Disable a row after it has been selected

Hackim

Hello and sorry for my english

There is my problem :

I make a game where a row is randomly selected in the table.
Each time an action is performed, the game randomly selects another row.
The problem is that sometimes the same line's selected several times.

I wish that each line can be selected only one time in the game.

Do you think this is possible?

SolarPepperStudios

Make a boolean column in the table and when it is selected, turn it to true. Then say is it is selected and the boolean is already true then pick another one. Get what I'm saying?

SolarPepperStudios

@uptimistik Well, thats another way of doing it. You always seem to have a better answer than I do. :P

Hackim

Thank you for your advice

I try to follow your advice but I have not yet succeeded.
I made the boolean column, but what functions do you use to do this "and when it is selected, turn it to true" and this "is it is selected and the boolean is already true then pick another one." ?

I m a beginner ">

SolarPepperStudios

@Hackim Okay, so boolean made. Ok so when the column is selected do change attribute tablecellvalue(game.(table name),(row selected),(column where boolean row is)) to true. Then if tablecellvalue(game.(table name),(row selected),(column where boolean row is)) is true then repeat your already made actions.

tatiang

This can be accomplished by first copying the "master" table to a new table and then each time you pick a random row, deleting the row. When you reset the game, just copy the master table over again.

SolarPepperStudios

@tatiang Wouldn't that cause some memory spikes and lag?

tatiang

@tatiang Wouldn't that cause some memory spikes and lag?

Doubt it. I think sometimes people are too concerned about lag. If you're spawning 50 actors at once or constraining 10 different attributes on an actor then you should definitely be worried about lag, but just copying a table once and then deleting a row once per selection is not going to have a negative effect on your game.

SolarPepperStudios

@tatiang Okay then. Just making sure.

tatiang

Another way would be to randomize the table in place (see http://forums.gamesalad.com/discussion/53553/demo-randomize-table-rows) and then increase the chosen row number until there are no rows left. This is actually how I do quiz apps.