MultiPlayer Through Link Cable?

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October 9th, 2007, 06:49 PM

skipperwarlock

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MultiPlayer Through Link Cable?

I've been working on a game for quite some time on my calculator, and have recently become bored with adding the same old lines to do the same old stuff. I noticed that the I/O section of the programming functions has the commands "Get(" and "Send(" so I decided I would try to utilize these to attempt to create a multiplayer feater for my game.
On my first attempt, I wrote a very simple code just as a Proof Of Concept to see if these would work, and it looked like this:

Code:

:Lbl A
:ClrHome
:randInt(1,10)->A
:Get(B)
:Pause
:Send(A)
:Pause
:If B>5:Then:Output(4,8,"YES"):End
:If B<5:Then:Output(4,8,"NO"):End
:If B=5:Then:Output(5,9,"MAYBE")
:End
:Output(3,9,B)
:Pause
:Goto A
:End
:Stop

I transfered this program to another calculator and ran it simontaniously on both of them and resulted with both calculators returning:
0
NO
and I was able to refresh both calculators by using one. (by refresh I mean the result disappear and reappear) and I made sure that both calculators were responding the the single one. So through this test, I know data can be sent, but I'm not sure exactly how to control it.
I attempted a "trading" program where I would possibly be able to exchange the contents of a string or a variable, but it was unsuccessful in having any result whatsoever. It looked like this:

Code:

:Menu("TRADE CENTER", "SEND", SE, "REVIEVE", RE)
:ClrHome
:Lbl SE
:For(A,1,3)
:If A=1:Then:ClrTable:Shade(3,3):End
:Send(Str1)     //I also tried with the variable "B" in place of Str1
:End
:Disp "SENT"
:Pause
:Stop
:Lbl RE
:For(A,1,3)
:If A=1:Then:ClrTable:Shade(3,3):End
:End
:Get(Str1)   //same variable attempt as above ^
:End
:Disp "RECIEVED"
:Stop

So if anyone has any idea exactly how you are supposed to use the "Send(" and "Get(" commands and could tell me how it would be greately appriciated

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October 30th, 2007, 07:00 AM

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a liitle note

just a little thing... i tried making a link msn messenger..
and i encountered the same problem.. i then found out that if
you pause the receiving calculator and then send the data it works

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November 2nd, 2007, 02:36 AM

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could you give me an example?
Do you mean just to do
Get(A)
PAUSE
and then send?

and thnx for the reply

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November 3rd, 2007, 01:52 AM

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...

i think so...
i think that you say
Clac 1 Clac2
1->x
pause get(x)

hope this helps..
i don't know how to send it to the other calculator, but i know how to get a variable from another calc (get(x)).

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November 3rd, 2007, 01:56 AM

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omg... yeah your right... (unco reading moment) what i just said was correct but you already have it... so never mind

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November 4th, 2007, 12:15 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Tezza_05

omg... yeah your right... (unco reading moment) what i just said was correct but you already have it... so never mind

it's kool

Thanks for the attempt though

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November 15th, 2007, 08:21 PM

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WOOOT! Figured it out

The Get() function does not need to be in a loop, nor does the Send() function need to be running simultaneously. You simply connect the link cable and do:

Code:

Get(A)

and it will get the Variable "A" from the other calculator. This also works with strings and most likely works with Lists.

Good luck, and happy programming

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February 1st, 2009, 12:25 PM

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I know it's been awhile. I back to work on my multiplayer game though :P I have a small problem though that is really bugging me. When I wrote my program on a TI-83, everything worked perfect, because when using the Get() command it will automatically unpause the other calculator. When I ported my program to the TI-84 however, it remains paused until enter is pressed. I have used both the Get() and the GetCalc() commands but they both work the same basic way. I was wondering if anyone knew how to get the TI-84 to automatically unpause the transmitting calculator in the same way the TI-83 does?

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November 18th, 2009, 05:02 PM

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just wondering about this....
which cord would you need to run a multiplayer program?
do you need the TI-83 cord
(the one with the earphone cords on the end)
or the TI-84 cord
(the cord that goes into almost any device)
thanks for your help

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November 20th, 2009, 11:28 AM

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I think it's called the analogue cord but not sure. It's the cord that's got 2 jacks that look like the headphone conecter ^^

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