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Libervurto
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I have been looking at a story game on the Geek Culture board, where each person takes it in turns to write a line of the story. It usually turns out like a complete jumble of crap so I thought I'd try and transfer that to programming.

The idea is that we make a clock in DBC.

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1. One line per member.
2. Lines must end with a comment containing the author's user name.
3. The last line is the only line that may be edited, and it can only be edited by its original author.
4. If a line returns an error it may be deleted by any member. Under no other circumstance may a line be deleted (unless it contains offensive material).
5. Any action that is not prohibited is permitted .

I'll get us started


thanks to everyone who takes part,

OBese87

PS: This is NOT a team request

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Cool idea!



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Neat, I like it Obese




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Posted: 7th Dec 2007 23:39 Edited at: 7th Dec 2007 23:39
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I'm useless as always but I want a space.

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crap not allowed , wish I'd waited now.


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Libervurto
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@Dr
You have to write something on your line.

"You must be someone's friend to make comments about them." - MySpace lied.
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Posted: 8th Dec 2007 00:24 Edited at: 8th Dec 2007 00:25
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Quote: "@Dr
You have to write something on your line."


Whats with all these restrictions?



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Libervurto
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Posted: 8th Dec 2007 00:26
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thanks

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I hope we can get some more folks.


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Sorry guys, but this is a silly idea. In practice I just can't see how it can possibly work.

If I add a For..Next line, how can anyone else have a clue as to what I want to use it for - or even if the same task is being done a different way somewhere else in the program already?

But, please feel free to prove me wrong...

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Libervurto
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@TDK
I'm not expecting this to work. Everyone has very different styles so it'll be interesting to see if we can make a working program

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Posted: 8th Dec 2007 11:13
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Indeed.
And if we need to sync it ever, I'll have written the most important line!


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Latch
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Also, one line doesn't have to be a single command, right?

(the if a=b line is the one to focus on)
ex:


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hide mouse : `OBese87
Sync on : `INH
backdrop off: `Zombie20
a#=0 `Gosub

Quote: "do
if a=b then print "A=B!!" : while a=b : inc b : print "Only time through while loop" : endwhile
loop"


Speed in relation to time?



thought a variable
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@Gosub - I think that was just a random piece of code to reinforce what he was saying about how you don't just need one command on a line.



Chose myself a nice simple part of the code to focus on... I'm never going to be able to figure out how to do the trig for the angles that stuff just fries my brain so I thought if I contributed nice and early on I'd at least get included

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I fell that i must just say that a#=0 automatically.


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yeah I didn't quite get the purpose of that line either... I think Gosub just wants to be included. Humour him.

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Quote: "I fell that i must just say that a#=0 automatically."


I never realised that?

Quote: "do
if a=b then print "A=B!!" : while a=b : inc b : print "Only time through while loop" : endwhile
loop"


backdrop off
sync rate 0
do
if b#=a# then inc b#, 1
if b#>a# then inc a#, 1
if b#=60 then b#=0: inc c#,1
if c#=60 then c#=0: inc d#,1
Print C#,":",D#
sync on
loop

Quote: "yeah I didn't quite get the purpose of that line either... I think Gosub just wants to be included. Humour him. "


Why?

thought a variable
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Latch
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Quote: "do
if a=b then print "A=B!!" : while a=b : inc b : print "Only time through while loop" : endwhile
loop"


This isn't code that's part of the clock. This was just an example of cramming several commands on one line.

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A couple of issues worth mentioning: In DBC, you cannot simply add a rem statement to the end of a line without placing a colon in-between. Also, a# is a float, and should be listed as a#=0.0 as I have done.




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Gosub,

Why do you keep listing variables as floats? It just consumes cpu. and slows down your game.


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Quote: "Why do you keep listing variables as floats? It just consumes cpu. and slows down your game."


I havn't found that to be the case.

Quote: "Get Time$()"


If you like using strings.

http://www.youtube.com/v/qzTdExzyH5k&rel=1
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Almost every newbie out there thinks # means integer.. ITS NOT!
Its float darn!!!

a=0 <- Integer allright
a#=0 <- Float allright

Global/Local a as float
a=0 <- Float allright

Global/Local a as byte
a=0 <- Byte allright

Global/Local a as boolean
a=0 <- Boolean allright

etc,etc,etc...

Pisses me off lol


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Quote: "[quote] "Get Time$()""


If you like using strings.[/quote]

What other way is there of getting the time? I convert them to integers straight afterwards...

