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[Pelrock]

Hi all,

It´s been a long time since the last time I posted something on the forum. I have just downloaded the last version of Wintermute, and I have to say, really, congratulations for this outstanding piece of software. My grattitude forever, Mnemonic.

I´m having some issues developing the script of my game, as I haven't got much knowledge of programming. I reached a point where things are not behaving as expected... if someone could help me out, here´s my question:

I´ve got this script structure (it´s an example of one of many I have already in the game):

////////////////////

Code: WME Script

1. [code=script][code=script]global myvariable
2.  
3. function actorDialogue()
4. {
5.         if (myvariable == 0)
6.         {
7.            actorDialogue1();
8.         }
9.         else if (myvariable == 1)
10.         {
11.                actor.Talk("Hello World");
12.                actorDialogue2();
13.         }
14.         else if (myvariable == 2)
15.         {
16.                actor.Talk("Hello again");
17.                actorDialogue3();
18.         }
19.         else if (myvariable == 3)
20.         {
21.                actor.Talk("At last!");
22.                actorDialogue4();
23.         }
24.         else if (myvariable == 4)
25.         {
26.                actor.Talk("The End");
27.              
28.         }
29. }
30.  

[/code][/code]


///////////////////////////////////////////////////

The variable I have declared is working in every case, it is being change by another character of the game, after a couple of actions (myvariable = 1, myvariable =2, etc) except for the last one, when is equal to 4.

Is there a limitation of 3? or is there something that I did wrong?
As I said, my knowledge of programming is very poor, so I assume there must be an easy way to approach this kind of things...
If anyone can help me I woul apprectiate it, thanks a lot.

[ahedov]

Maybe switch-case declaration will be more appropriate.

Code: [Select]

switch (Color)
{
  case "black":
    actor.Talk("Creepy");
  break;

  case "red":
    actor.Talk("Cheerful");
  break;

  case "yellow":
    actor.Talk("Bright");
  break;

  default:
    actor.Talk("Neutral");
}


[Pelrock]

Hi, thanks for the response. I didn´t know that one.
But I am not sure if that can be applied to this case...

I´d like the "Actor A" make different actions within the game that changes the value of "myvariable". So when he talks to "Actor B" the dialogue lines to choose are different.

For example, Actor A talks to Actor B, he tells him to pick up one ingredient for a soup. He finds the first one and now "myvariable = 1", then he comes back  to speak with actor B and the dialogue is different, he has now different options to choose.

I did that and it seems to work until "myvariable" equals to 4...

Do you know a better way to do this? can I do it the way you told me?

[ahedov]

If I were you, I would try this:

Code: WME Script

1. global myVariable;
2.  
3. //some action changes myVariable to 1
4. myVariable = 1;
5.  
6. //some other action changes myVariable to 2
7. myVariable = 2;
8.  
9. //trigger the function actorDialogue
10. actorDialogue(myVariable);
11.  
12. //function actorDialogue with parameter
13. function actorDialogue(myVar)
14. {
15.       switch (myVar)
16.       {
17.         case 1:
18.           actor.Talk("First line.");
19.           actorDialogue1();
20.           break;
21.         case 2:
22.           actor.Talk("Second line.");
23.           actorDialogue2();
24.           break;
25.         case 3:
26.           actor.Talk("Third line.");
27.           actorDialogue3();
28.           break;
29.          
30.           //etc.
31.       }
32. }
33.  

[Pelrock]

That´s fantastic. Thank you very much for that, I will try it soon and I let you know.

Cheers!

[Mnemonic]

However, your original script should work as well. At least I can't see anything wrong with it (except a missing semicolon after "global myvariable").

[Pelrock]

Hi, thanks for your help!

Yes, I actually changed the structure but the result was the same, and I had the same error again.

But it helped me to find the problem. I had the same variable changing the same value in another script and I always returned to state 3 after making that action...

The good thing is that I finally got out of the loop and I could move forward a little bit on the script.
Many thanks