calamarain
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Trying to get Builders to work properly. What I want to do is the following.

I want two squares. (they're marked). When you step on one, an area is set Build Marker Water. When you step on the other, the area is set Build Marker Bridge. This I can do. What I can't seem to do is make it regenerating. I have the following on each of them .

Label "Loop"
Wait for entity Player at (32,12)-(32,12)
Build marker Water at (7,11)-(23,22)
Go to "Loop"

Label "Loop"
Wait for entity Player at (32,16)-(32,16)
Build marker Bridge at (7,11)-(23,22)
Go to "Loop"

When I step on the Water square, they start building water. When I then step onto the Bridge square, they switch to bridge. But when I step back onto the water square, they don't switch back.

Can people assist?

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Jeff_Ray...
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Here's what to do:

Label "Loop"
Wait for entity Player at (32,12)-(32,12)
Build marker Water at (7,11)-(23,22)
Go to "Loop"

Label "Loop"
Wait for entity Player at (32,16)-(32,16)
Build marker Bridge at (7,11)-(23,22)
Go to "Loop"

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calamarain
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NPC 1

Label "Loop"
Wait for entity Player at (32,12)-(32,12)
Build marker Water at (7,11)-(23,22)
Go to "Loop"


NPC 2

Label "Loop"
Wait for entity Player at (32,16)-(32,16)
Build marker Bridge at (7,11)-(23,22)
Go to "Loop"
My apologies - I didn't explain right. Those aren't the same NPC - they're separate NPCs. I still don't see the problem - both NPCs should loop forever, and set the build marker when Beethro steps on the square. Can they only set build markers once?

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[Last edited by calamarain at 09-21-2007 11:18 PM]

schep
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Are there recent "infinite loop" messages in your drod.err or drod.log file? Try adding "Wait 0 turn(s)" commands to each loop. Even if there aren't messages in your logs, try that anyway and see if it helps.

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[Last edited by schep at 09-21-2007 11:26 PM]

calamarain
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schep wrote:
Are there recent "infinite loop" messages in your drod.err or drod.log file? Try adding "Wait 0 turn(s)" commands to each loop. Even if there aren't messages in your logs, try that anyway and see if it helps.

Ah, that'll be it. Thanks

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calamarain wrote:
Ah, that'll be it. Thanks

The "problem" here is that a wait on a condition that is fulfilled on a specific turn will always always succeed when encountered in the same turn, so the script engine bails out after a certain number of loops (or rather, instructions) to prevent it from turning into an infinite loop and making the game hang. That's where the "wait 0 turns" to actually wait for the next turn comes in...

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