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Mene-Mene

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Posts: 1398
From: Fort Wayne, IN, USA
Registered: 10-23-2006
 		I've got a bug, and I need a tester of sorts to help me figure it out, I can't figure out why the crazy thing isn't working! I've tried a couple of tests, and it won't "Quit". It won't detect keys either, its like it lost its button detection. All I can do right now is offer discounts.

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MM out-
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MastaLlama

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Posts: 671
From: Houston, TX USA
Registered: 08-10-2005
 		what is it?
samw3

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Posts: 542
From: Toccoa, GA, USA
Registered: 08-15-2006
 		sounds like its stuck in an infinite loop

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Sam Washburn
Lazarus

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Posts: 1668
From: USA
Registered: 06-06-2006
 		How much of a discount?

j/k. samw's answer sounds correct.
Mene-Mene

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Posts: 1398
From: Fort Wayne, IN, USA
Registered: 10-23-2006
 		Funny thing is though, the button still changes frames, and the mouse image still moves.

Laz: Up to 50% depending upon the amount.

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MM out-
Thought travels much faster than sound, it is better to think something twice, and say it once, than to think something once, and have to say it twice.
"Frogs and Fauns! The tournament!" - Professor Winneynoodle/HanClinto
"Of course, prayer requires that you actually take the time to listen for His answer..." - I'msold4Christ
"I would much rather say that every time you make a choice you are turning the central part of you, the part of you that chooses, into something a little different from what it was before." -C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

I reserve the full right to change my views/theories at any time.
Lazarus

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Posts: 1668
From: USA
Registered: 06-06-2006
 		If the code for detecting the "quit" key and closing the program isn't too long, posting it would be very helpful.

(Oooh... 50%. ...)
Mene-Mene

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Posts: 1398
From: Fort Wayne, IN, USA
Registered: 10-23-2006
 		Here's the code:

		If CurPlayer.ExitButtonFrame = 1
		
			If MouseHit(1)
			
				quit = True
				
			EndIf
			
		EndIf

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MM out-
Thought travels much faster than sound, it is better to think something twice, and say it once, than to think something once, and have to say it twice.
"Frogs and Fauns! The tournament!" - Professor Winneynoodle/HanClinto
"Of course, prayer requires that you actually take the time to listen for His answer..." - I'msold4Christ
"I would much rather say that every time you make a choice you are turning the central part of you, the part of you that chooses, into something a little different from what it was before." -C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

I reserve the full right to change my views/theories at any time.
HanClinto

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Posts: 1828
From: Indiana
Registered: 10-11-2004
 		I don't have anything to offer at the moment in helping to solve your problem, but I wanted to touch on a small thing that you mentioned.

quote:
Originally posted by mene-mene:
I've got a bug, and I need a tester of sorts to help me figure it out

Technically, software testers are the ones who just find and report bugs, and the programmers are the ones who fix bugs. When you say "I need a tester", generally that means that you're looking for people to help you find bugs in your code so that you can polish things up more.


As far as how to solve your problem, try putting print statements in your code so that you can tell where the flow of execution is going (or if the code is even being called at all):

		Print "Entering query."
		If CurPlayer.ExitButtonFrame = 1
			Print " Exit frame is okay"
			If MouseHit(1)
				print "  Mouse is hit, trying to quit"
				quit = True
			EndIf
			Print " Done with exit frame if
		EndIf
		Print "Done with query"

I'm only guessing how one would do debug output in BB -- I've never used it before. But basically you just want a way so that you can try and see how your code is flowing. If at all possible, you may want to take the time to learn how to use a debugger so that you can step through your code one line at a time as it executes (though I don't know if BB has one).

Cheers!

--clint
Lava
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Posts: 1905
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Registered: 01-26-2005
 		Mene-Mene if you don't get it to work, you can PM or email me the source, if you want to, then I'll look at it and if I get it work I'll tell you what's wrong.

Because sometimes these problems don't always start where you think.

My advice, for now, would be to use the "IF AND" function in Blitz.

So like this:


If CurPlayer.ExitButtonFrame = 1 AND MouseHit(1) = true
			
	quit = True
				
EndIf

I hope this helps.

And yeah Han gave some pretty good advice, use Print to figure out where everything is. I also use the "Text" function so like

Text 0,20,CurPlayer.ExitButtonFrame
Text 0,40,MouseHit(1)
Text 0,60,quit

So that way I know if CurPlayer.ExitButtonFrame = 1, the mouse button was clicked or if Quit = true.

[This message has been edited by LAVA (edited March 03, 2007).]