Quote: "All I need to do is figure out how to iterate through the array and referene each entry as I do so..."
What exactly are you trying to do? I can probably help you out. I use UDT arrays, a different type for each type of entity.
rem Example theory code
type charDat
health as integer
x as float
y as float
z as float
animFPS as integer
animTimer as integer
speed as integer
speedTimer as integer
inUse as integer
endtype
type itemDat
x as float
y as float
z as float
moveable as integer
openable as integer
inUse as integer
endtype
type gameDat
charCount as integer
itemCount as integer
endType
global game as gameDat
dim char(100) as charDat : game.charCount=100
dim items(100) as itemDat : game.itemCount=100
rem Way later in the code,
for i=1 to game.charCount
if char(i).x=0 then ...
if char(i).health=0 then...
next i
for i=1 to game.itemCount
if items(i).x=0 then...
if items(i).movable=1 then...
next i
Are you looking to do something like that? I set up an array of items, I keep the count of how many there are in each one, then I iterate through each group to my heart's content. You can also do this...
dim char(1) as charDat
game.charCount=1
inc game.charCount
dim char(game.charCount) as charDat
That will dynamically increase the size of the array
char. This way, you can spawn new characters or items or whatever as you like. I keep a variable, inUse, that I disable if I destroy the item. Then, I just reuse that array element the next time I spawn that type of entity. I do this because it's faster to skip an element than to resize and reorder a massive UDT array. My charDat array probably has over 200 data elements. That would be a bitch to shift 99 of those over to the left.
Maybe I'm talking about nothing that interests you. Hopefully, it can help you out. Let me know.
Good luck!
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