List of what the functions for the expression editor mean and give example of how to use them??

osakamitsu

Hello, Everyone. I am getting a pretty good grasp on GameSalad but when using the expression editor there are a lot of functions that are abbreviated and I'm not sure what most of them mean. I've only gone through college algebra but I do see sin and cosine, which is calculus. My question is what do all of these mean exactly. And how would you put them to work in game salad? What are the basic ideas of them, why are they there and how can I learn to put them to use? Like Log10. I understand that is a logarithm but when, how, and where would I expect to use it? I cant be the only one in the dark about this stuff. Maybe we could see some pretty great answers below? Any help in the right direction would be amazing!

Here is a quick screen shot of the functions incase anyone want to refer to them.

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/YR2DSXZ.png[/IMG]

http://i.imgur.com/YR2DSXZ.png

matarua

You can find all that out and more in the GameSalad manual - here > http://gamesalad.com/manuals

A must read

osakamitsu

Thank you. I guess I just expected to see it in the cook book. I'll give it a look. But if anyone would like to add anything I would love to hear it.

matarua

Some of the things in there are mathematical - which you can learn about on wikepedia too - lots of power inside there to do some great functions.

One way to see how they are used is to download some sample templates that are here on the forums.

http://forums.gamesalad.com/discussion/52494/spare-code-dump-it-here

Hope this helps

matarua

@osakamitsu you can also find lots of good stuff at http://gshelper.com/ and http://www.deepblueapps.com/ and @FryingBaconStudios http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzapNJ-0dXCY2n2MR66vnFQ

Between the Cookbook, the Manual, the sample templates by forum members, the professional support sites and the great tutorials on YouTube - there's a whole bunch of learning to do

KevinCross

Between the Cookbook, the Manual, the sample templates by forum members, the professional support sites and the great tutorials on YouTube - there's a whole bunch of learning to do

Don't be put off by all that learning as you can wing most of it just by playing around in GameSalad on your own.

osakamitsu

Wow some really nice replies! Thank you so much! And yeah... the math is a little intimidating but I plan to mess around and see what I can do with it.

ericzingeler

Yep, keep at it and you'll get a grasp of those babies in no time.