Array and dimensions.

[Aasland]

Hi,

I have a game with 200 levels and I want to store 3 different values for each level.
I am totally new to this, so can anyone help me out with what to put in the array settings?

Any help is highly appreciated =)

[nivram]

Use the array object. In the properties set for 3 dimensional. This will give you x,y,z in the array.

Marv

[LB]

Marv, why three dimensional? He only needs three values for each of 200 levels, aka 200 x 3, isn't that only two dimensional?

[MuddyMole]

If you have 200 levels with 3 values for each, you need a 2-dimensional array - so you'd use the expressions read to / write from XY, and you'd set the X, Y and Z dimensions to 200, 3 and 1 respectively.
Having said that, arrays are automatically resized as needed, so I normally just set all three dimensions to 1.
If you're only storing values, you should set the array type to "number array".
The "Base 1 Index" option just sets whether the dimensions start at 1 or 0 - it doesn't make much difference, but I usually set it to 0, just because fastloop loop indexes start from 0.

eg. ValueAtXY( "Array", >Level_Number<, >Value_Number<)

[Aasland]

So,

X dimension: 200
Y dimension: 3
Z dimension: 1
Numeric array
Base 1 index

Is this right?

[LB]

Yes. The Base 1 index option is up to you, however - whichever way makes it easier for you to understand. In this case I think starting it at one makes more sense due to levels not normally starting at level 0 in level-based games.

[Aasland]

Thanks a lot! This works great =)

[nivram]

Marv, why three dimensional? He only needs three values for each of 200 levels, aka 200 x 3, isn't that only two dimensional?

You're right LB.

Marv