Warping Text

Hi is it possible to make text dissappear and show a new word and loop like this Apature then apature word dissappears and then Pines Come And So On Loop?

yes, you just clear the screen and write again or set the cursor position to the location of where you want to overwrite and write in, use term.clear() to clear the screen and term.setCursorPos(x,y) to set the cursor position.

I have yet to see an impressive startup logo etc that is animated, good luck

But Loop?

how do i loop it

ok i did

m = peripheral.wrap("right")
m.clear()
m.setTextScale(2)
m.write("M")
sleep(2)
m.clear()
m.write("A")
sleep(2)
m.clear()

it dident come any errors but the A wouldent Show only M Btw I need Loop

that's strange, let me re-write it and just give it a try

mon=peripheral.wrap("right")
mon.setTextScale(2)
while true do
mon.clear()
mon.setCursorPos(1,1)
m.write("M")
sleep(1)
mon.clear()
mon.setCursorPos(1,1)
mon.write("A")
sleep(1)
end

give it a try

ok ty

TYYYYYYYYYY IT WORKED

KaoS, on 30 July 2012 - 02:08 PM said:

I have yet to see an impressive startup logo etc that is animated, good luck

Challenge accepted…
I will try to do this as soon as I get home from work today. Prepare to be amazed!

This should be good!

there we go! those who make OSs etc take note, this would be an epic addition, add it on startup etc

Well….not so much… I thought I could use parallel to run the title loop, but it just loops over and over, not letting the input be given… But I am going to get this working! Will post code as soon as I can!

just make a startup screen that has an animated logo for 3 secs

and if you want to loop the logo and accept input that should work EXCEPT: you MUST set the cursor position back to its original position after generating the logo, maybe that will work

KaoS, on 03 August 2012 - 01:48 PM said:

just make a startup screen that has an animated logo for 3 secs

I already have a dancing kirby, but I want it to dance while waiting for an input. Right now it's either looping kirby, or stopping and waiting for the input. my code for the parallel is this: parallel.waitForAny(select(),kirbyIdle()). It depends on which one I have first as to which one will loop or stop.

KaoS, on 03 August 2012 - 01:50 PM said:

and if you want to loop the logo and accept input that should work EXCEPT: you MUST set the cursor position back to its original position after generating the logo, maybe that will work

I already have the cursors doing what I want, but as I said, I don't know how I can have kirby dance the entire time while waiting for input. OH!!!! I think I just thought of something! If I have kirby Idle, and within the idle, not loop it, but call back to restart the kirbyIdle() function! I'll try that now!

OK, Here's what I have so far:

-- screen functions
function border()
term/setCursorPos(1,1)
write("+------------------------------------------+")
term.setCursorPos(1,2)
write("|")
term.setCursorPos(mX,2)
write("|")
term.setCursorPos(1,3)
write("|")
term.setCursorPos(mX,3)
write("|")
write("+------------------------------------------+")
end
function kirbyEnter(mY)
term.setCursorPos(2,2)
write(">")
term.setCursorPos(2,2)
sleep(.2)
write("V)")
term.setCursorPos(2,2)
sleep(.2)
write("('.')>")
term.setCursorPos(2,2)
sleep(.2)
write(" (V')")
term.setCursorPos(2,2)
sleep(.2)
write(" <( )>")
term.setCursorPos(2,2)
sleep(.2)
write("   ('V)")
term.setCursorPos(2,2)
sleep(.2)
write("   <('.')>")
term.setCursorPos(2,2)
sleep(.2)
write("	 (V')")
term.setCursorPos(2,2)
sleep(.2)
write("	  <( )>")
term.setCursorPos(2,2)
sleep(.2)
write("		('V)")
term.setCursorPos(2,2)
sleep(.2)
write("		  <('.')>")
end
function kirbyDance(mY)
local mY = mY/2
write("^('.')>")
term.setCursorPos(12,mY)
sleep(.5)
write("<('.')^")
term.setCursorPos(12,mY)
sleep(.5)
write("^('.')>")
term.setCursorPos(12,mY)
sleep(.5)
write("<('.')^")
term.setCursorPos(12,mY)
sleep(.5)
write("^('.')>")
term.setCursorPos(12,mY)
sleep(.5)
write("<('.')^")
term.setCursorPos(12,mY)
sleep(.5)
write(" (>'.')>")
term.setCursorPos(12,mY)
sleep(.5)
write("<('.'<) ")
term.setCursorPos(12,mY)
sleep(.5)
write(" (>'.')>")
term.setCursorPos(12,mY)
sleep(.5)
write("<('.'<) ")
term.setCursorPos(12,mY)
sleep(.5)
write(" (>'.')>")
term.setCursorPos(12,mY)
sleep(.5)
write("<('.'<) ")
term.setCursorPos(12,mY)
sleep(.5)
write("<('.')> ")
sleep(2)
end
function select()
term.setCursorPos(1,9)
print("Make your selection")
print("")
print("Dance")
term.setCursorPos(1,18)
write("Selection: ")
--other options available in the future
  local input = read()
  while true do
	if input == "dance" then
	  kirbyDance(mY)
	else
	  print("INVALID")
	   sleep(1)
	  term.setCursorPos(11,18)
	end
  end
end
function kirbyIdle(mY)
term.setCursorPos(12,mY)
write("<('.')>")
sleep(5)
term.setCursorPos(12,mY)
write("<(-.-)>")
sleep(.2)
kirbyIdle(mY)
end
-- end screen functions
mX, mY = term.getSize()
border()
kirbyEnter()
parallel.waitForAny(select(),kirbyIdle())

I haven't tested this new one, so I'm counting on you guys to squash those bugs!

You don't have to call the functions in the parallel call, you just pass the functions as arguments, and parallel runs them for you:

parallel.waitForAny(select, kyrbyIdle)

Basically, just remove the brackets :P/>/>

Also, don't use recursive functions to make a loop, it will overflow the stack and crash the computer.