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else if (entercount == dialogue.Length && printcount == dialogue.Length)
{
    Console.Clear();
    for (int height = 0; height < 15; height++)
    {
        for (int width = 0; width < 17; width++)
        {
            Console.Write("[]");
        }
    }
}

else if (entercount == dialogue.Length && printcount == dialogue.Length)
{
    Console.Clear();
    for (int height = 0; height < 15; height++)
    {
        for (int width = 0; width < 17; width++)
        {
            Console.Write("[]");
        }
    }
}

else if (entercount == dialogue.Length && printcount == dialogue.Length)
{
    Console.Clear();
    for (int height = 0; height < 15; height++)
    {
        for (int width = 0; width < 17; width++)
        {
            Console.Write("[]");
        }
    }
}

else if (entercount == dialogue.Length && printcount == dialogue.Length)
{
    Console.Clear();
    for (int height = 0; height < 15; height++)
    {
        for (int width = 0; width < 17; width++)
        {
            Console.Write("[]");
        }
    }
}

Sebastian Thomas•4/1/25, 11:31 AM

What problems are you experiencing with your code?

ZillyOP•4/1/25, 11:32 AM

flashing like this constantly

ZillyOP•4/1/25, 11:32 AM

I asked for help in #chat and was told to put my code here

ZillyOP•4/1/25, 11:33 AM

I-

ZillyOP•4/1/25, 11:33 AM

frick

Sebastian Thomas•4/1/25, 11:33 AM

else if (entercount == dialogue.Length && printcount == dialogue.Length)
{
    Console.Clear();
    for (int height = 0; height < 15; height++)
    {
        for (int width = 0; width < 17; width++)
        {
            Console.Write("[]");
        }
        Console.WriteLine(); // New line here!
    }
}

else if (entercount == dialogue.Length && printcount == dialogue.Length)
{
    Console.Clear();
    for (int height = 0; height < 15; height++)
    {
        for (int width = 0; width < 17; width++)
        {
            Console.Write("[]");
        }
        Console.WriteLine(); // New line here!
    }
}

ZillyOP•4/1/25, 11:34 AM

ig we can't get rid of that

ZillyOP•4/1/25, 11:34 AM

unless I only call an update when something changed

ZillyOP•4/1/25, 11:34 AM

but that's effort so

Sebastian Thomas•4/1/25, 11:34 AM

You might be able to at least reduce the flashing (without a library)

ZillyOP•4/1/25, 11:35 AM

gimme 2 minutes I'm experiencing technical difficulties

ZillyOP•4/1/25, 11:38 AM

man I just realised idk crap about c#

ZillyOP•4/1/25, 11:39 AM

maybe I should learn how to make functions first

Original message was deleted

MODiX•4/1/25, 11:39 AM

Interactive course
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/paths/get-started-c-sharp-part-1/
Videos
https://dotnet.microsoft.com/learn/videos

Sebastian Thomas•4/1/25, 11:41 AM

Something like this might work, haven't tested it
I'm not sure you can do much better without a library or writing interop code

const int Width = 17;
const int Height = 15;

var map = new char[(Width + 1) * Height];
for (int y = 0; y < Height; y++)
{
    for (int x = 0; x < Width; x += 2)
    {
        int offset = (y * Width + 1) + x;
        map[offset] = '[';
        map[offset] = ']';
    }
    map[(y + 1) * Width] = '\n';
}
Console.Out.Write(map.AsSpan());

const int Width = 17;
const int Height = 15;

var map = new char[(Width + 1) * Height];
for (int y = 0; y < Height; y++)
{
    for (int x = 0; x < Width; x += 2)
    {
        int offset = (y * Width + 1) + x;
        map[offset] = '[';
        map[offset] = ']';
    }
    map[(y + 1) * Width] = '\n';
}
Console.Out.Write(map.AsSpan());

But if you are a beginner, you should really get the fundamentals down first

Edit: if you come back to this and try to figure out why I wrote the code I wrote, here is the reason. The flashing that you are experiencing is caused by Console.WriteConsole.Write, which is rather slow. So the idea is to write as few times as possible. You can allocate a 2D map of characters as a contiguous array (char[]char[] instead of char[][]char[][] or char[,]char[,]) of characters. Then fill it with whatever content you want to write out. Only then call the method WriteWrite. The reason why I'm doing Console.Out.WriteConsole.Out.Write instead of Console.WriteConsole.Write is because the latter doesn't support printing out arrays of characters. That would force me to do Console.Write(new string(map))Console.Write(new string(map)), allocating a new string, which is not necessary.

ZillyOP•4/1/25, 11:41 AM

lemme

ZillyOP•4/1/25, 11:41 AM

learn how to do this

ZillyOP•4/1/25, 11:41 AM

before I copy random code

ZillyOP•4/1/25, 11:44 AM

I wish to learn all of c# in -5 years fr

ZillyOP•4/1/25, 11:45 AM

gr this project boring I abandon just like all the others

ZZilly I wish to learn all of c# in -5 years fr

Sebastian Thomas•4/1/25, 11:45 AM

You can do that no problem

ZillyOP•4/1/25, 11:46 AM

that's not how time works

Sebastian Thomas•4/1/25, 11:47 AM

By -5 did you mean negative five, not up to five? :kekw:

ZillyOP•4/1/25, 11:47 AM

yes I meant negative 5

ZillyOP•4/1/25, 11:47 AM

5 years ago

ZillyOP•4/1/25, 11:47 AM

I wish to be finished

ZillyOP•4/1/25, 11:47 AM

I can not concentrate on something for 5 years

ZillyOP•4/1/25, 11:47 AM

which is a real issue for me actually

ZillyOP•4/1/25, 11:48 AM

bc I never complete anything

ZillyOP•4/1/25, 11:48 AM

I have like 5 uncompleted c# projects that stopped working or became boring

Sebastian Thomas•4/1/25, 11:52 AM

Are you just doing random projects that you come up with?

ZillyOP•4/1/25, 11:52 AM

yep

Sebastian Thomas•4/1/25, 11:53 AM

I've learned that way, but that was when I just coded as a hobby and wasn't rushing anywhere

ZillyOP•4/1/25, 11:53 AM

I haven't really learned anything for a few months

ZillyOP•4/1/25, 11:54 AM

I learnt like variables and print statements and for, if and while statements and some other basic things and then nothing else

Sebastian Thomas•4/1/25, 11:54 AM

It's fine to not finish hobby projects, but you have to always do something new in them
Otherwise you don't learn anything
An unfinished project wasn't time wasted as long as you've learned something

ZZilly I learnt like variables and print statements and for, if and while statements an...

Sebastian Thomas•4/1/25, 11:54 AM

How about writing your own methods?

SSebastian Thomas How about writing your own methods?

ZillyOP•4/1/25, 11:54 AM

my own whats

Sebastian Thomas•4/1/25, 11:55 AM

Maybe you know them as functions

ZillyOP•4/1/25, 11:55 AM

idk an example

ZillyOP•4/1/25, 11:55 AM

idk how to do it in c#

Sebastian Thomas•4/1/25, 11:56 AM

A block of code; takes something in (arguments), does something (in method body) and returns some value (or void=nothing)

ZillyOP•4/1/25, 11:56 AM

but in python like
def blahblah():
codeystuff

blahblah()

Sebastian Thomas•4/1/25, 11:56 AM

Yes

Sebastian Thomas•4/1/25, 11:56 AM

void BlahBlah()
{
    // Codestuff
}

BlahBlah();

void BlahBlah()
{
    // Codestuff
}

BlahBlah();

Pretty similar

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