Quick question

I know &= & |= are assignment for opreators, but when do I use what.
The question was related to hybrids source.

Example:
Why would it not be?
this.Entity.Spawn.StatusFlag &= ~StatusFlag.Dead;
or
this.Entity.Spawn.StatusFlag |= StatusFlag.Fly;

I tried look up at msdn, but didn't really get it.

Thank you.

The operators you show are binary/bitwise operators.

OR = |
NOT = ~
AND = &

Basically:

&= ~Flag (Removal of a flag from BitField)
|= Flag (Addition of a flag into BitField)

I could go on to quote various information from Wikipedia to assert my intelligence, but I'll just provide the link.

Bitwise Operations

In your example, I assume it is the death handler, which removes anything you can't do while dead, and adds the death + ghost flags.

Ahhh thank you. That's all I needed to know :)

The handy thing about bit operations is you don't have to worry about 'double reversing' or whatever...

IE:

Client.Dead != Client.Dead would simply reverse a bool... but if you're working with a bit field and do

Client.Flags &= ~Flags.BlueName;

You simply set bluename to false and remove any related status effect from the 'pool' and such. It makes things nice and simple for handling effects.

Sadly I still haven't switched over simply because I already need a dictionary to control the duration of an effect but they are definitely very useful. I suppose I could always switch to using my DAQ system instead.. but w/e.

Quote:

Originally Posted by pro4never The handy thing about bit operations is you don't have to worry about 'double reversing' or whatever... IE: Client.Dead != Client.Dead would simply reverse a bool... but if you're working with a bit field and do Client.Flags ~= Flags.BlueName; You simply set bluename to false and remove any related status effect from the 'pool' and such. It makes things nice and simple for handling effects. Sadly I still haven't switched over simply because I already need a dictionary to control the duration of an effect but they are definitely very useful. I suppose I could always switch to using my DAQ system instead.. but w/e.

You just gave me an awesome idea =]
Thanks!

It's explained in Hybrid tut's in the programming section for conquer.