General Questions

[Rockman87]

Post General questions here:

Is there a way you can test the games/apps you write for the zune with out debugging it to your zune, and having your zune connected?

[LedZepp]

Bit of search would have helped you with your question
http://www.zuneboards.com/forums/dev...ow-do-you.html
http://www.zuneboards.com/forums/dev...ying-zune.html

[Rockman87]

I need help with an if statement.

 public Texture2D advanceLevel(int score)
        {
            //Level 2
            
                if (score == 10)
                {
                    monsterControl.changeMonSpeed(.5f);
                    return level2;
                }

                //Level 3
                if (score == 20)
                {
                    monsterControl.changeMonSpeed(.75f);
                    return level2;
                }           
        }

This is what I want it to do. But I get the error

Error 1 'Xmonster.LevelControls.advanceLevel(int)': not all code paths return a value GocumentsVisual Studio 2008ProjectsZuneXmonsterXmonsterLevelControls.cs 30 26 Xmonster

However I don't want it to return a value if none of the if statements are valid. This class is only called when I advance to the next level. So, there will always be an if statement that is valid. This code changes my background every level...so it passes the new background to game1 depending on what level it is.

[edit]Nevermind, I discovered a solution

[SimReality]

Then return null. There is no way to not return something some of the time. So you can have a 'return null;' statement at the end which will satisfy the error, but then you have to make sure that whatever code is calling this method knows it might be getting a null value back.

[Rockman87]

ok...thanks. I could probably work with a null.

[Rockman87]

What is the best way to reset all the variables to the values they were initialized. Like when you get a game over. This would be so when they click start game again, the game starts at the beginning.

[Manticore-X]

reinitialize the class. So if it was
Classname name;

when you want to reset it do
name = new Classname();

[Rockman87]

Will this add to the memory already in the ram? Should I just create a method that changes the values of all the variables?

[Deiparous]

Garbage Collecting is your friend. Not the most efficient way, but easiest to program

[Rockman87]

Is diagonal movement possible on a 30GB dpad?

[LedZepp]

Originally Posted by Rockman87

Is diagonal movement possible on a 30GB dpad?

Yes, but you would have to press up/down and left/right at the same time, you can code it using an if statement

if (up == buttonsstate.pressed && left == buttonstate.pressed)