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Cafe Casita

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Posted: 29th Oct 2012 03:37

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Hi,

I need a short and sweet code to determine an order of attack for a maximum of 52 characters (Players and Enemies) in a game.

All that it has to be is random. Like shuffling the order of cards dealt from a deck.

It needs to change on each successive turn so that "shooter One" does not always shoot first.

I'm stumped.

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WLGfx

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Posted: 29th Oct 2012 07:33

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I doubt very much that anyone will just give you what you're asking for without yourself making any effort and producing some code yourself. At least plan something out and try an put something together then maybe we'd be more likely to help you out...

Mental arithmetic? Me? (That's for computers) I can't subtract a fart from a plate of beans!
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Phaelax

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Location: Metropia

Posted: 29th Oct 2012 07:45

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Here's a quick shuffle routine I made:

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dim cards(10)
for i = 1 to 10
    cards(i) = i
next i

rem display list of numbers, shuffle, repeat
for i = 1 to 10 : text 50, i*20, str$(cards(i)) : next i
shuffle()
for i = 1 to 10 : text 100, i*20, str$(cards(i)) : next i
shuffle()
for i = 1 to 10 : text 150, i*20, str$(cards(i)) : next i
shuffle()
for i = 1 to 10 : text 200, i*20, str$(cards(i)) : next i
shuffle()
for i = 1 to 10 : text 250, i*20, str$(cards(i)) : next i



wait key
end



function shuffle()
    for i = 1 to 10
        r = rnd(9)+1
        temp = cards(i)
        cards(i) = cards(r)
        cards(r) = temp
    next i
endfunction

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Cafe Casita

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Posted: 30th Oct 2012 10:35

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A sincere Thank you to all who bore assistance. I've been at this programming thing for about 1 year. 6 mos I had no internet and a sick PC. I took a course in "Visual Basic" in college back in '96 and though I 4.0'ed the course, I know "Nuthink!!!" about that language. This is a fun and rewarding learning curve and I think I've got a novel if not esotheric and quaint format - lots of flashing lights in the player input panels along with some quizzical twists to the old "six-person line em up, mow em down" genre.
I'm a disabled Vet, and this is just the thing I need to keep my head on straight. Wish me success, and if I make a cool mill selling this "baby" at $9.95 a pop, I'll cut you in for a piece of the action in my next fantasy "the Aloysius Steam Car Company".
Game On. and Bravo Zulu to my Navy Vet Buddies. - It means: Highest Satisfactory, proceed to next assignment.
Rich Cronin
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