Mythruna

Ok just an idea since I havent had a chance to get it all set up and played with fire/buckets yet but ive been inspired and was curious if this idea would work

I have two bp, one for a button, another for a screw

Ok now the super simple logic idea of it (i understand the code would be more in depth but im just brainstorming

When button is hit it is turned on....lets say variable x = true

While x == true
{
rotate screw 10 °
check x
}



again please dont tell me "your syntax is wrong" lol im just curious if my idea would actually work

No, because your script would never return and it would lock up the game.

There is no formal API support for animation of this kind but Mythruna does support it.  Eventually objects will be able to hook into a configurable heartbeat event that they can use to update themselves periodically.

Oh I knew there would be more needed, was just wondering if that form of animation would be possible. Which youve said basically not yet lol


Well, guess I plan something else, if I have more questtions (only the ones on what every bit of code would actually look like lol *ahem* unn *ahem*)

 im sorry something seemed to have caught in my throat

Yes, I know I did not assign Paul to anything :)

Wait, miss-read, you said no formal animation, but mythruna does support it.

So are you saying that with true code I could pull it off, granted with probably a bit of ugly code

wouldnt water waves count as animation? or are they huge ammounts of code lol

Yeah, there just isn't a "nice" way to do it.  You have to know where to poke and the poking isn't as pretty.

Something like:

The "do something every frame" part isn't that pretty either.

Water waves are done differently.  They are sort of animated in the shader... like the grass and flowers blowing in the wind.

I can't wait till i can finally free up some time to try n code something. I don't think i've ever worked with API, is it just where all the graphical representation of the code is?

API = "Application programming interface"

It's the stuff I've exposed to make writing scripts easier.  But since Groovy has access to all of the Java classes, you can bypass the API in cases where I haven't exposed nice things yet.

In that case i'll probably just use groovy, since its already installed. The only thing i really will need to figure out is how to go about actually getting things to *happen* in the game according to the code i put in, though i'm sure thats just a matter of poking through whats already coded.

That's what I talk about when I say "API"... the "how to do it".  Some of the API is covered through examples.  Some of the API has yet to be written.   The Java classes can sort of be considered an "undocumented API" at this point.

Ohhh ok. Right, thats what i meant when i said poking through whats already coded. I don't want to really start trying stuff until i have a day of free time to set aside.

Yeah I plan on getting the fire/match/bucket working, then play around with own ideas. But I have exams in my java/advanced c++, political science, and systems analysis and design classes coming up......fun fun

Good job, you have passed "Hello World"
They grow up so fast don't they :')

i found out a month ago.. i haven't made any progress because I am trying to figure out how to make an executable file.

Why on earth would you need to make an executable file?

Uhhh visual studios, code in c++ or vb

Then you can find your exe

You can make exes for java and groovy, also... but it's about as relevant to his goals as a powerpoint slide.

I have so much to learn  ::)

Lol, id like to see unn make a powerpoint of his goals, could be interesting

this conversation got fairly comical

I dont think any thread ive ever read has stayed on topic for more then 2 pages, it makes transitions kind of fun

you guys can thank me  ::)

My story with cars running on it's own momentum caught up with more than 2 pages on topic. Hurr hurr.