So you would have 30 arrays or so?
Whatevergameevent(currentplayer)

I do a similar thing but have all events stored in a single array
ArrayA(currentplayer),

This is essentially what you have done,but I take all of your current player variables and assign them each a position in a enveloping overarching array


At the same time I enable save game states, by converting
ArrayA(player1) to a String(Player1)
And assign to nvS1 etc....

Hey there. Yeah, you're correct. There are a bunch of 4 element arrays. Your approach sounds good too if I understood you correctly. So, you have one 4 element array.


So using it would be like:


I actually like this way better (assuming I'm on the correct path...):


Is that correct? It's almost like having a bitmask per player. I like the idea of saving state; that's a big win for those that want that functionality. Thank you for sharing!

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Your coding knowledge is
More advanced than mine
But essentially your understanding is correct

Dim ArrayA(4)
Then I copy and paste an Array template by Wecoc that defines how the array is processed, allowing for 99 events within

But, because I am converting to Strings for save states, and saving to nvS1-16 , and each nvS only allows 32 numbers, my array is constrained from 99 to 32.

To confuse you even more, Ravarcade
Gave me a code to allow two strings to be compressed into one nvS

Saving states also has the potential to double the events you want saved!
Depending if a save state saves only at the beginning or end of a turn or during play in the middle of multi ball or a mini game

If you download the dark knight ultimatum it has my most advanced save states where you can save and restore during mini Games

Sorry to blather on Flug, it was great therapy. By all means release your mod !

Heh, no worries at all. I actually took the code base and modified it to use a multidimensional array like you mentioned (and I mocked up before). Need to do more testing, but so far it seems to have been a clean transition.

Once it's solid (I swear every time I have a good game I come across something...) I will upload. Thanks for the messages; really appreciate the conversation.

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Cool
Thx and good luck!!!
Welcome to FP!

The last version of MM available from SLAM was v1.02. I changed a few graphics as seen in my abandon thread and uploaded it to http://www97.zippyshare.com/v/jgL8BdRU/file.html
If you fixed some stuff in the script I am always interested, but you should probably use the 1.02 version as base. The physics on that one are 2.7. Maybe post the script changes here when you're done? I'd appreciate that.

the last changes as per his script were
' ULTIMATE Edition 1.02:

' improved all lighting effects
' fixed a few bugs
' improved geometry

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life takes a lot of balls

Fung,

Is this your posting?

http://www.pinsimdb.org/pinball/table-2 ... s_(m-m_1_3)

George