I have to 4 questions?

1. How do I copy code from one program to another. I wrote a world level method "jump", and I wanna use it in an another program.

2. How do I check if one object makes contact with another object? I know there is a "within distance of" function but that only works with centers. I want any part of an object.

3. How do I break out of loops?

4. Can I create and delete objects at run time?

Originally Posted by scarlet

1. How do I copy code from one program to another. I wrote a world level method "jump", and I wanna use it in an another program.

There is probably an easier way, but one way may be to copy your method to one of the gallery classes, export that object/class from the File menu, import it into your new program, and copy the method to the world. However, I have never tried that so I can't assure you that it will work.

Originally Posted by scarlet

2. How do I check if one object makes contact with another object? I know there is a "within distance of" function but that only works with centers. I want any part of an object.

There have been lots of postings on collision detection. When the Search feature is restored, you will be able to read them.

Originally Posted by scarlet

3. How do I break out of loops?

Unlike in Java, as far as I know, there is no break command. Probably the best you can do is to cause the conditional clause to return false the next time it is tested.

Originally Posted by scarlet

4. Can I create and delete objects at run time?

Unfortunately, the answer to this question is no.

Dick Baldwin
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for the distance to an object one, a math formula

if( [object1]'s distance to [object2] - [object2]'s Width / 2 <=1 )
do whatever...
else()
do nothing...

hope that helps u

Originally Posted by DickBaldwin

There is probably an easier way, but one way may be to copy your method to one of the gallery classes, export that object/class from the File menu, import it into your new program, and copy the method to the world. However, I have never tried that so I can't assure you that it will work.

Correction:
One way may be to copy your method to one of the gallery classes, export that object/class by right-clicking on the object and selecting save object ..., import it into your new program from the File menu, and copy the method to your new world. However, I have never tried to do this, so I can't assure you that it will work.




Dick Baldwin
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Free programming tutorials: http://www.dickbaldwin.com/toc.htm

Originally Posted by Ping

for the distance to an object one, a math formula

if( [object1]'s distance to [object2] - [object2]'s Width / 2 <=1 )
do whatever...
else()
do nothing...

hope that helps u

Wouldn't it be

If ([object1]'s distance to [object2] - .5([object2]'s Width + [object1]'s Width) = 0

And this will only work if the objects are facing each other, If one object is coming at an angle it won't work!