Special Hud thing

[GMer]

In my game I need a feature where a variable appears on the HUD, that keeps increasing over time. By pressing space (key map # 46 I think) you can decrease the variable. At a certain point if the variable isn't below a certain value, it plays one movie (and game over, consequently), if it is below the value, the game plays a different movie and continues the game. How can I do this?

[metal_head]

Alright, for this to work you'll need a timer.
Add a variable, called "INCREASETIMER" and a variable, called "TIMERAMOUNT"
Than in the script:

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if(INCREASETIMER < self.time)
{
if (IsKeyDown(46))
{
ModifyAttribute("name", 5, char "Player");
}
else
{
ModifyAttribute("name", -5, char "Player");
}
INCREASETIMER = self.time + TIMERAMOUNT;
} ]

Get it? In the TIMERAMOUNT variable you put the ammount of pause time. You check than if the Space button is pressed and modify the attribute, called "name" with +5, but if space is not pressed (else), the attribute "name" decreases

[GMer]

Allright! I do get how the script works (that's a good thing), but I put assign this to a pawn, add the variable "speed" into player.ini and the attribute.txt, and assign it accordingly in the script (and add a numeric hud thingy into hud.ini), but the attribute won't change.

[metal_head]

Put a

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debug(GetAttribute("name", "Player");

after the timer thing and see if it changes. If it changes, than it's your HUD description, if not, than paste the script here, I'll check it out

[GMer]

Won't work oddly, here is the code:

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{
	TIMERAMOUT	[1]	

	Spawn[()
	Console(true);
	NewOrder(Keycheck);
	]

	Keycheck[()

	if(INCREASETIMER < self.time)
	{
	if (IsKeyDown(46))
	{
	ModifyAttribute("speed", 5, char "Player");
	}
	else
	{
	ModifyAttribute("speed", -5, char "Player");
	}
	INCREASETIMER = self.time + TIMERAMOUNT;
	}
	debug(GetAttribute("speed", "Player");
	RestartOrder() 
	]
}

[darksmaster923]

You have
ModifyAttribute("speed", -5, char "Player");

Take out char.

so it would be

ModifyAttribute("speed", -5, "Player");

[Juutis]

... and:

NewOrder("Keycheck");

[metal_head]

ModifyAttribute("speed", -5, char "Player");

Oh, my bad I usually copy the commands from the manual and replace the parameter descriptions, cuz I can't remember them, and I haven't deleted the "char" before the EntityName

[GMer]

Still won't work... the console won't show up, too. But just in case, here's the code:

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{
   TIMERAMOUT   [1]   

   Spawn[ ()
   {
   Console(true);
   NewOrder(Keycheck);
   }]

   Keycheck[ ()
   {
   if(INCREASETIMER < self.time)
   {
   if (IsKeyDown(46))
   {
   ModifyAttribute("speed", 5,"Player");
   }
   else
   {
   ModifyAttribute("speed", -5,"Player");
   }
   INCREASETIMER = self.time + TIMERAMOUNT;
   }
   debug(GetAttribute("speed", "Player");
   RestartOrder()
   }]
}

Here is my hud.ini "speed" entry

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[speed]
type = horizontal
frame = hud\hud_health_oxygen.bmp
framealpha = hud\a_hud_oxygen.bmp
indicator = hud\hud_health_oxygeni.bmp
indicatoralpha = hud\a_hud_oxygeni.bmp
framex = 10
framey = 10
indicatoroffsetx = 25
indicatoroffsety = 0
indicatorwidth = 160
flipindicator = true
active = true

[~speed]
type = numeric
framex = 10
framey = 10
indicatoroffsetx = 202
indicatoroffsety = 30
font = 7
width = 16
active = true

The player.ini "speed" entry

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; speed

[speed]
initial = 10
low = 0
high = 100

And the attributes.txt "speed" entry

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speed
10
0
100

[metal_head]

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RestartOrder()

Try removing this

[GMer]

Just tried it. Still won't work
I guess the ghost in my computer is acting up again

[darksmaster923]

If the console doesn't show up, then you're missing some important syntax but I can't find it

[Jay]

Try

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{
  TIMERAMOUT   [1.0]   
  Spawn[ ()
  {
    Console(true);
    LowLevel("Keycheck");
  } ]

  Keycheck[ ()
  {
    if(INCREASETIMER < self.time)
    {
      if (IsKeyDown(46))
      {
        ModifyAttribute("speed", 5,"Player");
      }
      else
      {
        ModifyAttribute("speed", -5,"Player");
      }
      INCREASETIMER = self.time + StringCopy(TIMERAMOUNT);
    }
    debug(GetAttribute("speed", "Player"));
  } ]
}

The second order must be in LowLevel, or it will not be executed every frame, and it could become very inaccurate in its time measurements.

And also check if the StartOrder of the Pawn is 'Spawn'.
Also, in the Realityfactory.log is there a part where it says: 'Reader Script error'... (Just search inside the document)?

[metal_head]

I was checking for syntax mistakes, but didn't see that in the KeyCheck order there's a NewOrder() command, not LowLevel(). Anyway, now I can't see a reason why the script won't work

[GMer]

Console shows up (it would help if I assigned the right script to it ) and I get this message:

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Pawn2 Spawn NewOrder
:12: Parse error near "" *

What is that about?