Scripting Problems With Integers/Inventory Items (SOLVED)

[FinalSin]

Okey doke, just started scripting, and doing well until I tried to get this script to run for one of my inventory items:

Code: ags

#sectionstart inventory6_aÃ,  // DO NOT EDIT OR REMOVE THIS LINE
function inventory6_a() {
// script for inventory6: Look at inventory itemÃ,  Ã,  
Ã,  if (my_counter == 0) {
Ã,  Ã,  Display("Mufkin's big book of Secret Bookcase Passageways");
Ã,  }
Ã,  if (my_counter == 1) {
Ã,  Ã,  Display("Chapter 1 - Holes in bookcases often reveal passagewqays if the right book is put into them.");Ã,  
Ã,  }
Ã,  if (my_counter == 2) {
Ã,  Ã,  Display("Chapter 2 - Books are often cunningly titled to suggest their secret use.");
Ã,  }
Ã,  if (my_counter == 3) {
Ã,  Ã,  Display("Funny, that's all it says...");Ã,  
Ã,  }
Ã,  if (my_counter < 3) {
Ã,  Ã,  my_counter += 1;
Ã,  }Ã,  
}

then, I set the constant for my_counter at the top of the script. Waaay up the top around this bit:

Code: ags

#sectionstart game_startÃ,  // DO NOT EDIT OR REMOVE THIS LINE
function game_start() {
Ã,  int my_counter
Ã,  }
Ã,  // called when the game starts, before the first room is loaded

No doubt I am doing something wrong - numerous messages appear, but the most common one is 'unexpected "}"'

any ideas?

[jetxl]

first don't forget the ;
try declaring int my_counter on line 1.

[FinalSin]

Okay, that half worked. Now, for some reason, it says that 'nested functions are not supported' on a line I haven't edited:

Code: ags

#sectionstart repeatedly_execute  // DO NOT EDIT OR REMOVE THIS LINE
function repeatedly_execute() {
  // put anything you want to happen every game cycle here

[jetxl]

maybe you forgot a }

[FinalSin]

It says I've forgotten a closing brace, but I can't see where to put it...

[Gilbert]

Can you post your whole script here for us to see?

[FinalSin]

Alright, I think the main problem is this:

In the 'Examine Inventory' script I have this:

Code: ags

#sectionstart inventory6_a  // DO NOT EDIT OR REMOVE THIS LINE
function inventory6_a() {
  // script for inventory6: Look at inventory item

if (my_counter == 0) {
    Display("You see a bookshelf.");
  }
  if (my_counter == 1) {
    Display("Looking closer, you see a book called Hamlet.");  
  }
  if (my_counter == 2) {
    Display("There is also a book called Harry Potter.");
  }
  if (my_counter == 3) {
    Display("There is nothing else of interest on the shelf.");  
  }
  if (my_counter < 3) {
    my_counter += 1;
  }
}
#sectionend inventory6_a  // DO NOT EDIT OR REMOVE THIS LINE

And I need to insert this somewhere in the global script:

Code: ags

 int my_counter; 

But whereever I place it it creates problems. If I put it in the inventory part of the globalscript, it just resets to 0 every time the script is run, just like it says in the tutorial. Putting it anywhere else just means that it doesn't understand what counter I'm talking about.

any help?

[FinalSin]

Solved! Thankyou very much, I have learnt much!