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GoldD Dragon27

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Posted: 12th Aug 2005 18:09

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I am using DB classic 1.13 and DarkMatter.

I've found code that lets me read POINT() of a BITMAP.
I then manually assign HEIGHT and TEXTURE data per tile (very slow).

I want to then save and recall these LANDSCAPE MATRICES to use in an RPG game I am creating.

I would appreciate any help in doing this more efficiently (DLL hopefully)

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TDK

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Posted: 13th Aug 2005 01:35

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Are you using Sync On while you are doing it?

Point is very slow, but if you use Sync On: Sync Rate 0 and have a single Sync line after the loop which does all the scanning, it speeds up a fair bit...

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Sven B

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Posted: 14th Aug 2005 11:12

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I would use files. open to write / open to read commands.
files can be used in many ways.

in the file:

+ Code Snippet

in the program:

+ Code Snippet

height = 6
width = 8
obj = 0
open to read 1,"map.txt"
for y = 1 to height
   `read string
   read string 1,string$

   `find characters
   for x = 1 to width

      char$ = mid$(string$, x)
      `if 1 then make wall
      select char$
         case "1"
            inc obj
            make object cube obj,5
            position object obj, 2.5 + (x*5), 2.5, (height*5) - (y*5) - 2.5
         endcase
      endselect
   next x
next y
close file 1

Or maybe like this:

in the file:

+ Code Snippet

2.5
2.5
3
7.5
7.5
2
3.5
7.5
4

and in the program:

+ Code Snippet

obj = 0
open to read 1,"map.txt"
   repeat
      read float 1,posx#
      read float 1,posz#
      read float 1,size#
      inc obj
      make object cube obj,size#
      position object obj,posx#,size#/2,posz#
   until file end() = 1
close file 1

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