multiple object interface help

[Jojowl80]

hey! So I have two Identical lines of coding, one works(the television) the other does not. ID numbers are correct.

//Code
function hComputerscreen_AnyClick() {
  if(Verbs.UsedAction(eGA_WalkTo)) {

}
  else if(Verbs.UsedAction(eGA_Push)) {
    player.Say("Okay.");
{ object[1].Visible=true;
   
}
}}

function hTelevision_AnyClick() {
  if(Verbs.UsedAction(eGA_WalkTo)) {

}
  else if(Verbs.UsedAction(eGA_Push)) {
    player.Say("Okay.");
{ object[0].Visible=true;

}
}}

Not seeing the error. thanks!

[Khris]

I've removed the { and } around the .Visible assignment and fixed the indentation:

Code: ags

function hComputerscreen_AnyClick() {
  if (Verbs.UsedAction(eGA_WalkTo)) {

  } else if (Verbs.UsedAction(eGA_Push)) {
    player.Say("Okay.");
    object[1].Visible = true;
  }
}

function hTelevision_AnyClick() {
  if (Verbs.UsedAction(eGA_WalkTo)) {

  } else if (Verbs.UsedAction(eGA_Push)) {
    player.Say("Okay.");
    object[0].Visible = true;
  }
}

The first question is: did you type  hComputerscreen_AnyClick  yourself? Or did AGS insert that after you linked the function in the hotspot's events pane?

(also note that you can name objects and use their script name in room scripts, just like hotspots:  oTVScreen.Visible = true;)

[Jojowl80]

oh cool good to know! I did both instances. My first thought was that I put it in manually instead of the hot click, but it didn't seem to change anything. I will fool around with that some more. thank you very much!

[Jojowl80]

well I tried everything you suggested, I changed the name to Ocomputerscreen ,and hit the hot key in the events instead of manually typing it., and it still just wont work even with your updated code.
a mystery.

[Cassiebsg]

did it create a new function hComputerscreen_AnyClick() or not? If it did, did you move the code into this new function?

If you did not delete the previous text in the events (if there was one), it will not create a new one for you, instead it will try and jump to the old one.

[Jojowl80]

Ya I deleted the old event first, and used the hot click. then added the code. still doesn't work. very odd

[Khris]

So does the player say "Okay"?

[Jojowl80]

no he does not do anything at all

[Khris]

There's three possibilities:

1) the function isn't linked
2) you didn't use the Push verb
3) something else

1) is still the most likely candidate in my book; so just to be sure: when you go to edit hComputerscreen and click the lightning bolt icon, it says "hComputerscreen_AnyClick" next to "Any click on hotspot" in the Events table?

[Jojowl80]

that is correct is does indeed say that.
my push function works for all the other functions it is in. so I don't think it can be that.. so my guess is.. something else... quite the conundrum

[Khris]

Right, can you make sure the function is called at all? Like this:

Code: ags

function hComputerscreen_AnyClick() {
  Display("hComputerscreen_AnyClick called");
  if (Verbs.UsedAction(eGA_WalkTo)) {

  }
  else if (Verbs.UsedAction(eGA_Push)) {
    player.Say("Okay.");
    object[1].Visible = true;
  }
  else {
    Display("Hmm.");
  }
}

[Jojowl80]

Tried that and nothing showed up at all. so then I got the idea to try a simple hComputerscreen_Look Function and that didn't even work, ( I did not have one originally). So I can only imagine the function is not being called at all.

[Crimson Wizard]

Silly question, but do you actually have a hComputerscreen hotspot painted in the room? It should be different colour from other hotspots.

[Jojowl80]

Yes I do. Now I am having the problem where once I turn the Television screen on ( the one that worked) the function dissapears and the hot spot is there instead of the object. Maybe my problem is that I am putting objects on top of hot spots? but how else would I do it?

[Jojowl80]

or sorry rather the object replaces the hotspot and crashes the game when I interface with it

[Crimson Wizard]

Yes I do. Now I am having the problem where once I turn the Television screen on ( the one that worked) the function dissapears and the hot spot is there instead of the object. Maybe my problem is that I am putting objects on top of hot spots? but how else would I do it?

Oh, you want to have same hotspot area to click on, but there's an object appearing right over it, correct?

In such case for example you could set object non clickable in the properties, then clicks will go through them into hotspots.

[Jojowl80]

okay so here is the scenario. I have a TV hot spot and a button hot spot. the button turns the TV on. I want to make it so He can have the option of turning the TV back off. 

[Jojowl80]

okay so I changed the image of the screen object to a slightly different image. Now when I push the TV button its turning on the "computer" screen (not the television as it used to) and "calling" the function like Khris posted.  somehow the Object ID's got switched? maybe thats the problem is the Numbers are getting forced up or down by 1? This is very confusing for me.

[Jojowl80]

Progress!! also sorry for all he posts. first issue has been solved. for future reference the problem was I had the same name *hComputerscreen* for both the hotspot and the object, but for some reason it didnt give me the warning message that it was used elsewhere.

I would still like to be able to turn both the TV and screen back off by pressing the buttons tho. thanks for everyones help!

[Gilbert]

Just a reminder. You can edit your posts instead of posting new ones successively.
It is not mandatory to do that, but keeping stuff in one place when there are no posts from other people in between would help with readability.