[MWForum]Thanks Harvey
Lara Frawley
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Thanks Harvey! Your thinking is way ahead of mine but I will try to work =
through what you've written.
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Harvey Bornfield=20
To: mwforum@lists.mathcats.com=20
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 3:53 AM
Subject: Re: [MWForum]Stopall
Lara:
You would want to perform a stopall before you exit the current page, =
and place a few lines of "cleanup code" as well in that page-switching =
procedure. Such 'clean-up' code could be used to track information like =
what activity was going on in the environment you're exiting, (what =
programs are running before you blugeoned everything with a stopall), =
what sounds are playing, and optionally, saving the background graphics. =
What this potentially accomplishes is that upon a button initiated =
return to that page at a later time, you can attach another procedure to =
restore the same environment - i.e. all activity on every turtle =
"silenced" at last exit from that page. You can do this utilizing ask =
"t1 [clickon]. If the command to use background music is incorporated as =
part of a turtle procedure, that can also be automated.=20
This is how one begins to experiment with developing software =
architecture which can "save games". You would write off a collection of =
"state of the game" or "state of the page" variables into a text file, =
together with the players name, and reload information specific to one =
of many players, conjuring up the same scenery, activities and =
orchestrations.=20
Hope this challenges your spark plugs!
Perhaps this idea is worth sharing some MW Code.
best regards,
Harvey
At 09:05 AM 9/9/2003, you wrote:
The button to page 6 should have a procedure, not just page6. Then =
you can stopall as soon as you get to page6
e.g.
to page-6
page6
stopall
end
Susan
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<DIV><BR></DIV>Lara:<BR>You would want to perform a stopall before you =
exit=20
the current page, and place a few lines of "cleanup code" as well in =
that=20
page-switching procedure. Such 'clean-up' code could be used to track=20
information like what activity was going on in the environment you're =
exiting,=20
(what programs are running before you blugeoned everything with a =
stopall),=20
what sounds are playing, and optionally, saving the background =
graphics.=20
<BR><BR>What this potentially accomplishes is that upon a button =
initiated=20
return to that page at a later time, you can attach another procedure =
to=20
restore the same environment - i.e. all activity on every =
turtle =20
"silenced" at last exit from that page. You can do this utilizing ask =
"t1=20
[clickon]. If the command to use background music is incorporated as =
part of a=20
turtle procedure, that can also be automated. <BR><BR>This is how one =
begins=20
to experiment with developing software architecture which can "save =
games".=20
You would write off a collection of "state of the game" or "state of =
the page"=20
variables into a text file, together with the players name, and reload =
information specific to one of many players, conjuring up the same =
scenery,=20
activities and orchestrations. <BR><BR>Hope this challenges your spark =
plugs!<BR>Perhaps this idea is worth sharing some MW Code.<BR><BR>best =
regards,<BR>Harvey<BR><BR>At 09:05 AM 9/9/2003, you wrote:<BR>
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