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Not_Maindric
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Posted: 16th Jul 2007 23:42
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I know this is a very newbie question, but I have been looking for this for a few hours now. I have been trying to make a basic text game, (I got this 2 days ago.) and after a while, the text just runs off the screen, so you cannot see it anymore. What I have been looking for for a while is something that removes the text from the screen, so it can be printed to the top again, but I cannot find the command. I looked in the help files, searched forever on this board, and looked in the booklet I got, but cannot find it. Thanks for any help.
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Lucifer
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Posted: 17th Jul 2007 00:22
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try putting a set cursor 0,0 at the top of your text program, that might help so that the text wont run off.. and the CLS command will clear the screen..


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Not_Maindric
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Sweet, thanks, that helped ALOT.
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Sixty Squares
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TEXT is a good command to use as well

Set cursor doesn't have to be 0,0 though. It can be anywhere, but 0,0 will have the text automatically go down the screen with each PRINT command.

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TDK
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Posted: 17th Jul 2007 02:47 Edited at: 17th Jul 2007 02:47
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And CLS includes a Set Cursor 0,0 call, so you don't need both.

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Libervurto
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Posted: 17th Jul 2007 15:00
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the easiest thing to do is just separate your text into lines in the editor

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Not_Maindric
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Ok, this is off and on topic. Does the CLS command remove everything off of the screen or just text? "I cannot test that out right now seeing as I am at my dad's, and cannot use DBC right now...

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TDK
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Posted: 20th Jul 2007 01:46 Edited at: 20th Jul 2007 01:47
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CLS removes all 2D from the screen. If you have a 3D viewport on the screen it will not be affected by CLS.

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@Maindric
The screen is just a bitmap (bitmap 0 in fact), so everything that is pasted or printed or drawn on the screen will be wiped.
However, sprites and 3D objects are constantly re-drawn so they wont disappear. If you want to remove these you will have to hide or delete them.

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