The Dink Network

Well i have worked on a d-mod for a long time
and i have a problem.
Dink should talk to a Wizard and then the wizard send him to kill the pillbug
and here are the problem. I have set the pillbug on vision 1
and then i have maked this script to make the
vision get to 1 from 0

void main( void )
{
if (&story < 2)
{
&vision = 0;
}

if (&story == 2)
{
&vision = 1;
}
}

But why doesn`t the pillbug show up

Because changing the vision is possible only in a "base script" of a screen. Go to DinkEdit, go to the screen in which the scene takes place, hit B and write the name of the above script there.

hey scratcher it is atached to the screen

I've always had the same problem, I just avoid visions. If you can't fix it, you could always just use another storyline and create the sprite using a local variable. That is, only as a last resort.

Ya, visions are sticky, but so usefull! I would try to debug it by adding say("vis = 1",1); after the &vision = 1; command. When you run it, dink will say it if that proc. got run. Also use the debug (alt-D) at that point. It will say in the debug text if the comparison if(&story == 2) was made.

Try this way, I know you guys dont like it, but it will work, I hope

void main(void)
{
if (&story != 2) goto SKIP;
&vision = 1;
SKIP:
}

Don't forget the kill_this_task();

I never have any problems using vision. I think it's an easy way to do things - but then again, I'm not that good at scripting, so perhaps that's it.

Well, first of all, you don't need the
if (&story < 2)
{
&vision = 0;
}
at all, and second, adding draw_status(); after &vision = 1; once helped me.. Dunno if it even had anything to do with the &vision thing, (since I had a really complex script) but anything's worth trying. And do the thing Ric said, to make sure the proc actually runs.

hey i have tried your tips
but i found the problem
the procedure doesn`t run
i tried to put a say command in the script and dink didnt say anything
so can someone tell me why my script dont run

When you attach it to the screen in dinkedit or windinkedit, make sure you just use the name, not the name with .c on it. Just make sure it's named properly, and the main proc should run when you walk on the screen.

I have atached it to the screen without the .c
but it still dont work

Ok, I had enough of it, the hard way:

void main(void)
{
if (&story != 2) goto skip;
force_vision(1);
SKIP:
kill_this_task();
}

ASSIGN THIS SCRIPT TO A SPRITE IN THE ROOM ( tree or wall, etc.. )

Or, better yet:

void main(void)
{
if (&story != 2)
return;
force_vision(1);
}

and you still do as he said, attach it to somethng random in the room; doesn't matter what.

I posted that, but use my WAY

IF FORCE_VISION IS USED, IT WILL ASSIGN THE SCRIPT TO 1000, so phoenix way will make it survive forever....

Just add a freaking return. goto's suck.

Make sure there's no space in the start of the script's name in dinkedit, since if you press shift etc. in the editor it will make a space.

Just do
if (&story == 2)
{
force_vision(1);
kill_this_task();
return;
}

scratcher.. if you kill the script.. then it won't do the return... and honestly, neither is necesary. it's a room script. when it's done, it's done.

Oh well. If there's nothing more in the script, they're not, but if there is, both of those commands are needed.