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#1 2012-09-25 19:26:40
- LEGOengineer261
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Long scripts are making programming slow...
I am working on a game with a giant script, and I constantly have to debug and go back and edit it... But when I do that it takes about 10 seconds when I try to drag something or edit the value...
Is there any way I can avoid this? Is there some way I can edit scratch in the squeak-thingy and use simple graphics or something?
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#2 2012-09-25 19:52:11
- MoreGamesNow
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Re: Long scripts are making programming slow...
on graphics: Not that I know of, but I think Python grants that ability.
I often break the big script into smaller ones (using the "broadcast and wait" block. While this means that there is a slight delay every time you use a broadcast block, it makes editing blocks a lot faster.
Other than that, my advice is code to entire chunks of the script and snap the entire chunk in at once, rather than inserting each block into the giant script individually
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#3 2012-09-26 14:41:09
- LEGOengineer261
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Re: Long scripts are making programming slow...
MoreGamesNow wrote:
on graphics: Not that I know of, but I think Python grants that ability.
I often break the big script into smaller ones (using the "broadcast and wait" block. While this means that there is a slight delay every time you use a broadcast block, it makes editing blocks a lot faster.
Other than that, my advice is code to entire chunks of the script and snap the entire chunk in at once, rather than inserting each block into the giant script individually
Thanks, that gives me an idea, I'll use broadcast blocks for each section of programming, then when I finish I'll snap em all together and make it faster... thanks for the help! 
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#5 2012-09-28 12:20:53
- sonicfan12p
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Re: Long scripts are making programming slow...
Is the program running while you edit this script? If it is, hit the stop sign before editing, it will be smoother then.
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#6 2012-09-28 12:40:19
- LEGOengineer261
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Re: Long scripts are making programming slow...
sonicfan12p wrote:
Is the program running while you edit this script? If it is, hit the stop sign before editing, it will be smoother then.
Nah, the script is always stopped when I edit it, its just slow cause it has like 1000 blocks or something 
But I distributed the long script into sections by using the broadcast and wait block, so its goin a bit faster now.
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#7 2012-09-28 12:49:20
- sonicfan12p
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Re: Long scripts are making programming slow...
LEGOengineer261 wrote:
sonicfan12p wrote:
Is the program running while you edit this script? If it is, hit the stop sign before editing, it will be smoother then.
Nah, the script is always stopped when I edit it, its just slow cause it has like 1000 blocks or something
But I distributed the long script into sections by using the broadcast and wait block, so its goin a bit faster now.
Oh my, that is huge. What are you making? Command and Conquer?
Why are the secret organizations getting all the attention?
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#8 2012-09-28 12:58:16
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Re: Long scripts are making programming slow...
roijac wrote:
MoreGamesNow wrote:
on graphics: Not that I know of, but I think Python grants that ability.
you mean m30w?
Oops, I meant panther xD
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#9 2012-09-28 13:16:59
- LEGOengineer261
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Re: Long scripts are making programming slow...
sonicfan12p wrote:
LEGOengineer261 wrote:
sonicfan12p wrote:
Is the program running while you edit this script? If it is, hit the stop sign before editing, it will be smoother then.
Nah, the script is always stopped when I edit it, its just slow cause it has like 1000 blocks or something
But I distributed the long script into sections by using the broadcast and wait block, so its goin a bit faster now.Oh my, that is huge. What are you making? Command and Conquer?
I am making a huge awesome tun based strategy game... 1s1s >
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#10 2012-09-28 14:28:47
- sonicfan12p
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Re: Long scripts are making programming slow...
LEGOengineer261 wrote:
sonicfan12p wrote:
LEGOengineer261 wrote:
Nah, the script is always stopped when I edit it, its just slow cause it has like 1000 blocks or something
But I distributed the long script into sections by using the broadcast and wait block, so its goin a bit faster now.Oh my, that is huge. What are you making? Command and Conquer?
I am making a huge awesome tun based strategy game... 1s1s >
strategy game. 1s1s. AI. Bad idea! Well, it's a good idea, but it will run unbearably slow most likely. Regular non 1s1s AI run very slow.
Why are the secret organizations getting all the attention?
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