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What if we had a "or" button.

The or button would be good if you had more then 1 space that did the same thing.

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First off, I can't tell what you mean. I think I have an idea, but I can't be sure. If you mean logical operands for scripting (like "OR" and "AND"), then yes, it's a good idea.

It's not a good thing when I have to download an image to not know what you're talking about.

Also, don't use .BMP.

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It seems he wants the yellow door to open when either of two squares are stepped on.

If this is the case, isn't this exactly what pressure plates do? Or, if you really can't use pressure plates, then it can be done very simply with scripting.

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An orb utton = pressure plate?

Yeah, I fail to see the problem with just having two identical pressure plates.

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coppro wrote:
Also, don't use .BMP.

QFT. BMP is teh evil.

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I think he means Or as in
If
player is in location X
OR Y, goto next script command.

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since those commands take 0 time to process:

if X or Y goto L1

is equivalent to:

if X goto L1
if Y goto L1

so this would only be sugar coating...


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silver wrote:
so this would only be sugar coating...

Well, it's good enough for about all other programming languages on the planet, so why not?

Also, if you have more than just a "goto" you'll have to duplicate a big honking block of script commands, which doesn't really lend itself to changes.

Something similar goes for "and", even though that's "just" nested ifs.

It's just that "and" and "or" are much more readable.

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Suppose you're trying to write code in which, if Beethro steps anywhere along the perimeter of a square, X, Y, and Z happen. Currently, you'd have to write:

if Beethro is on (side 1):
    goto "Commands"
if Beethro is on (side 2):
    goto "Commands"
if Beethro is on (side 3):
    goto "Commands"
if Beethro is on (side 4):
    goto "Commands"
...
Label "Commands"
    command X
    command Y
    command Z

It would be so terribly nice and easier to read if we could just write:

if Beethro is on (side 1) OR (side 2) OR (side 3) OR (side 4):
    command X
    command Y
    command Z

The slightest exception to defining an exactly rectangular shape requires a whole new "if" command. If this is the sort of OR that he's asking for, I'm behind it 100%.

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BTW, I believe I put something like this here.

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It seems like it also reduces the number of problems with people forgetting to put Wait 1 Turn(s) when they loop If commands with a label.

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