sam-astro / z-sharp

Custom programming interpreter for ZSharp (Z#), a custom game programming language I made

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z-sharp's Issues

Example Pong AI toggle confusion

See this block of code:

Z-Sharp/examples/Pong-Example-Project/script.zs

Lines 144 to 151 in bbc1e1f

	if aiOn == true
	{
	aiOn = false
	}
	if aiOn == false
	{
	aiOn = true
	}

Assume aiOn == true at the start of the block — would it not be set to false only to immediately be set to true again?

cannot open source file "boost/any.hpp"

Hi, i was trying to build the source but i always get this error in vs

if someone can help me i would be gratefull!

Allow for less accurate syntax (The Application Was Unable To Start Correctly (0xc0000007b))

Tried to start a hello world code got this.

Could you create one with classes?

I found out that it is difficult to write a complex program: we need classes.
C++ is actually C with classes, so maybe you can update it and reneme to Z++
I suggest to use this syntax:

class ExampleClass (SuperClass)
{
    func constructor(Param1, Param2, ...)
    {
    // This function is called when the instantiated object is created
    // [some code]
    int this.example_attribute = 10
    super()    // call constructor function of super class
    this.super().ExampleMethod()    // call the static method 'ExampleMethod' of SuperClass
    this.ExampleMethod2()    // This is not defined in ExampleClass, so it will look for this function in SuperClass
    }

    func example_method(Param1, Param2, ...)
    {
    // [some code]
    }

    static int example_static_attr = 15
    // a static attribute/method is the attribute of class
    // e.g.
    // >> ExampleClass ExampleInstantiatedObj = (1, 2, 3)
    // >> printl(ExampleInstantiatedObj.example_static_attr)    => error
    // >> printl(ExampleClass.example_static_attr)                     => 15

    static func example_static_method(Param1, Param2, ...)
    {
    // [some code]
    }
}
ExampleClass a = (1, 2, 3)    // this calls a.contructor(1, 2, 3)
a.example_method()

P.S. This idea is mainly from javascript (constructor right?)
also it should support operator overloading then it looks much better

Simple movement not working?

Describe your issue
Okay so, I'm just starting out on Z#, so I decided to start making a game using it, but i'm getting an issue where the sprite doesn't move? Also, I can't add any empty new lines onto the update function? I get an error for doing that.

To Reproduce
Make a new file, add this onto it

int squareX = 250
int squareY = 250

func Main()
{
    int screenWidth = 500
    int screenHeight = 500

    ZS.Graphics.Init("Title of window", screenWidth, screenHeight)
}

func Start()
{
    Vec2 position = NVec2(squareX, squareY)
    Vec2 scale = NVec2(20, 20)
    float rotation = 0

    global Sprite exampleSprite = ZS.Graphics.Sprite("./square.jpg", position, scale, rotation)
}

func Update()
{
    ZS.Graphics.Draw(exampleSprite)
    if GetKey("W") == true
    {
        squareY -= 10
    }
    if GetKey("S") == true
    {
        squareY += 10
    }
    if GetKey("D") == true
    {
        squareX -= 10
    }
    if GetKey("A") == true
    {
        squareX += 10
    }
}

Fix installer (SDL2.dll and etc. missing after using installer)

I have already tried reinstalling, should i just use the regular version?

Support for Windows 32-bit

Support for Windows 32-bit when?

macOS Not Supported

Describe your issue
So I built this program on macOS but it is not functional, I drag and drop the .zs file, which is Pong-Example-ZSharp And nothing happened

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
You need to the brew package manager, copy this command:
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

If you already have the brew package manager

Copy this command:

brew install sdl2_image sdl2_ttf sdl2 git CMake ninja

After you did, clone this project:

git clone https://github.com/sam-astro/Z-Sharp/

Go to the directory:

cd /path/to/Z-Sharp/ZSharp

If you did that, Follow this command:

cmake -B build . -G "Ninja"

And then:

cd build && ninja

Now type ./ZSharp "executable file"

./ZSharp: command not found when trying to run it

title

typed in ./ZSharp and the directory like in the readme and it says "./ZSharp: command not found"

Precompiled Binaries for macOS

Feature
Precompiled Binaries for macOS.

Reason
I use macOS and don't have Windows or Linux machines.

Docs

Will there be Docs or plan for Docs?

Cannot build on FreeBSD

Describe your issue

When building on FreeBSD, it says that SDL2_image is not found, though i have it installed

To Reproduce

On fbsd: git clone ...; cd Z-Sharp/ZSharp; cmake .

Screenshots
If applicable, add screenshots to help explain your problem.

Replace installer with WiX

The installer would look much better if it was built with WiX

Unable to run Main.cpp.

Can’t run Main.cpp, error. Shown:

I am running this on an iPad 10, please fix this bug.

Please fix your float to boost::any conversion errors that I had to patch manually

Describe your issue
The issue has to come down to how data types are handled in c++, for example you cannot assign floats to any. In this case
boost::any, this is the first issue with this code as it looks like it has not ben patched in the source.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Install all Libs for Z#
2. Go to 'graphics.h'
3. You see multiple errors in relation to any_cast and type assignments, most notably in:

boost::any SubComponent(std::string componentName) { if (componentName == "position") return position; if (componentName == "position.x") return position.x; if (componentName == "position.y") return position.y; if (componentName == "scale") return scale; if (componentName == "scale.x") return scale.x; if (componentName == "scale.y") return scale.y; return 0; }

Hope you fix this without other devs having to go line by line and fix the types, thanks in advance.
Screenshots

How to compile for linux

Hi, how can i compile Z-Sharp for linux?

Thanks

Linux requirements missing

Describe your issue
Linux requirements for ZS are missing!

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Go to 'README.md'
2. Look at requirements and find Linux.
3. Where the requirements at???

Tutorial

Make an the tutorial, for this programming language because i'm really wan't learn this programming language or make docs for programming language how to code and etc.

Arrays and dictionaries

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I am trying to make a 3D game using Z#, I want to create an array for the enemies, and a dictionary that stores the enemy's data

Describe the solution you'd like
I want to be able to make arrays and dictionaries.

Describe alternatives you've considered
Having a variable for everything, which was really just spaghetti code
(my code looked sort of like this)

global int enemies_1_health = 100;
global Sprite enemies_1_sprite = ZS.Graphics.Sprite("./enemy.png", NVec2(250, 250), NVec2(20, 20), 0);
global int enemies_1_movespeed = 1;

global int enemies_2_health = 100;
global Sprite enemies_2_sprite = ZS.Graphics.Sprite("./enemy.png", NVec2(250, 250), NVec2(20, 20), 0);
global int enemies_2_movespeed = 3;

and so on...

Added form editor

Hello, I hope you Z# have an feature like this:

When following docs, window opens then immediately closes.

As I'm following the docs, the window immediately opens then closes when I run the basic hello world function. The code in my "hello.zs" file is:
func Main() {
Printl("Hello World!")
}

I then save the file and open it with ZSharp.exe, then the issue occurs.

Mac bianaries?

Will there ever be macOS binaries? Or maybe an installation tutorial for macOS would be another easier option.

ZSharp segfaults if the font file that's loaded is missing

Describe your issue
If a font file is loaded that doesn't exist, rather than displaying an error message, the program segfaults
I'm using Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. change the arial.ttf in the pong program to something else but don't rename the font
2. run the program
3. watch it segfault

[Linux] interpreter is corrupted

It's just empity file.

Add ZS.Math documentation

The docs are very minimal and are missing a lot of features. There should at least be a page to explain the various mathematical functions in ZSharp.