Turning on an object from a dialog

[Intense Degree]

I am having a basic scripting problem and wonder if anyone can help.

Problem:

The result I am trying to achieve is this. When the player selects a certain dialog option, an object on the screen (object 0 in the room in question) becomes visible.

The method I am using:

In the Character Interactions tab “Run Script” is selected and the script is…

  RunDialog (0);
  if (GetGlobalInt (2)==1)
  object(0).Visible = true;

By this I am hoping that the dialog will be run and if the correct option has been selected and Globalint 2 has been set to one, the object will become visible after the dialog has finished.

When the dialog option in question is selected in the dialog itself by the player a global variable (number 2) is set to true (1). This is done like this

@2  // option 2
shopkeep: xxxxx xxxxxxx xxxx xxxxxx
Set-Globalint (2) 1
stop

However, the game will not run (test) and the following error message comes up

Compile Error

There was an error compiling your script. The problem was:
In ‘Global Script'

Error (line 142): PE04: parse error at ‘object'

Do you want to fix… etc.

I have been through the manual/knowledge base etc. but can't find an answer. I am fairly new to the scripting part of AGS and so possibly the way I am trying to do it is just plain wrong and I would be grateful for alternative suggestions. I'm not even sure i am using the object/visibility command correctly but can't work it out from the manual etc.

I do however want the object to be turned on directly from the dialog and not from a subsequent interaction.

Any help gratefully received!

[Ashen]

Is that code exactly as it is in your game? If so:

Code: ags

object(0).Visible = true;

Should be:

Code: ags

object[0].Visible = true;

Note the square brackets around the 0.

However, because of the way RunDialog works, that still won't do what you want (it's queued until other code is finished - so the GlobalInt check will be run BEFORE the dialog, not after). Read the BFAQ, and/or do a forum search for dialog_request for a better way to handle it.

[Intense Degree]

Ahhh, I hadn't noticed the square brackets thing!

Thanks for the help, I had seen the dialog_request thing in the manual but didn't quite understand it. That section in the BFAQ and the explanation about the run dialog queueing has cleared it all up now!

Cheers.