Castle Paradox

msw188 · Joined: 02 Jul 2003 Posts: 1041

I'm pretty sure you can only show one string at a time (this should be made clear in the Plotdictionary). I'd say that you should append the value of the timer, but then the string won't display the timer's values in real time. As of right now (30 seconds after reading post), I'm not sure how to accomplish this without a script-pausing for loop... (as in, no other scripts would be able to run while this timer is going).
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Moogle1 · Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 3:31 pm Post subject:

You can show multiple strings. The only exception is if you're just using "show string," which also wipes out "show value" (where applicable).
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msw188 · Joined: 02 Jul 2003 Posts: 1041

Hmm, I was thinking of the whole "show value" and "show string" thing. Anyway, any idea what is causing the script problems then, Moogle (or anyone)? Maybe try moving the timer string over a little more (does a string destroy strings underneath it onscreen?). Or perhaps you should make sure that string 2 isn't getting goofed up by some other script running in the background. What happens if you take out the command to show string 1? Does string 2 exist fine on its own?
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Bob the Hamster · Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:47 pm Post subject:

Some theories to pursue:

* What happens if instead of strings 1 and 2 you try other numbers, like 5 and 10. Does it make a difference?
* Are there any other string manipulations going on? In an on-keypress or an each-step or something?
* Are there any other timers running?

I wonder if "set timer" has an off-by-one error in the string ID number or something like that (I have never personally tested the string-displaying feature of the "set timer" command)

You could try showing ALL the strings on screen at the same time in various places, and see if maybe it is getting written to the wrong one.

TMC · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 2:25 am Post subject:

You forgot an argument. Have another look:

set timer (id, count, speed, trigger, string, flags)
set timer (0,1800,timer:default,1,timer flag:battle)
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Meatballsub · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 12:55 pm Post subject:

Thanks, the left out argument was the problem. I forgot that I had erased it and never set it back to something.
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