Version 3.4

[Jonathan Cauldwell]

Here's version 3.4:

rapidshare.com/files/3264790366/AGD%203.4.zip

This update features:

- code editor speeded up dramatically
- GETRANDOM now works as it should
- fixed text messages so text on last line ends up where it should
- sprite position editor no longer calls sprite initialisation event

As ever, let me know if I've messed anything else up with this update...

[alessandro]

Unfortunately there seems to be a problem with this release. Every time you press N to go to the sprite position editor, the program tries to load something.

[Jonathan Cauldwell]

Sorry about that. You're quite right, there's a problem.

This should fix it:

rapidshare.com/files/3195603412/AGD%203.4.zip

[alessandro]

Thanks Jonathan, that issue has been fixed. The speeded-up editor is really a welcome addition!

However, GETRANDOM still does not work. Apart from what me and the others already discovered, I now noticed that, when it does manage to return some "varied" values - e.g. with GETRANDOM 7 - they tend to repeat themselves in a set pattern.

For instance, if in one of the two Main Loops you enter something like:

GETRANDOM 7
LET LINE 5
LET COLUMN 25
DISPLAY RND
DELAY 20

and you save the game, you will see, each time you load up the saved game, that it will always display the same sequence of numbers.

[Jonathan Cauldwell]

Yes, it's a quirk of any random number generator. It's pseudo-random, and the standard way of randomising is to set the seed from the clock. However, there's no way of doing this in AGD.

The only thing you can do is use the player's actions to disrupt the sequence. For example, using GETRANDOM whenever the player moves will alter the sequence.

I'll set the random number generator from the clock in version 4.