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I guess I don't quite understand how text variables work. This is my script:

  Set var "first" : hi
  Set var "second" : ho
  If ... 
        Wait until var "first" = second
     Speech ""first" and "second" DO match",Normal,Self,0,.
  Else 
     Speech ""first" and "second" DO NOT match",Normal,Self,0,.

What I'm getting from this is that the variable "first" contains the string "hi", and the variable "second" contains the string "ho". The two variables store different strings of information. However, running this script indicates that "first" and "second" in fact do match. Is this a bug? What am I missing here?

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Nuntar
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When entering the command "Wait until var", under the "Equals" option is "Equals text". Select this, and type the text you want to check against in the upper box. To check against the contents of another variable, enclose its name in $ signs: "$second$".

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Nuntar wrote:
When entering the command "Wait until var", under the "Equals" option is "Equals text". Select this, and type the text you want to check against in the upper box. To check against the contents of another variable, enclose its name in $ signs: "$second$".

I tried that, but it actually didn't seem to work. This is my code.

  Set var "first" : hi
  Set var "second" : hi
  If ... 
        Wait until var "first" : $second$
     Speech ""first" and "second" DO match",Normal,Self,0,.
  Else 
     Speech ""first" and "second" DO NOT match",Normal,Self,0,.

When I run this script, I find that "first" and "second" DO NOT match, even though now they should. Again, am I just inputting this incorrectly?

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Nuntar
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When I replace "$second$" with "hi" in your script, I get that they do match. And enclosing the variable name between $ signs is the right way to call on its value, for instance in Speech commands. I can only guess that DROD:RPG currently doesn't support checking the text of one variable against the text of another.

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mrimer
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I'm investigating this issue, and by the code it seems that DROD 5.x doesn't currently support this comparison either, but it should. Can someone confirm this doesn't work in DROD 5.x either?

Edit: Fixed for RPG in rev 87.

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I can confirm that this does NOT work in regular DROD 5.1.0.1007.

It does work in RPG Steam beta 1.2.3.89

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kieranmillar wrote:
I can confirm that this does NOT work in regular DROD 5.1.0.1007.

It does work in RPG Steam beta 1.2.3.89

Thanks! Okay, I'll have it fixed for 5.1 also.

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Gandalf the Grey. That was my name.
I am Gandalf the White.
And I come back to you now at the turn of the tide.