Nuntar
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I have a character with the following script:

  Imperative 14
  If ... 
        Wait while entity is Monster 11,2,11,2
     Set Music 11,0
  Else 
     End 
  If End

(Imperative 14 is "Restart script on entrance".)

When playtesting, I've tried both starting in the room and starting in an adjacent room and entering this one, but in neither case do I hear a music change. Is something wrong with my scripting -- or do Rattlesnakes not count as monsters?

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12th Archivist
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This is a bug, but you can cut around it. You don't have to make the music-changing event to be "Wait until entity Monster is at: [location]". You could wait until a door opens, or wait until a trapdoor falls or something, and use that as the music-changing event instead of waiting for no more monster there.

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[Last edited by 12th Archivist at 12-27-2008 04:18 PM]

mrimer
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Is the bug with this issue that a rattlesnake head or body is not being considered a monster at the scripted location?

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Nuntar
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No, the bug is that my seven-years-ago self didn't realise that "If... Wait while entity Monster" returns true if there is no monster at the location.

I've run a few tests in version 57 using "Wait for entity" and "Wait while entity" with and without "If...", and it seems that in every case, a rattlesnake head or body tile is correctly treated as a monster.

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