Some Trouble with Flags
 

I'm having some trouble with flags... once I set them (or unset them) they aren't really set or unset until I press F4 and run the level again.

Like lets say when I said hi then the guy would say "Hello There!" and if I said bye then he would say "See you later!"

Except for me, if i was to say hi nothing would happen, i would have to press f4 and play the level again then he would be saying "Hello There!" The same goes for unsetting flags.

Is this normal? What's wrong?:confused:

There is a mistake in your script.

if you post part of the script that gives you problems it would be easier to see how to fix it.

then you probably have like:

NPC Code:

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if (flag)

{ action;}

---

but because that is not an event in itself, it only calls when it reads the script for the first time (if created basically);
---Shifter

It depends what you trying to do, but you could either run a loop to check for the flag, so the action happenes when you get the flag. Or you could set the timeout in the NPC you recive the flag from.

Preferably he would use if (playerchats)..........

ahh. yes! I only read title and other peoples comments.

bear with me, i suck at scripting:

NPC Code:

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if (playerchats && strequals{#c,hi})

message Hello There!;

---

not sure if that is correct, but oh well.

NPC Code:

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if (playerchats && strequals(#c,hi))

  message Blah;

---

A little fix to that.

ahh, wasnt sure if it was )('s or }{'s around the #c,hi

Another little fix to that..

if(playerchats && strequals(#c,hi)){
message Blah;
}

You don't have to put the {} down if there is only one command after the event.

Why?

Using braces tends to make the code more legible.

Listen to what Jeff said..

Its a matter of preference, I myself like to put things in braces, but only if they are legitimately complex commands. Braces are just grouping a series of commands together so a conditional statement knows it needs to execute all of the following commands, instead of just the one that follows it. Putting a brace around 1 command is legitimate, but it’s like making an array with 1 element, I don’t think it makes the script more legible (unless you start wildly using white space, or the reverse, lack white space)

braces 4 lyf

I honestly didn't know you didn't need them for one command since about a week ago. o.o They're still my friend.