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DavidNowlin-f8a
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6 months ago
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Using AI JAVA Script

I have almost no JAVA programming knowledge. I asked ChatGPT to make a JAVA code for a two dial system where one dial advances the cursor and the other rotates through A-Z, 0-9. (One dial with six st...
  • Nedim's avatar
    6 months ago

    What exactly are you trying to accomplish here?

    The AI has generated some code for you, but it might not be a complete solution due to insufficient information provided to the AI. While we all want to leverage AI as much as possible, it's not always as simple as we expect. It's important to have a basic understanding of programming and the ability to write at least simple code that can be improved upon with AI. Often, we need to correct the AI, letting it know when the code isn't working as intended. This might involve providing more information about the project structure, the variables in use, and the objects responsible for specific actions. We also need to learn how to use developer tools and the console to search for errors that might break our code, and be able to either correct them ourselves or ask the AI to identify potential issues.

    Unfortunately, the code provided to you by the AI is not useful, even though it appears clean and free of syntax errors. It breaks as soon as the slide loads, but this is only because of two extra lines at the top that are unrelated to the code and should be removed (JavaScript, CopyEdit). To start with, you need to let the AI of dial objects and variables associated to these dials. Otherwise, the AI will continue generating non-functional codes, and it can't certainly be blamed for that.

    Try executing the script below when Dial920 changes, and reference the charIndex variable on the slide to see what happens. Based on this code, you can gradually improve your AI-generated code and integrate the second dial and more variables into a single script. Don't forget to disable all other JS triggers as you are loading the same code over and over.

    var dialValue = player.GetVar("Dial920");
    var characters = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789";
    
    if (dialValue >= 0 && dialValue < characters.length) {
        var charIndex = characters.charAt(dialValue);
        setVar("charIndex", charIndex);
    }