txt bug?

[jammajup]

Hi
Not sure if it is something I have done to cause this but I have decided to report it anyway but first I need to explain how it came about ,I am not sure if my idea would of worked anyway and I did save before hand..I am working on a top down lady bug style game and the score is displayed central along the bottom line 23 but the lives are displayed downwards along the right like this.
L
I
V
E
S

3
Each letter is an individual message and the idea was that the number of lives underneath drops down a line for each lost which means I have to mask the other lives on the other lines above and below when not required.The idea I came up with was-
IF LIVES 4
LET LINE = 13
LET COLUMN = 30
DISPLAY LIVES
ELSE
LET LINE = 13
LET COLUMN = 30
MESSAGE 6
ENDIF
IF LIVES 3
LET LINE = 14
LEY COLUMN = 30
DISPLAY LIVES
ELSE
etc,etc
I created Message 6 blank and I wanted to cover the numbers not being used and it is with this that I have found a problem,when I go back to the blank message 6 and edit it with txt it corrupts,if I try to edit the message again with a blank space when i leave by pressing ctrl-a the whole screen fills with flashing blocks and the editor crashes.

[Jonathan Cauldwell]

Which version are you using?

AGD's editor removes trailing spaces so a message containing just spaces is just an empty message. You'll have to cover the numbers with a character of some sort, then redefine that character in the font editor. Alternatively you could use PUTBLOCK to place an empty block on the screen at the relevant position.

[jammajup]

I am using 4'4 ,Okay i have the problem of lives going down the screen sorted it is simply
IF LIVES 4
LET LINE = 13
LET COLUMN = 30
COLOUR 71
DISPLAY LIVES
ELSE
LET LINE = 13
LET COLUMN = 30
COLOUR 0
MESSAGE 6
ENDIF
IF LIVES 3
LET LINE = 14
LEY COLUMN = 30
COLOUR 71
DISPLAY LIVES
ELSE
etc,etc
Message 6 is just '-' coloured black

A video of the problem of correcting a blank message once saved is below,I create a blank message then exit and return and replace it with 't' and when I exit it corrupts,when I revert it back to a blank text with space everything crashes.Not sure if it deletes with problem as I have not tried that.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhppIPqUfj8&feature=youtu.be
The corrupted letters you see 'UCY' are part of the message running down the screen in game which I have changed from LIVES to LUCY (game character)

[lukebord1]

Had a similar crash issue while setting a blank message between other text messages, in v.4.4.
If i try to replace the blank message with a new text value, all other messages skip some character, mixing each other... same thing, in previous AGD versions, happened in sprite events while removing a sprite which isn't the last one.

For your particular need anyway, what about assigning a value to LINE number, and changing that value when a life is lost? That way, DISPLAY LIVES should appear in another line (if i have correctly understood your purpose)...

[jammajup]

Feb 4, 2014 17:52:56 GMT lukebord1 said:

For your particular need anyway, what about assigning a value to LINE number, and changing that value when a life is lost? That way, DISPLAY LIVES should appear in another line (if i have correctly understood your purpose)...

Interesting...the way I have it now is great but if it will save me some memory then I would consider alternatives,that is what I like about this AGD it is interesting to use.