RoboBob3000
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I was having issues playing with the scripter, and I've either uncovered bugs or exposed my lack of knowledge of the updated system. I created a character with the following script:

Label "Loop"
Wait 0 turns
If...
Wait for event (event under test)
Speech "pass"
If End
Go to "Loop"

I tested nearly every one of the possible events I could use in this script. The following events did not register a pass:

All tarstuff removed
Bomb exploded
Briars grew
Double placed (all three types)
Gel baby formed (by cut and by growth)
Light toggled (on and off by a character programmed to do so)
Mud baby formed (by cut and by growth)
Object activates orb (by player sword, character activation, bomb, and guard sword. Oddly enough, a fegundo explosion works though)
Orb damaged (both cracked and broken orbs)
Player frozen by gaze
Pressure plate released
Room conquered
Tar baby formed (by cut and by growth)
Tar destroyed (by striking regular tar and by striking momma)



Other notes I took:

Tar destroyed: Why no equivalent for mud or gel?
Tunnel (this one works, but needs a more descriptive name)
Object built (not tested because I couldn't yet figure it out)
Rattlesnake tail: Why no equivalent for adder?
Ash turns into fegundo: Better renamed "Fegundo rises from ash" for clarity and so it will be next to the other fegundo event alphabetically



I don't have this all saved in a sample hold, but I can demonstrate any of these upon request. Hopefully it's my lack of knowledge on the scripting, because if these are bugs, then "if" is looking pretty iffy.

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trick
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Label "Loop"
Wait 0 turns
If...
Wait for event (event under test)
Speech "pass"
If End
Go to "Loop"

That script has an infinite loop, since if...wait doesn't block; it just checks if the event being tested happened the current turn. You should replace Wait 0 with Wait 1 to make the script wait a turn before it checks again (and probably move it to the bottom of the loop, so the first turn is also checked).

starwed
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If it is an infinite loop, I think that's also a bug, because in this thread mrimer coded thusly:

Wait 0           //this halts until next turn in 2.0.15+.
                 //Before 2.0.15, you must use "Wait 1"

RoboBob3000
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Starwed is correct in regards to the way I approached the problem. Also, I made sure to trigger the events a few moves after starting play.

Even though I didn't test them all again, this behavior seems to reproduce with no regard to whether or not the wait is at the start or end of the loop. It also doesn't seem to matter if it's a 0 or 1.

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schep
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Note that in 2.0, events which happen after character scripts run, including tarstuff cutting/growth and fuse-lit bombs, cannot be tested by "If... Goto". I'm guessing this is still an issue with "If...", which explains some of these. But the Orb Damaged one seems like it ought to happen on the player's turn. And note that the player striking an orb counts as a "Player strikes orb", not "Object strikes orb" event.

But in 3.0 there should be a good workaround for detecting late events: Make another character just to "Wait for Event" (without an If) and then set a variable which your other character can test.

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[Last edited by schep at 04-11-2007 02:35 PM]

mrimer
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Fixed the "Orb damaged" event not firing in the 4.0 engine.

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