"Else if" equivilant?

[Raylax]

For the sake of convenience, I would like to know if there's a way to create the equivilant of an Else If statement in MMF2.

In my project, I have an alphabetical dropdown list of some 400 items. Most of them don't need much in the code, but about 20 of them require special coding. Because the list is in alphabetical order (to make it easier for the user), these 20 aren't all in one block, they're spread about. This isn't the problem. The problem is when I've coded all those, I need a general solution for all the others. At the moment the shortest way I can think to do it would be to have one event that includes all the previous ones negated. ie:

Combo Select( "Combo Box" ) <> 32
+Combo Select( "Combo Box" ) <> 65
+Combo Select( "Combo Box" ) <> 122
+Combo Select( "Combo Box" ) <> 234
etc

But with 20+ specially coded entries to negate in this line, this one event is going to be frankly enormous. So it would be easier if there was a way to group all the previous lines and then finish with an "Else if" to handle anything other than the ones previously coded. If this isn't possible atm, can I suggest it as a future update? :grin:


Oh yeah, on an unrelated note: I downloaded the demo of MMF2D, and all my .mfa file associations changed to open with that. Now that I've uninstalled the demo, they haven't reverted to associate with MMF2 (just remaining as "Open With..." files). Is there a simple fix for this or will I need to reinstall MMF2?

Cheers
~Raylax~

[Random]

What I usually do is declare one global variable as "Else".

Now before the complicated event I set else to 1. If the event is true, I set else to 0. In the next event, I check if else is still 1, and if that is the case I run my "else" actions. You can do that as often as you want in your code (as the events are processed sequentially).

I think there are also extensions to get an effect like if/else. But as I try to use as few extensions as possible, that's too much trouble for me.

[Nifflas]

I do what Random does

...but yeah, when it comes to programming stuff like this, MMF2 has some limits that I believe will improve a lot in MMF3

[Raylax]

Oh, cool. I came up with another method too that I think should work. I'll have an "Always" condition for the generally coded stuff, and then the special coding things below that, overwritting the Always for those ones (seeing as the output is the to the same place, just the method different, it should work)

[Random]

I hope we get the "make my game"-button as promised

[Raylax]

I hope we get the "make my game"-button as promised

Same here :grin:

Also a "make what I'm trying to do work properly" button~

[aidmm]

and a "make my graphics look cool" option.

[Nifflas]

It's an odd way to go off-topic though, "else" is anything other than an "make my game for me" equivalent.

I mean, c++ has else, and I'd love to see someone dare to call that a "make my software for me" tool

[droberson]

I'm not sure if this is possible but perhaps this will work.
For each special item, enter the item name but add a non-diplaying character at the end. Then just check the name for the charater and you will know if it is a special one.

I have not tested this however.

[xyzzy]

It's an odd way to go off-topic though, "else" is anything other than an "make my game for me" equivalent.

exactly

the lack of a proper else and elseif system makes things more convoluted than they need to be; the current way of "reversing" comparison operators makes MMF reevaluate conditions that it shouldn't need to