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AppGameKit Classic Chat / Huge Math Error the AGK

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XanthorXIII
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Posted: 9th Sep 2011 20:18
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Ether I'm going crazy or something is really funny here with Globals and dividing.

This code below does not use Globals, this produces the expected result of 6.25 and 4.166667


The Code below uses globals and does not get the same results.


Please confirm what values you get. This is a huge error that needs to get fixed ASAP.
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Jimmy
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Posted: 9th Sep 2011 20:26
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I think this is because you're initializing your globals with a math operation instead of a constant value, which is a bug, yeah, but it can easily be worked around:



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XanthorXIII
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Posted: 9th Sep 2011 21:57
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I'm just about ready to throw in the towel on Tier 1 and just move over to Tier 2. The problem with Tier 1 is while it looks good on paper, there's a lot of fixes that need to be done.
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Jimmy
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Posted: 9th Sep 2011 22:53
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I agree. While I'm not going to throw in the towel, I am going to give it time to improve before I try to code anything major in it.

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Conjured Entertainment
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Posted: 10th Sep 2011 03:31 Edited at: 10th Sep 2011 03:38
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Have you tried declaring it as Global on one line, then assign the value on a separate line?




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DMXtra
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Posted: 10th Sep 2011 05:44 Edited at: 10th Sep 2011 05:45
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Why not post the bug here so it can be fixed:

http://code.google.com/p/agk/issues/list

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XanthorXIII
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Posted: 10th Sep 2011 05:50 Edited at: 10th Sep 2011 05:51
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I can do that but that's not how it's suppose to work.
I'll do it anyway just so I can continue working.
And yes, I have posted it to the Bug List on the Google Code Community for the AGK.
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Conjured Entertainment
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Posted: 10th Sep 2011 17:45 Edited at: 10th Sep 2011 17:45
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Quote: "I can do that but that's not how it's suppose to work."

I know, but what does work and what is supposed to work are two separate things.
I ran into problems with globals too, but when I declared it as global on a separate line from the value assignment, my problems went away.
It's not that big of a deal to declare it on a searate line anyway, so that is the initialization style I am using now.

Good Luck

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LeeBamber
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Posted: 11th Sep 2011 00:35
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The benefit to the literal values in the declaration line is that those values are pre-loaded into the data variable before the code begins, meaning you get started a few instructions quicker. If we all agree we don't need that performance boost, I can permanently modify the compiler to always treat the initialiser in real-time rather than at compile time. If anyone has an input on this subject, use this thread and I'll check back on it before making any changes to the compiler. If there are any issues you might be experiencing with T1, please use the issues board to let us know about then. We feel T1 has great potential, and we want to make sure this potential is realised as soon as possible.

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