[Solved] Function error: "Type of identifier differs from original declaration"

[Lewis]

Edit: I've solved this myself.

Firstly, and most obviously, I had a brain fart and forgot to add brackets to my function imports. This fixed that problem.

I was then making the mistake of thinking char.FaceDirection could check, as well as set, the direction, but I was wrong. This error was fixed by checking which animation loop the characters are using.

As you were.

Hello, me again.

I know there is already a thread about this, but I couldn't figure out a way to apply it to this specific situation and I'm stumped.

I'm trying to create a pair of global functions that will allow the player to shoot another character, who then dies. This occurs repeatedly in various bits of the game, so I want to do this globally rather than one at a time, for efficiency.

I'm creating and importing two functions: shoot() and zombie_die(). shoot() handles the player shooting the zombie and associated variables, while zombie_die() handles the zombie's death animation and associated variables. shoot() will be called when the player interacts with the zombie with a gun inventory item equipped; the zombie_die() function is then called within shoot(), so I've made sure zombie_die() is above shoot() in the global script.

However, when I go to run the game, I get the error "Type of identifier differs from original description" pointing to the zombie_die() function in the global script.

The error still occurs if I comment out literally the entire section of code inside function, so it's definitely something to do with the function itself.

Header script:

Code: ags

import function zombie_die;
import function shoot;

Global script:

Code: ags

function zombie_die()
{
  if (cZombie.FaceDirection==eDirectionDown)
  {
    cZombie.ChangeView(12);
    cZombie.Animate(0, 5, eOnce, eBlock, eForwards);
    cZombie.FollowCharacter(null);
    zombie_dead=true;
  }
  else if (cZombie.FaceDirection==eDirectionLeft)
  {
    cZombie.ChangeView(12);
    cZombie.Animate(1, 5, eOnce, eBlock, eForwards);
    cZombie.FollowCharacter(null);
    zombie_dead=true;
  }
  else if (cZombie.FaceDirection==eDirectionRight)
  {
    cZombie.ChangeView(12);
    cZombie.Animate(2, 5, eOnce, eBlock, eForwards);
    cZombie.FollowCharacter(null);
    zombie_dead=true;
  }
  else
  {
    cZombie.ChangeView(12);
    cZombie.Animate(3, 5, eOnce, eBlock, eForwards);
    cZombie.FollowCharacter(null);
    zombie_dead=true;
}

function shoot()
{
  if (ammo<1)
  {
    SetSpeechStyle(eSpeechLucasarts);
    cPlayer.Say("I'm out of ammo!");
    SetSpeechStyle(eSpeechSierra);
  }
  else
  {
    cPlayer.FaceCharacter(cZombie);
    if (player.FaceDirection==eDirectionDown)
    {
      cPlayer.ChangeView(13);
      cPlayer.Animate(0, 3, eOnce, eBlock, eForwards);
      ammo=ammo-1;
      cPlayer.ChangeView(4);
      zombie_die();
      cZombie.FollowCharacter(null);
    }
    else if (player.FaceDirection==eDirectionLeft)
    {
      cPlayer.ChangeView(13);
      cPlayer.Animate(1, 3, eOnce, eBlock, eForwards);
      ammo=ammo-1;
      cPlayer.ChangeView(4);
      zombie_die();
      cZombie.FollowCharacter(null);
    }
    else if (player.FaceDirection==eDirectionRight)
    {
      cPlayer.ChangeView(13);
      cPlayer.Animate(2, 3, eOnce, eBlock, eForwards);
      ammo=ammo-1;
      cPlayer.ChangeView(4);
      zombie_die();
      cZombie.FollowCharacter(null);
    }
    else
    {
      cPlayer.ChangeView(13);
      cPlayer.Animate(3, 3, eOnce, eBlock, eForwards);
      ammo=ammo-1;
      cPlayer.ChangeView(4);
      zombie_die();
      cZombie.FollowCharacter(null);
    }
  }
}

I'm sure this isn't the most efficient code but I can't fathom any reason why it shouldn't work - so clearly I'm missing something blindingly obvious. Any help appreciated!

[Khris]

Just for reference, this error happens because internally,  function  is treated as  int, so you used a line that tried to import an integer variable.