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kuljot

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Posted: 8th Jul 2009 09:35 Edited at: 8th Jul 2009 09:36

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if keystate (25)=1 Rem checks to see if "P" key is being pressed
paste image 17,500,600
wait key
endif

Hey guys,
Im trying to make a pause feature for my game. This code makes my game pause. But to display the image on the screen you have to press the P key twice. Does anyone know how to fix that. Also i am putting the code in the main loop. It pasues but to get any text to show or to paste the image on the screen you have to press the "P" key 2 times. Thanks

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Rudolpho

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Posted: 8th Jul 2009 09:51

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The image is pasted, but won't get drawn until the next sync command, hence forcing you to go into pause mode to first show the image and then exit it before the image will actually be visible.

Just change it something like so:

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if keystate (25)=1 Rem checks to see if "P" key is being pressed
   paste image 17,500,600
   while keystate(25)
      ` This is important; otherwise you would very likely keep the
      ` P key held down long enough to get out of the pause section
      ` again.
      sync
      sleep 1
   endwhile
   while scancode() = 0 ` Exits when no key is held down
      sync
   endwhile
endif

Hope that helps

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kuljot

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Posted: 8th Jul 2009 20:14

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Hey Rudolpho Thanks. Your code didnt quite work but after modifying it a little bit i got it to work the way i wanted. Thanks so much. Heres the code i ended up using in case someone other person needs it in the future.

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if keystate (25)=1 Rem checks to see if "P" key is being pressed
   paste image 17,500,600
   sync
while keystate(25)
      ` This is important; otherwise you would very likely keep the
      ` P key held down long enough to get out of the pause section
      ` again.

   sleep 1
endwhile
  while scancode() = 0 ` Exits when no key is held down

endwhile
endif

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