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[Mikael]

I'm trying out a script that makes entities appear and disappear depending on the positions of switches. Everything works exactly as planned, except that I get this error log message: "Warning: variable 'ent_handle_2_down' is inaccessible in the current block. Consider changing the script."

I've tried the scene back and forth, and it no doubt works perfectly, despite the message. I can not see how I could mess around with the "inaccessible" variable without causing major dysfunction.

The code looks like this (it's probably idiotic):

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global handles_down;

on "LeftClick"

{
  if(handles_down==1)
  {
  global handle_2_down = 1;
  var ent_handle_2_down = Scene.GetNode("handle_2_down");
  if(handle_2_down==1) ent_handle_2_down.Active = true;
  handles_down = 2;
  }
  else
  {
  handle_2_down = 1;
  ent_handle_2_down = Scene.GetNode("handle_2_down");
  if(handle_2_down==1) ent_handle_2_down.Active = true;
  handles_down = 0;
}}
The warning refers to the 3rd line from the bottom.

Thanks,

Mikael

[Mnemonic]

The script compiler is actually asking you to move the 'handle_2_down' declaration outside the 'if' block, so that both the if-else branches can "see" it. Like this:

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global handles_down;
global handle_2_down;

on "LeftClick"

{
  if(handles_down==1)
  {
    handle_2_down = 1;
    var ent_handle_2_down = Scene.GetNode("handle_2_down");
    if(handle_2_down==1) ent_handle_2_down.Active = true;
    handles_down = 2;
  }
  else
  {
    handle_2_down = 1;
    ent_handle_2_down = Scene.GetNode("handle_2_down");
    if(handle_2_down==1) ent_handle_2_down.Active = true;
    handles_down = 0;
  }
}

And now it'll probably complain about the 'ent_handle_2_down' local variable for the same reason

It's not a big deal, but under certain conditions it can save you from some hard to find mistakes.

[Mikael]

I moved both declarations outside of the "if" block, and the log stopped bugging me. Thanks! I would never have figured that out for myself.

Mikael