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John H

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Posted: 23rd Nov 2002 05:39

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OK- heres whats happening. I am making my battle menu with a cursor, but when I press the down button, the cursor moves down, then jumps right back up. How would I make it so if I press the down button, the cursor moves down to the next line of text. Here is my code:

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`turn sync off
sync
 Rem control input for cursor
x= 5
y= SPRITE Y(50)

if downkey()=1 then sprite 50,x,y+22,50
if upkey()=1 then sprite 50,x,y-22,50

loop

If you need a further explination, I can give one. Gotta go to bed now,
Thanks in advance,
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QuothTheRaven

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Posted: 23rd Nov 2002 05:58

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The value for your sprite location is Y. When you press up and ONLY when you press up, Y will be 22 less. You never actually change the value of Y, you just use it in a math operation. It would work if you used an = command to store a new variable to Y.

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`turn sync off
sync
 Rem control input for cursor
x= 5
y= SPRITE Y(50)

if downkey()=1 then y=y+22 : sprite 50,x,y,50
if upkey()=1 then y=y-22 : sprite 50,x,y,50

loop

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John H

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Posted: 23rd Nov 2002 15:10

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Ugh, still not working. The cursor moves down, but when I release the key, it goes back up. I am trying to get it so when you press the downkey, the cursor goes down, when you release it, it stays there. Here is my code now::

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x= 5
y= SPRITE Y(50)

if downkey()=1 then y=y+22 : sprite 50,x,y,50
if upkey()=1 then y=y-22 : sprite 50,x,y,50

loop
sync

Note I included the commands in the main loop. This is how I got the cursor to stay there until the key is released. Could someone help? Please? Thanks Quoth for your help, it got me a step further.
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John H

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Posted: 23rd Nov 2002 15:34

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Well, here is what I have now, while the cursor is at the top of the menu, then you cant go up. Still, if I press down, it goes down, but goes up when released.

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 Rem control input for cursor
x= 5
y= SPRITE Y(50)

sprite 50,5,492,50

if y=492
if upkey()=1 then y=y : sprite 50,x,y,50
if downkey()=1 then y=y+22 : sprite 50,x,y,50 
endif

Ugh, getting frustrating.

Later
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John H

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Posted: 23rd Nov 2002 16:51

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HA HA !! I DID IT!!! HA HAHA HA! Well, I used some code, edited it a little, but now its PERFECT!

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 Rem control input for cursor
x= 5
ypos=492

if downkey()=1 then inc ypos,22
ypos=y+492
if downkey()=1 then inc y,22

if upkey()=1 then dec ypos,22
if upkey()=1 then dec y,22

while ypos= 470
if downkey()=1 then inc ypos,22
ypos=y+492
if downkey()=1 then inc y,22

if upkey()=1 then dec ypos,0
if upkey()=1 then dec y,0
endwhile

while ypos= 580
if downkey()=1 then inc ypos,0
ypos=y+492
if downkey()=1 then inc y,0

if upkey()=1 then dec ypos,22
if upkey()=1 then dec y,2
endwhile

sprite 50,x,ypos,50

loop
sync

Yay! It works! Now- onto submenus!!!!
Later
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