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MathWizz wrote:

Can anyone guess what programming language the commands in the Java Player are? 

Java? XD
I dont have a Decompiler so... I dont know... I'v only ever tried J++, and then that was only very basic stuff.

cruelty247 wrote:

wow i looked at the site but is panther going to really come out end ofapril?

Im test running it right now, so probably (Making a pong game, based on the oiginal pong from scratch because im oo lazy to make my own, with working external highscore system!)

cruelty247 wrote:

omg that sounds awesome. so anyone can set there highscore and ppl anywhere in the world can try and beat it........
oooooo i can't wait for it.
the day of panthers release....
panther 2bil online
scratch 1 online.....lol

Im trying to get it to work, but right now its only offline, i might be able to get it to work online if i had a server and there were mesh blocks (Which there isn't yet) Im trying to find away around having to put the highscores file in the panther folder on its own, and not in the folde i want it to be (Its very good but its a bit limited having it only able to search the first part of the folder and not the project flder at least.)

Update: Ok, after a lot of wrestling with the blocks and code, I finnaly got it to read the highscores file (not in the place i want it to be, but its a start) and add it to the high scores list!
Heres what I mean! (The score shown is a completely fake one though,  was just using it for a test.


For better graphics quality: http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/825/highscoresinpanther.png

Last edited by markyparky56 (2010-04-06 06:31:43)

sparks wrote:

looking neat, I was thinking that a great plan would be to have three or four blank text files supplied with each copy of Panther in the Panther folder called Temp1, Temp2, etc. This would mean that a project that wanted to use the files for temporary storage (or long term storage) could do a quick search through the default distributed files to see if any are free. It would be a simple program to search for an empty file, ask wether it can use that file for storage, or ask you to create a new file. it could then even say all temp files are full, do you want to create a new file or clear an old one? etc. using the default name temp with a number would mean that a program can search (content of file [(join[temp][(count)]) and as long as users make more named temp files, the file would be found!

If the defualt search wasn't the Panther folder itself, but a folder inside the Panther folder called read/write files or something then programs could use the file to store "cookies" of game data. a project could also easily be created by a mod and posted online that provides the file name, an ecxerpt of the content and an option to leave of clear. I'll post one up.

I was thinking of having it search the folders (Sample projects and scratch/panther projects folders (Or the folder the game (If saved) ) for a text folder called _____ and if it find it it alerts the user and tell them if the programm can use it. Thus it can store/read the highscores text file, untill then i have to keep the text file in the main folder of panther.

sparks wrote:

you can keep the file outide of the panther folder, just type the folder path. C:\Program Files\Panther1.0\Panther\Temp1.txt

Ok, that just means i'll have to move the folder, but thats ok with me if i can do it properly.

SeptimusHeap wrote:

I'm sorry guys, our computer got a virus, and we got rid of it, but I still think that they won't let me download Panther. Could anyone put up pictures of all of the new blocks, and I'll publish my tutorial as a Scratch project.

Ok, ill do that.

markyparky56 wrote:

MathWizz wrote:

Can anyone guess what programming language the commands in the Java Player are? 

Java? XD
I dont have a Decompiler so... I dont know... I'v only ever tried J++, and then that was only very basic stuff.

It's... LOGO!

neat synopsis there Markyparky, could you possibly upload those images to the panther site and replace them with the current image? Ta.

WE REALLY NEED A <file [  ] found> BLOCK! AT THE MOMENT IT JUST FREEZES IF IT CAN'T FIND THE DEFINED FILE.

I mean that the rendered blocks currently shown here: ... oh, that page has been deleted. I guess you could put the images in next to the description here: http://pantherprogramming.weebly.com/panther-features.html instead.

image hosting is fine, it's not like we have limited space or anything. Just make it a hidden page. I use my other sites for image hosting too 

sparks wrote:

image hosting is fine, it's not like we have limited space or anything. Just make it a hidden page. I use my other sites for image hosting too 

Look above...

MathWizz wrote:

SWEET!!! This is a list of logo commands! 

Hope you have fun editing the javaplayer then.