(Loop issue) Is there any way to implement loop function?

matt72228

As title, I want to use loop function (for, while, do while), but I can't find it in gamesalad.
Any help?

Thanks a lot : )

greenglue

Hi!
I am pretty sure you can make a Timer to run every 0 seconds, but NOT till completion. Then in there you can have rules depending if you want it to be a while statement, for, etc... So basically: use timers!
Hope I helped!
Michael

youngster9

To build a while loop just use a rule for example if you want to program the following Java Statement:

while(score>250)
{
....
}

in GS you would create a rule that says if score variable greater than 250 then do the stuff inside the rule.

For a for loop use a timer or create a variable that counts up and using multiple rules you can use the same method to build a for loop. There really are no programming limitations in GS.

youngster9

JohnPapiomitis

Theres no set loop function in gamesalad, youll have to make that yourself with timers and change attributes.

For example: for(var a = 0; a < 10; a++)

Would be this in gamesalad.

Create a interger attribute called a

In the actor

Change attribute a to 0
Timer every 0.1
Inside the timer have a rule if attribute a < 10
then in the timer have a change attribute behavior and change a to a+1

Hope that helps

youngster9

@JohnPapiomitis

Cool you know Java too. People really give GS devs a bad rep because they think we are all too stupid to learn how to code but that is not true

theCodeMonsters

@JohnPapiomitis

Cool you know Java too. People really give GS devs a bad rep because they think we are all too stupid to learn how to code but that is not true

Amen, we're just lazy. Besides aren't all Programers? Anyways, you can use a timer set it to iterate at 0. Wrap it in a Rule that has your condition.

pinata14

@JohnPapiomitis

Cool you know Java too. People really give GS devs a bad rep because they think we are all too stupid to learn how to code but that is not true

:O i've been wanting to learn javascript for awhile now and i tried studying on my own but its kinda too confusing lol. I only know the very basics haha but i would love to learn more in the future, maybe take some comp sci classes

matt72228

Maybe this is a good suggestion for gamesalad?

Thanks a lot : )

pinata14

yea, loops pretty much are just the rules, and timers can make more advanced loops

tatiang

I posted instructions with a screenshot here: http://forums.gamesalad.com/discussion/41887/i-can-make-a-loop-in-the-gs. Maybe a moderator can merge these threads?