why doesn't this work?
text = "Hello"
text.class
=> String
$hud = Sprite.new
$hud.x = 36
$hud.y = 36
$hud.bitmap = Bitmap.new(36, 36)
$hud.bitmap.draw_text(0, 0, 36, 36,
$text)
It's wierd not sure I completely understand the way to set the variable type, or how to call it.
I can understand the .to_s as converting to a string.. but why not a int? how is a int declared?
Uhh-huh, yeah., I think I get it.
I'm not 100% sure, but I believe the '@' is a local variable, and '$' is global. So, really you could do either "@text" or "$text", but that's all you have to do to define a variable.
but whats the different ways of calling string,int,long int, short int, etc.... never heard of $ being global and @ being local.. that definition is usually like if you define something within a sub, vs in main..
Uhh-huh, yeah., I think I get it.
Hey I'm not a professional scripter, and not what you would call "proficient" in RGSS. GML is about the only game making language I feel very confident in. Around here, Meu is the master scripter but he's busy getting the new site ready, working on the community RPG among other things, so you may not see him around that often. My main skills lie in eventing and just RPG Maker in general (been using them all for 10 years now). Still, any questions you have about RGSS I'm willing to try and help with.
As far as some of the more technical details of RGSS, here's a good place to familiarize yourself with it.
The above script ended in a infinate loop .. so..
@err = 1
If @err =>8
@text = "Hello"
$hud = Sprite.new
$hud.x = 36
$hud.y = 36
$hud.bitmap = Bitmap.new(36, 36)
$hud.bitmap.draw_text(0, 0, 36, 36,
@text)
@err ++
Else end;
but it fails as well.
I'll look at that site, thanks for your help:P
..
evolving into this..
@err = 1
If @err => 8
@text = "Hello"
$hud = Sprite.new
$hud.x = 36
$hud.y = 36
$hud.bitmap = Bitmap.new(36, 36)
$hud.bitmap.draw_text(0, 0, 36, 36,
@text)
@err ++
end
Uhh-huh, yeah., I think I get it.
When you want to end that process, try calling
$hud.dispose
That should get rid of it.
It did, though, trying to figure out a timer of sorts.. and figuring out proper loops and proccess of loop counting while I'm doing it.
...and how to restore control back to the game:P still showing fps, so its not locked.. its just not respoding to movement commands anymore
Uhh-huh, yeah., I think I get it.
The script above is to be used with the 'call script' event command. If you're trying to do it as a regular script, there are others things you need to factor in.
but whats the different ways of calling string,int,long int, short int, etc.... never heard of $ being global and @ being local.. that definition is usually like if you define something within a sub, vs in main..
Ruby is different. You're describing the typical way of instantiating variables in compiled languages. In Ruby and other scripting languages, a variable can be any type - String, Numeric, Array, and a great many others in Ruby - and its type is defined by the thing it was set as. So, if you set $text = "4" it will be a String, and if you set $text = 4 it will be a Numeric.
Variable scope in Ruby is defined by the first character of the variable name.
"Constants" is a loose term, since you can change them during processing. I believe it generates a warning, which is ignored completely in RGSS. It is different in the way that constants have scope, while globals are always available. So, if you define $var inside a class, it is $var everywhere, but if you define VAR inside class Klass, it is available inside that class as VAR and outside it as Klass::VAR[/]
Around here, Meu is the master scripter...
Told you 
Indigo, try