Re: TIB: Re:GetKey

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Subject: Re: TIB: Re:GetKey
From: "Josh Cunningham" <rogue_ant@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1998 08:28:14 PST
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>Thanks to everybody, but my routines are just not moving fast enough.  
In the
>RPG I'm creating, Bubba's Quest (watch for it:)), I have a little 
character
>made of 2 letters (O and an X under it).  that moves around the screen.  
If he
>reaches the border of the screen, the game loads the next screen (a 
string)
>into a string where it is used by the program.  But enough with the 
background
>junk, here's what my problem is-  
>	
>	The game takes about a second to move the character!  And with the Ans
>variable, it appears to slowdown more each time you move before finally
>greeting you with a MEMORY ERROR!  I remember reading some code that 
used the
>Return statement and the Ans var to move the character, but it wasn't
>documented very well.   The writer said this made it faster.  I need to 
know
>the fastest statement I can use for multiple keys.  All help is 
appreciated:)
>
>Tatsuo
>
  
  Tatsuo, use the routine I posted, instead of using the plxon 
statement, supplement it with the Text( statements.  You will find this 
to be way faster then one second, and minimal memory errors.  I am 
working on a new Getkey routine that will be very fast.  I'm estimating 
about 1.5 times as fast as the one I posted.  But untill I get some 
inspiration, it wont be done.

Josh Cunningham

Send me ideas for the RPG engine!!

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