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[Kyle_Solo]

Overview:
This is a data structure for storing points. (The download includes two gex files, one for 2d, one for 3d.) I made it to use in one of my other projects and it seemed useful enough to post here.

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Edited by Kyle_Solo, 08 January 2008 - 04:10 PM.

[ditdingiscool]

hmm, you know i have seen this before, oh yeah! it was in the help-file under ds_grid

[Kyle_Solo]

Completely different. Can you insert and delete rows in a ds_grid? No, you can't. Try thinking before you speak next time. A grid is like a 2d array, while this structure is more like a list.

[TheOmega]

You need to add x,y,z support for 3D support, so you can store a 3D mesh in this DS_point structure.

[leif902]

I love this sort of thing, it's great to see people on the GMC designing new data structures with Game Maker. Good job

[Kyle_Solo]

3d version is done and included in the download. Oh, and I put the source for both in too. Pretty simple, really.

Edited by Kyle_Solo, 31 December 2007 - 02:43 AM.

[Flamer_Shaftglutton]

So what exactly is the purpose of this, as opposed to the other ds_ functions? I'm downloading it anyway, because you've released nothing but gold. But I want to know what purpose you had in mind when you made this.

[Kyle_Solo]

I needed to manage points for my gesture system. I could have used two ds_lists, but that got really complicated really fast, so I made this.
Thanks for the compliment!

Edited by Kyle_Solo, 11 January 2008 - 05:12 PM.

[Creative Fusion]

Good, but what would be the advantage of using this over Seeker's Point Magic scripts, which have the same functions, only more? I guess being an extension is the only difference.... You got the idea from his work?

Edited by Creative Fusion, 11 January 2008 - 10:42 PM.

[Kyle_Solo]

Actually, I didn't even know his had something similar until you said that. I happened to need this for something I'm working on. I guess the advantage would be that this is based on lists while his is based on a grid...

This also has less overhead... (I'm reaching here)

[Creative Fusion]

Ah, I see. It has a system for manipulating lists also (same operations as the grid scripts), but only the list named "global.Gesturelist". If you turn that global variable into a list id argument in all of the gesture scripts, you could use any list of your own. That's what you're working on, right? A new version of your gesture system? Can't wait to see it!

Edited by Creative Fusion, 15 January 2008 - 04:52 PM.

[Kyle_Solo]

Don't hold your breath. It could be some time before I finish the new version up, but it should be worth the wait.

[xot]

Great idea.