[TIB] Re: Get/Send Command in Basic
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[TIB] Re: Get/Send Command in Basic
>
> It's actually very difficult to use the Get and Send commands in Basic
> to do anything even remotely action oriented.
>
> As Pandrogas said, these commands aren't really meant to provide
> connectivity between calcs, they're there to retrieve and send data from
> a CBL or CBR unit. That being said, I'll tell you this: I too once
> tried to make a multiplayer game, and looked into the usage of the get
> and send commands. What found was that these commands are really only
> functional if each calc was waiting at a pause with the appropriate
> command. Thus, you'd have to know what command other calc is waiting for
> at the moment you wanted to send or get a variable, which is nearly
> impossible to work out in any kind of action game. Even running a simple
> RPG in this way is slow and cumbersome.
>
> I forget the usage of GetCalc, but I believe the other calc needs to be
> paused in order for it to return a variable, so you're left with the
> same situation as with the get and send commands.
>
> So follow the advice of the others, if you're really serious about
> getting linkplay to work, get an ASM routine, as the Basic commands just
> won't cut it.
>
> -c.j.w
>
>From my experience, only use GetCalc(, it is meant for communication
with another calc. Get( and Send( are for communication with a CBL.
Rob van Wijk
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