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Lazernaut



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23rd July, 2003 at 15:29:27 -

I need an extension for Tgf that allows stuff numbers to be handled. I wanna do the % equation, like

5/30*100
(5/30 = 0.16 and that's causing the trouble for me)

can anyone name one for me ? and maybe link me as well ?

 
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23rd July, 2003 at 15:37:02 -

MMF allows decimals, though if you have an occult religion that forbids using computer programs with a U in them or something, Advanced Math might do the trick, but I've never used it.
What are stuff numbers?

 
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23rd July, 2003 at 16:59:58 -

Heh, stuff numbers = stuff like mana, health points and stuff whose values are stored in counters....



I've tried the MMF demo several times and it just doesn't seem to stick. But i'm probably gonna have to buy it anyway since it's just better technologically speaking (don't like the layout, and the frame editor alone makes me wanna puke!)

 
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23rd July, 2003 at 17:05:50 -

just use large numbers... 5000/30000 = 160

 
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23rd July, 2003 at 17:08:27 -

sorry i meant 5000/30 = 166

 
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23rd July, 2003 at 17:20:29 -

yeah, that'll work for now, thx but it's very inaccurate due to the rounding up/down that Tgf does...but it works But i'm certain there's a plugin allows direct use of decimals......there must be

 
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23rd July, 2003 at 20:16:58 -

MMF allows decimals... though by default numbers will be integers. What you need to do is make your expressions use FP numbers in the calculation. If, for example, you want to divide two counters and get the FP result you could do something like this:

(Counter1 * 1.0) / Counter2

Which would convert Counter1 to a FP at the first operation, and for the second operation, since the result of the brackets is a FP, Counter2 would be converted to a FP as well. The counters themselves will remain integers (unless you set the result of the calculation back to one of the counters), but the result will always be a FP even if the number divides exactly.

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24th July, 2003 at 05:31:22 -

I'm pretty sure I managed to find a way some time ago to get percentages to work simply by arranging the equation differently.

Standard equation that textbooks teach you:

actual / total * fraction

However, you can get the same result from:

fraction * actual / total

The latter should hopefully not have the decimal problem because it involves the fraction (100 in the case of percentages) before the division.

Eg: For a score of 6 out of 23: (answers to 3dp)

Standard:
6/23 = 0.261
0.261 * 100 = 26.100%

The Other Way:
100*6 = 600
600 / 23 = 26.086%

(in this case, because we limitted ourselves to 3 decimal places, my method is actually more accurate)


 
191 / 9999 * 7 + 191 * 7

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24th July, 2003 at 11:22:44 -

Decimals can be weird in MMF, I tried making a custom movement with them and the one decimal I subtracted went a lot faster than the one I added. Just use big numbers.

 
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24th July, 2003 at 12:54:21 -

Are u sure you need Floating points?
Advanced Math should do the trick.

ShadowCaster, do u get paid to convince to use (buy)
multimediafusion??

TGF works just as fine, although it's engine is a little out of date. And yes the interface of mmf isn't that neat.

Oh i am sorry you prolly didn't want my opinion,
but since SC gave his, i'll give mine.

 
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25th July, 2003 at 15:59:33 -

Can't someone PLEEASE make an example for me (in tgf) ? i've spent several days and i STILL can't get it to work. I'm getting _very_ frustrated ! plz !

 
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25th July, 2003 at 16:19:18 -

'TGF works just as fine, although it's engine is a little out of date'

And it can't allow decimals?

 
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25th July, 2003 at 16:20:33 -

http://kris.acsv.net/example.gam

fully working example, compatible with tgf 1.06 and anything higher

 
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25th July, 2003 at 16:33:02 -

what the... ? i'm very sure i tried that as well.....weird

 
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25th July, 2003 at 17:33:34 -

i tried the equation you set in the .gam file and it works now. Apparently it didn't work because i didn't use ( and )..

well thank you very much i'll credit you in my game

 
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