Undefined token error

[pixg]

having a really frustrating problem with AGS at the moment,

it keeps telling me certain things are undefined, hotspots and objects.

I've never had this problem before, e.g I have a hotspot called hDrain

at some point i wanted the drain to dissapear so i used the following code

Code: ags

  hDrain.Active = false;
 

it tells, when i try to run the game that :

GlobalScript.asc(696): Error (line 696): Undefined token 'hDrain'

from what i understand this is roughly translated as "theres no such thing as hDrain, you havent made a hotspot called that"

but i clearly have! whats going on?

I even have a code earlier saying that if i stand on the hDrain it will play a certain animation and it seems to be fine with that, which confuses me even more.

[Cassiebsg]

I maybe be off on this one, but isn't hDrain a room hotspot? I'm not sure you can address room hotspots on the Global Script... try putting the code in the room script instead.

Hope it helps.

Edit: Either that or you need to refer to it by hotspot ID like with objects. But again, I may be way off base here (my experience isn't that much with AGS).

[Calin Leafshade]

yea, hotspot names are not valid in the global script.

if you want to reference a hotspot from the global you need to use the id like this:

Code: ags

hotspot[5].Visible = false

where "5" is the ID in question.