Castle Paradox

xaero · me Joined: 30 Dec 2003 Posts: 101 Location: somewheres

On my new game you are on a boat and it crashes, then you end up in a lifeboat and have to row your way through the rocks and parts of broken boat, and i want to make a script to make rowing the boat more like the real thing, so i want it to go like this
when you press A you face left(not walk) on D face right, on S walk up and on w walk down,and the script ends when you get to x16,y65( i do have cubes pslibrary)
so what i got is

script,boat,begin
suspend player
if (key is pressed(key:a)) then (set hero direction(me,left))
if (key is pressed(key:d)) then (set hero direction(me,right))
if (key is pressed(key:w)) then (walk hero(me,down,1))
if (key is pressed(key:a)) then (walk hero (me,up,1))
*the part where the script end when hero is at x16,y65*
resume player
end
but the script doesnt wait for you to press the keys it just does the walking by it self

please help
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MultiColoredWizard · Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2004 5:06 pm Post subject:

well, for one, get rid of th esuspend and resume players. also, i reccomend using wait(1) after those commands. I'll test it out and tell you what I get when i'm done.

EDIT: okay.

For one, you used A as doing the same thing twice -- which is bad.

try using this:

script,boat,begin
while (true)
do(
if (key is pressed(key:a)) then (set hero direction(me,left))
wait
if (key is pressed(key:d)) then (set hero direction(me,right))
wait
if (key is pressed(key:w)) then (walk hero(me,down,1))
wait for hero
if (key is pressed(key:s)) then (walk hero (me,up,1))
wait for hero
)
end

remember at the top to write "include, scancode.hsi"

That should solve your troubles.

xaero · me Joined: 30 Dec 2003 Posts: 101 Location: somewheres

i tried that but when i compile it it says

while (true)
condition is always true (1)
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Cube · **Dimensional Traveller** Joined: 02 Feb 2003 Posts: 294

That's because it is always true, heh. Loops always do what's in the "do" section as long as the condition in "while" is true. Since you put "true" itself as the condition, the loop will NEVER end, therefore mess up your game. The compiler insists on not compiling this because James knew it would be pointless to allow silly things like that.

Instead, put in a tag, like this:

MultiColoredWizard · Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2004 10:21 pm Post subject:

Cube's coding is off. He kept the typo of S in. Use this:

*Worthy* · **Critical Thinker** Joined: 11 Aug 2003 Posts: 186

Don't forget to put a "wait" command in somewhere in the while statement.

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xaero · me Joined: 30 Dec 2003 Posts: 101 Location: somewheres

okay so now i've got

script,boat,begin
set tag(3, on)
while(check tag(3)==on) do(
if (key is pressed(key:a)) then (set hero direction(me,left)
wait(1))
if (key is pressed(key:d)) then (set hero direction(me,right)
wait (1))
if (key is pressed(key:w)) then (walk hero(me,down,1)
wait for hero(me))
if (key is pressed(key:s)) then (walk hero (me,up,1)
wait for hero(me))))
end

it compiles but doesn't work in the game, it just stops and you can't do anything

could someone please test it out and see if its going or not?
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*Worthy* · **Critical Thinker** Joined: 11 Aug 2003 Posts: 186

Get rid of the waits when setting the hero direction. I also don't think you will want to be "waiting for hero", but I don't know what you are using this for. Put a "wait" command (just one tick) in the while statement, not under any "if" statements. It's not running because it is lacking that essential "wait" command.

MultiColoredWizard · Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2004 7:06 pm Post subject:

Make sure that the script is set to run from the NPC that starts it.

xaero · me Joined: 30 Dec 2003 Posts: 101 Location: somewheres

still has something wrong cant figure it out though
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TMC · Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2004 11:30 pm Post subject:

Umm... do you want the script to move the rower the direction he is facing when you press the up key? Or just up the screen? I think the script you want it this (I also added in checking for being at 16,65):

xaero · me Joined: 30 Dec 2003 Posts: 101 Location: somewheres

still doesn't seem to go

but i wanted it so he walks the way he is facing when you press down and the other way when you press up, and yeah it would probably be better if the controls were changed to the directional keys but i couldn't find what to type for it to go on that
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byako · Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 9:13 pm Post subject: what about

What if you put a
wait for key(anykey)
before the while/do command.
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TMC · Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 12:49 am Post subject:

That is very easy. Why didn't you just check the plotscripting library or scancode.hsi?

Change to

key is pressed (key:up)
key is pressed (key:down)
key is pressed (key:left)
key is pressed (key:right)

Ok, how is the script not working? Its very hard for us to fix the script if we have to guess how its broken.
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TMC · Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 1:17 am Post subject:

Whoops, I took no heed of the 'wait for hero commands'. Does this versio work? :