What would be the major advantages/disadvatages to breaking your source code up into diffrent dm files? (besides the obvious fact of not having to wade through 12,000 lines of code) I assume it would ease the debugging phase by having the game narrow it down to a specific dm file...right?
~Shattered Xoox
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 Nov 6 2001, 4:46 pm
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Xooxer wrote:
What would be the major advantages/disadvatages to breaking your source code up into diffrent dm files? (besides the obvious fact of not having to wade through 12,000 lines of code) I assume it would ease the debugging phase by having the game narrow it down to a specific dm file...right? It helps immensely in huge projects. My Life as a Spy now has about thirty different code files, each covering one specific aspect of the game. It helps me go right to where I think a problem may be. | |
There's no disadvantage that I'm aware of. Break your code into as many files as you're comfortable with. (Cerulea has metastasized into 54 different .dm files, averaging maybe 300 lines each... I like that size.)
Z | |
Xooxer wrote:
Yeah, I hear Spuzzum can materialize code from mearly uttering a few inutterable words.... cout, int main, randomize! Er, wait, wrong language. *tosses away the newly-created industry-competitive game in disgust* | |
Xooxer wrote:
Yeah, I hear Spuzzum can materialize code from mearly uttering a few inutterable words.... The day I figure out how to pronounce DblClick, obj or <<, I'm all set. Z | |
The day I figure out how to pronounce DblClick, obj or <<, I'm all set. Duh-bul klik, awbjh (er, that might've made it worse =) ), send too. That's how I pronounce those, anyway. | |
Great! Now you've taken all the mystery out of it! Before you know it we'll have DBZ headz blatherin off gamez in their sleep! I hope your happy!!!
~X | |
Don't underestimate the "not having to wade through" part!
Another good reason is if you're writing code with an eye toward reuse. Designing reusable libraries takes a lot of thought, but it can be very worthwhile. For instance, Deadron is almost to the point where he can create whole games just by copying some .dm files into a directory and changing the values of a few variables. :)