
> -----Thanks
> -------------------/\====Thomas
Reading from a file is almost the same as reading from the keyboard,
you mostly use the same functions.
File can be opened in either BINARY or ASCII mode. In ASCII mode all
carriage-return/newline pairs will be converted to a '/n' (newline) character
and all '/n' characters being output will be convert to a
carriage-return/newline, this is the mode you should use for what your
doing.
OPENING THE FILE
You have to tell the operating system that you want to use the file and
what you want to use it for, you do this using the open() function:
FileNumber = open(Filename, Mode)
Filename is the name of the file you want to open, for example
"test.txt"
Mode is a string containing one or two letters to indicate what you
want to do with the file. Use "r" if you want to read the contents of
the file, "w" if you want to output to a file (any existing file of
the same name will be deleted) or "a" if you want to start writing at
the end of an existing file (append data to it). You can append "b" to
the Mode string to open the file in BINARY mode but if you leave it
off then ASCII mode will be assumed.
FileNumber is a number returned by open() that identifies the file,
you must use this number wherever you read or write to the file.
READING FROM A TEXT FILE ONE LINE AT A TIME
You can read a file one line at a time using the gets() function. The
gets() function will return the next line in the file as a sequence or
a -1 if there are no more lines to read:
Line = gets(FileNumber)
Line should be an object, after each call to gets check if Line is an
atom, if it is then then you have finished reading the file.
FileNumber should be a file number returned by open. Make sure you
open the file for reading (with mode set to "r").
WRITING TO A TEXT FILE
The easiest way to write to a file is to use the puts() function,
used exactly the same as when writing to the screen except use the
filenumber in place of 1:
puts(FileNumber,String)
Make sure you open the file for writing or appending (with mode set to
"w" or "a").
CLOSING THE FILE
You should always close the file after using it, do this with the
close() function:
close(FileNumber)
EXAMPLE
atom FileNumber
object Line
--Create a new text file for writing
FileNumber = open("test.txt","w")
--Write to the file
puts(FileNumber,"First line of test file!\nAnd another line!\n")
puts(FileNumber,"WOW! A third line!!!!!")
--And close it
close(FileNumber)
--Reopen the file for reading
FileNumber = open("test.txt","r")
while 1 do
--Read in the next line
Line = gets(FileNumber)
--Check if we've reached the end of the file
if atom(Line) then
--We have, exit the loop
exit
end if
--Print the line on the screen so that we can check that it's working
puts(1,Line)
end while
--Close the file
close(FileNumber)
Hope that's helpful or at least makes some sort of sense, it's a
little late here (ok, not that late, but I'm very tired all the same:)
Thomas Parslow (PatRat) ICQ #:26359483
Rat Software
http://www.rat-software.com/
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