Tyler,
you can actually use lists for almost >10000000 things.
If i understood your question, you need to create a tile based map,
and make your boat moving within.
Of course lists are grat for this.
I'm working in these days to a similar project, and i'm developing a
map engine that may be similar to the one you need.
It's based on Objects rather than on the score/sprites approach.
I try to explain you what steps to consider in creating such a thing.
1 - a map consists in coordinates that you can store as points into a list.
2 - besides, you have a number of horizontal rows, and a number of
vertical rows.
3 - "tiles" originates by such an environment have a width and a height.
4 - could happen that some tiles are not empty, so they contain
obstacles, enemies, bonus points, other boats, and whatever you want.
5 - when your boat has to move, it has to "look" for a direction in the map.
These are the basic aspects to consider i think: well they're the
ones i considered at the first time, others came after a while :-)
HopeThisHelps.
Doei
Faisal
>I was reading my "Director 7 Demystified" book about Lists, and I
>wondered if I could use lists to solve another of my problems... I
>have a grid, 20x20, that I want to have a sprite navigate around --
>in fact, the sprite is a boat. Can I use a list to keep track of
>what grid squares are land and what are water, and use that
>information to create a path for the boat to follow (so that the
>boat does not drive across land)?
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