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Joanna
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Hello everyone!

I know that you have to assign numbers to objects when you create them, but this doesn't seem a very good method. How do you manage lots of objects using just numbers? Do you use types with ids or random numbers or counters or what? I guess assigning numbers is okay if you know how many objects you need when you starting writing your program, but what if you don't?

Very confused!

Joanna.
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indi
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types with uid nums helps and types with uid nums and object buffer num can helpa also.

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Ahh crapsticks indi's caught a newbie dissorder

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Numbers are easier to use for beginners.

By the time you need a more flexible dynamic approach to object creation, you can very easily implement it yourself on top of the numbering system.

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Quote: "how do you manage lots of objects using just numbers?"

Strangly enough it comes quite easily. Aslong as you start with simple little projects when you make bigger projects you have got the hang of using objects very fluently.
In large games its often wise to plan out what numbers will do what.
In my game currently:
1 is the terrain
2 is the character
3 is his gun
10-300 is items you can pickup
etc
etc

Basically as IanM says, by the time you need a more advance system youll know how to go about creating one.
In my project i made a system for images and sounds and such where you call them by name rather than number...its not perfect but i did post it up.
http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=54055&b=6
But obviously for small projects its not neccesary.

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James Morgan
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When creating small projects you will only use a small amount of objects, if you were to rem a reference above each make or load command this should be sufficent:



Once you go onto creating more objects and get used to the numbers you can either:
Do what Baggers said and create a default in your head (i.e. 1 = terrain, 2 = player) this however can limit you as if you want 2 terrains your method is slightly messed up.
Learn UDT (user define types)
Or more simply learn about globals:



James

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Joanna
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Thanks for the replies everyone. Interesting infomation. I think I see how it works.
But anyway, as you were all implying, I'm not quite at that stage yet....but good to have that info on-hand.

Thank you!

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