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Cameron

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Posted: 14th Aug 2005 03:08 Edited at: 14th Aug 2005 03:09

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Ok Heres The Code

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`The Quest of Eternity
`By Cameron Hudson

Set display mode 640,480,32


Text 310,240, "Loading"
Wait 1000
Text 310,240, "Loading."
Wait 1000
Text 310,240, "Loading.."
Wait 1000
Text 310,240, "Loading..."
Wait 1000
Text 310,240, "Loading...."
Wait 1000
Cls
Goto Intro


Intro:
Print "Welcome To Quest Of Eternity. Currently You are Being Held In Jail"
Print "This is The Story"
Print "You Are This one boy thats 13 and he is in the country Aswallo."
Print "You came from the country Bicanalo. The problem is that You ran away from Your family and ran to aswallo."
Print "The problem is that You didnt know that Aswallo didnt accept anyone who came from Bicanalo. So You Were Thrown in jail."
Print "Now You are on a Quest to get Your freedom back and go back to Bicanalo back to Your family."
Print "Now You regret that You ran away."
Print "Press Enter To Continue."
If ReturnKey() = 1 then Goto Start



Start:
Print "Hello"
do
loop

Well The Problem Is That It supposed to goto start when u press enter but it just keeps going to that automaticcaly without enter y?

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Killonyas Slayer

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Posted: 14th Aug 2005 03:19

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Darkbasic ignores labels, it'll go right past them.

If you run a program in step though mode, once you get to an if/then, and the condition is not met, the game will just skip the 'then'.

so, try using

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do
if returnkey()=1 then goto start
loop

This way, it will keep going(doing nothing) until you press enter, then it will jump to 'start'.

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Cameron

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Posted: 14th Aug 2005 03:30

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Thank You So Much Time Splitter i gettin so frustrated at that.

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Posted: 14th Aug 2005 04:20

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Or even just add the line:

Wait Key

where you have "If ReturnKey() = 1 then Goto Start".

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Cameron

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Posted: 14th Aug 2005 04:22

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Omg oh yeah tdk no brainer lol
thanks

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Grog Grueslayer

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Posted: 14th Aug 2005 04:59

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I suggest you get rid of the "Loading...". You want people to get into the game asap.

If you use "suspend for key" it'll wait till any key is hit. Then right after the suspend have "goto Start".

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Cameron

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Posted: 14th Aug 2005 06:42

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o Okay

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Posted: 14th Aug 2005 06:48

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There's actually no need to use Goto anywhere, anytime... ever!

It's bad practice to use it these days with all the methods of code structuring available.

It's a throwback to the days when you hadn't got all the loops, Gosub..Return and Functions that you have today. I don't really know why it's left in - other than compatibility.

There's no difference between Wait Key and Suspend For Key apart from one takes longer to type than the other.

And putting a Goto Start on the next line is redundant as without it, the next program line to be executed is going to be the Start: label line anyway.

So, scrap both your Goto's and if you like, both the labels too - they aren't needed.

I would only leave the labels in myself because the IDE displays labels and their line numbers - so in large programs it's easier to scoot around to different sections.

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Posted: 14th Aug 2005 06:59

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Oh Okay So You Are Saying Take Out Labels?

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Posted: 14th Aug 2005 07:18

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In the code snippet you posted above, I'm just saying that they serve no purpose. They don't actually do anything.

You can leave them in if you like - to use as simple labels which DB ignores, but in large programs simply mark out sections which you can locate quickly. That's all I use them for.

In small programs (less than a thousand or so lines), it's not that important. They certainly aren't *needed*.

If you are putting them in just to be the targets for Goto jumps then don't - there are always alternatives to using Goto.

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Posted: 14th Aug 2005 08:48

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Ah Thanks Tdk. Always There To Help

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Posted: 14th Aug 2005 11:15

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Quote: "There's no difference between Wait Key and Suspend For Key apart from one takes longer to type than the other."

I love typing.

You're right about the goto statement... it's easy to write code without gosub too.

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Posted: 14th Aug 2005 19:03

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Quote: "I love typing."

I don't!

I don't know what I'd do if Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V didn't exist...

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Posted: 14th Aug 2005 19:07

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hahhahahah lol yeah seriously

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Posted: 17th Aug 2005 12:25

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hey, this might be off topic but i don't understand the gosub command.

can someone tell me please?

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Me!

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Posted: 17th Aug 2005 15:13

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Milky TPC, could you start a new thread asking about gosub please, people use the search to find subjects (and may want to ask about gosub) and they can`t find a reply buried down in this thread, if you make a new one titled "could you explain gosub please" then you will get lots of replys and people can find it in the search when they want to ask about gosub, thanks.

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