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Max123
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Hello,
I've got a question on how to implement tile maps in AppGameKit.
Is there a way to do something like this:

map = {
{0,0,0,0,0},
{0,0,0,0,0},
}
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Markus
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Posted: 18th Jul 2016 04:48 Edited at: 18th Jul 2016 04:49
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here you can find an example.
https://www.appgamekit.com/documentation/guides/12_array_changes.htm

myself using files, also later you will need save/load more complex data for your level.
you can start with a simple ascii file (and fixed width font) to generate a map of it, like this
W=Wall,K=Key,M=Monster,D=Door,S=Start,E=Exit
WWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
W -----------------E
W---K--------------------M
W ------------- D
W ----------------------S
WWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
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SoftMotion3D
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Posted: 19th Jul 2016 23:25
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Quote: "I've got a question on how to implement tile maps in AppGameKit."


simple.... dim map[32,32]
or a 3d map... dim map[32,32,32]
or if you need more then one value per cell... dim map[32,32,32,10] effectivly giving you 11 write values to each 3d tile
writting to it is as easy as this: map[1,0,1,0]=5 [maybe 5 can be what tile to use...etc etc]
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Posted: 20th Jul 2016 19:16 Edited at: 20th Jul 2016 19:22
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You could do something like so:


Then run through it with something like so:


Then load tile images like so:


Then assign tile images like so:
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Phaelax
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Quote: " dim map[32,32,32,10] "


I would strongly encourage he learn to use UDTs at that point. Greater flexibility and variable names would make it way easier to remember what's going on.

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Thank you for all the answers
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SoftMotion3D
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Posted: 25th Jul 2016 19:05 Edited at: 25th Jul 2016 19:06
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Quote: "I would strongly encourage he learn to use UDTs at that point"


im a veteran agk user.... and i dont use udts at all. but your correct that you do need to remember whats what. Thats why i got my trusty notepad infront of me
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Quote: "im a veteran agk user.... and i dont use udts at all"

I'm shocked! Literally, shocked!

UDTs are hugely important if only for simplifying the way data is displayed to the developer!

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Posted: 26th Jul 2016 16:44
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If you insist on using a standard array of numbers, at least use constants to represent the numbers.

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Quote: "If you insist on using a standard array of numbers, at least use constants to represent the numbers. "


nah... lol!

instead i have a standardized system in place. for every entity they use the same array sequence numbers for the same data types. inside my main functions i pull the array data into words to use them easier... then i save the words values back to my arrays once finished with them. I dont think i will ever use udt's unless someone has a gun to my head I've been coding this way for too long and you cant teach an old dog new tricks.
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You're making so much more work for yourself and anyone that ever reads through your code.

If you want to store mixed or complex data, udt is the way to go.


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