TwoPlayer

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Need help setting up two player code for a game

TwoPlayer

Levells 11 Mar 2008 21:13

In my game, I use _LLEVEL to hold the stats for the character.
If I can store that to another list, and then recive the list from the other calculator, I would have to restore the original list afterwords.
This is starting to get slightly confusing for me, especially since I am not sure exactly how to get the information I need.
I know that I can use the GetCalc( command to get the info, but I have to store the original somewhere else and then bring it back later.
Also, the data has to be constantly updated because it deals with the character's health and it has to know when it is 0 or under.
I know that this is slighly confusing to read and it is very confusing writing this.
Thanks for any help

Re: TwoPlayer

Socks 18 Mar 2008 23:51

Here's what I think.

Step 1: Save the data on the first calculator to the custom list.
Step 2: On each calculator, send the data to another list. Player one sends to L₁, player two to L₂.
Step 3: Each calculator uses GetCalc( to retrieve the information from the respective list.

I use two lists, because I don't know if both calculators used GetCalc(L₁, if one would end up with it's own stats back due to timing.

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/Socks

Re: TwoPlayer

DarkerLine 19 Mar 2008 02:17

The problem with GetCalc( is that it will only work if the sending calculator is in a paused state. So it won't be possible to constantly update the list on both calculators.

Re: TwoPlayer

burr 19 Mar 2008 03:32

GetCalc( isn't a very reliable command to use, so I would just use an assembly library instead.