[zjm]

Well, I'm going to start creating a game, but there are questions which need to be answered. I'm new to the boards, but not to MegaZeux. I use 2.81h, and am an okay programmer.

First Question:

If I want to have an enemy that can be injured, how can I make that into a subroutine, so it won't restart an attack program?

Furthermore, does anyone have any good programs for enemies?

[LogiCow]

You can use subroutines, as long as you use a custom player weapon instead of default bullets.

: "justentered"
set "local" to "enemies"
inc "enemies" by 1
set "enemy&local&_hitpoints" to 3
goto "main"

[...]

: "#shot"
dec "enemy&local&_hitpoints" by 1
if "enemy&local&_hitpoints" > 0 then "#return"
goto "eleminated"


If that seems too complicated to you, you can use "local" as your hit points counter and use:

: "#shot"
dec "local" by 1
if "local" > 0 then "#return"
explode 0

[zjm]

Excellent! Thank you very much. Could you explain how to create a custom weapon? I haven't explored that area of programming.

[zjm]

I figured out how to make a custom weapon, and created a sword program, but I'm not quite sure how to make it a subroutine.

[zjm]

I figured out the subroutine, and am ready to start my game!

[Koji]

yay game