Saying something different the SECOND time

[DrakeStoel]

Hi! This is my first post here, and I'm kinda new at this. I've got this problem. Ya see, I wanna make it so that when my character talks to and object (Because he does that (He's kinda crazy)), he makes a witty remark. Then every time he talks to the object AFTER that, he says something different every time. Anyone's help WOULD be appreciated

[Hudders]

You need a variable that increments every time he speaks to the object.

EDIT: I tried to provide an example but my brain has failed me and I can't remember the syntax.

[Wyz]

Code: ags

int talkedToObject = 0;

// Inside the function:
  if (talkedToObject <= 3) // Match this number with the last ==  below if you add more
  {
    if (talkedToObject == 0) player.Say("Something");
    else if (talkedToObject == 1) player.Say("Something else");
    else if (talkedToObject == 2) player.Say("Something different");
    else if (talkedToObject == 3) player.Say("Something else")
    
    talkedToObject++;
  }
  else
  {
    player.Say("Something the same");
    
    // To make it loop add the following line
    talkedToObject = 0;
  }

[Khris]

Or:

Code: ags

  if (Game.DoOnceOnly("talk to chair1"))
    player.Say("witty remark");
  else
    player.Say("something different");

Game.DoOnceOnly()  <- manual entry

[DrakeStoel]

I tried both of those methods, but I kept getting "parse error at 'else'. What does that mean? (Like I say, I'm new at this)

[TomatoesInTheHead]

We need your code to find the error.

Maybe you wrote more than one line after the if statement, and didn't use brackets?

[DrakeStoel]

Here. This is my code

Code: ags

function oClock_Talk()
{
  if (Game.DoOnceOnly("talk to clock"))
    player.Say("Hey");
    Wait (40);
    player.Say ("Hey you");
    Wait (20);
    player.Say ("Ya you, with the FACE");
  else
    player.Say ("That was funny once");
}

[Khris]

Right, sorry, my bad.

If you're going to use more than one command after an if or else, you have to encapsulate them in curly brackets:

Code: ags

function oClock_Talk()
{
  if (Game.DoOnceOnly("talk to clock"))
  {
    player.Say("Hey");
    Wait (40);
    player.Say ("Hey you");
    Wait (20);
    player.Say ("Ya you, with the FACE");
  }
  else
    player.Say ("That was funny once");  // <- just one command, no brackets needed
}

I apologize again for the "trap", but you could've solved this on your own.

[DrakeStoel]

Wow. You're totally right... 
Well, the new code works great. Thanks!