How do I slices

[Foxley]

I almost definitely won't have anything playable by Friday but I appreciate the sentiment!

[kylekrack]

Also, there is almost never any good reason to use the "slice is valid" command. I need to update the docs to make it clear that command is only really there for debugging.

I think I actually needed to use this command, ironically. I remembered you saying this and felt immediately like I was doing something wrong. But I only used it because I have a script in the main loop that changes the cursor based on what the mouse is hovering over, and not all of the slice collections have that slice. Every time the game opened up it would give a script error for an invalid slice handle.

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if(slice is valid(lookup slice(sli:forward))) then(
		  	if(slice collide point(lookup slice(sli:forward),x,y)) then(
		  		replace weapon sprite(cursor,2))
		  	else(
		  		replace weapon sprite(cursor,0))
		  )
		  if(slice is valid(lookup slice(sli:backward))) then(
		  	if(slice collide point(lookup slice(sli:backward),x,y)) then(
		  		replace weapon sprite(cursor,3))
		  	else(
		  		replace weapon sprite(cursor,0))
		  )

This runs each game tick. Should I write it in a different way to not use slice collide point?

[TMC]

That script is correct, but as I said before, the 'slice is valid' is pointless. You can just write "if(lookup slice(sli:forward))" instead.