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Gosub
What was your intent on placing the a#=0 in the code in the first place? If you do not need float precision, it should just be an integer. If there is nothing you intend to store in a/a#, then it doesn't even need to be in the code in the first place.

The way Get time$() is done is the correct way. If you add a sync and finish the do-loop and run the program, you will see that the snippet I posted works correctly.

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It would be quite interesting to see what people can come up with to display the time; I doubt working together a line at a time we can come up with something anywhere near as cool as TDK's little funky alarm clock from a recent(ish) DBC challenge

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I think it is possible to make something cool, but a plan would need to be put in place before people go along simply adding lines of code. For example, if a clock with hands was planned, the code would have taken a very different course already.

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Quote: "What other way is there of getting the time?"


If you need accuracy, using Timer() is better than Get Time$() as it returns 1000ths of a second rather than Hrs, Mins and Secs.

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Quote: "If you need accuracy, using Timer() is better than Get Time$() as it returns 1000ths of a second rather than Hrs, Mins and Secs."

The user would have to set the time first wouldn't they?

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I know the Timer() option, but that's not actual time is it? I'm not exactly sure what it is... I think something to do with how long it is since the system was started or something? That's just a guess... I never need to really use it unless I declare a variable as the timer at the start and take that away from the timer anyway, so it's never really affected me what it actually measures, just that it's measuring in milliseconds...

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The question about using the timer() to get the time of day was raised before:

http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=48210&b=1

with the response being to use get time$(). My understanding is that timer() will count the microseconds from when the system was powered on.

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Sorry for being misleading...

What I meant was accuracy for updating the clock - having already got the starting time.

If for example you wanted to write a stop-watch with 10ths of a second, Get Time$() wouldn't be any use as it only updates once per second.

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@aluseus
I think your line might be too long. In DBC the maximum length of any single program line is 255 characters. Also comments at the end of a line have to come after a :

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... I just noticed something.
Quote: "It usually turns out like a complete jumble of crap so I thought I'd try and transfer that to programming."



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Quote: "What other way is there of getting the time? I convert them to integers straight afterwards..."


Sequential file access, also good for installing alarms and for the transition of time based upon calendar, like time moving back an hour upon a specific date.

http://www.youtube.com/v/xtmnx6XlyjQ&rel=1
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How does that work? I don't get what you mean...

Mind you I am real tired, didn't get in til 5 last night and it's officially been WAY too long since I've gone a day without drinking so my brain is starting to go a bit slushy I quite possibly wouldn't understand what you meant if you went into more detail so don't worry...

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@aluseus
The line is too long to be compiled in DBC. Additionally, the character you used for the rem statement is not correct (in addition to needing a colon). What's up with calling yourself GOD anyway? Additionally, the code doesn't work; the 'hands' do not move correctly.

@ Gosub
What in the world are you talking about?

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There are progams available.....I always thought that booze made your brain slushy, not the lack thereof.


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I meant that I've only had 2 days without drinking in the last couple of weeks and it's starting to have an impact... especially days like saturday when i got home at 5, hence the tiredness and slushybrainness of sunday.

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this thread is hillarious! I would have joined until I saw multiple commands on one line....

A real brain teaser for the saps trying to add a line near the end - DARN it all! (I wanted to be a sap)


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It's coming along "nicely", I don't like the last 3 lines, a few too many commands on them.
If someone wants to they could use their turn to delete a line .

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The last three lines are everything that is inside of the do-loop so far. I understand removing code that produces errors, but since you gave no direction up front, you ought to find a way to work with what is given. I'm not going to take the time to put some code together just to have someone else delete it because you don't like it.

See ya.

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I've changed the first post to include the rules. Don't worry they don't screw up anything that has already been written (apart from aluseus' line )



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@Pixelator: You what? how does that work?

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It subtracts the current number of hours from the total number of hours in 1 year to find out the total number of hours until New years Day!


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First off, it subtracts the 2nd part from the 1st, therefore it'll always produce a minus number.

Secondly, hours#=the number of hours through THAT day, not the year.

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i just want to clarify why my name has GOD at the end.

It is because I get my name froma mispelling of the japanese name of the god pokemon.

Name in English - arceus
Name in Japanese - aruseus
Misspelling aluseus

I got the name while chatting on a website then I got banned, but the name stuck.

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There is a god pokemon?

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