CHAIN Problems

[berelinde]

You should be able to use ConTEXT. Many modders do. Make sure you have "smart quotes" turned off.

[baldur46233]

You should be able to use ConTEXT. Many modders do. Make sure you have "smart quotes" turned off.

 

Erm, where would I find the "smart quotes"? Also, I don't know how to not make my coding 'slanted'.

[berelinde]

Hopefully, someone who does use ConTEXT can stop by and help you out. I've never used it, so I don't know how to set up the preferences.

[baldur46233]

Hopefully, someone who does use ConTEXT can stop by and help you out. I've never used it, so I don't know how to set up the preferences.

 

Is that the only problem on my banter file? The slanted coding and smart quotes?

Can I also have your opinion on which text editor is better?

[berelinde]

I haven't seen your whole banter file, so I couldn't tell you. And I've only ever used Crimson Editor, so I have no basis for comparison. Sorry.

[baldur46233]

I haven't seen your whole banter file, so I couldn't tell you. And I've only ever used Crimson Editor, so I have no basis for comparison. Sorry.

 

I've only created this one banter and thanks for your help anyway.

[Ipsy]

I'm using ConText with the WeiDU highlighters

That should be fine, no? I use the same, and it works fine for me Plus it helps me catch stupid typos like CHAN instead of CHAIN.

 

IF ~InParty(Myself)~

InParty(“Minscâ€)

!StateCheck("Minsc",CD_STATE_NOTVALID)

!StateCheck(Myself,CD_STATE_NOTVALID)

CombatCounter(0)

!See([ENEMY])

Global(“M#DracoMinscâ€,â€GLOBALâ€,0)~

Now you've got an extra tilde on the first line. As I said--tildes always come in pairs.

[baldur46233]

I'm using ConText with the WeiDU highlighters

That should be fine, no? I use the same, and it works fine for me Plus it helps me catch stupid typos like CHAN instead of CHAIN.

 

IF ~InParty(Myself)~

InParty(“Minscâ€)

!StateCheck("Minsc",CD_STATE_NOTVALID)

!StateCheck(Myself,CD_STATE_NOTVALID)

CombatCounter(0)

!See([ENEMY])

Global(“M#DracoMinscâ€,â€GLOBALâ€,0)~

Now you've got an extra tilde on the first line. As I said--tildes always come in pairs.

 

 

BEGIN ~M#DraB~

 

CHAIN

 

IF ~~InParty(Myself)

InParty(“Minscâ€)

!StateCheck("Minsc",CD_STATE_NOTVALID)

!StateCheck(Myself,CD_STATE_NOTVALID)

CombatCounter(0) !See([ENEMY])

Global(“M#DracoMinscâ€,â€GLOBALâ€,0)~

THEN ~M#DraB~ DracoMinsc1

 

Is it supposed to be like this?

[cmorgan]

nope... Ispy pointed it out...

 

IF ~~In

 

Only needs one tilde!

[baldur46233]

nope... Ispy pointed it out...

 

IF ~~In

 

Only needs one tilde!

 

 

Gaah, I make such stupid mistakes, but I thought they had to be in pairs? So, is this better?

 

IF ~InParty(Myself)

[berelinde]

Yes, that looks right.

 

"Pairs" here means pairs per coding "phrase."

 

IF ~triggers~ THEN BEGIN state

SAY ~string~

IF ~triggers~ THEN DO ~actions~ TRANSITION

END

 

~triggers~, ~string~, and ~actions~ are all coding "prhases."

[baldur46233]

Yes, that looks right.

 

"Pairs" here means pairs per coding "phrase."

 

IF ~triggers~ THEN BEGIN state

SAY ~string~

IF ~triggers~ THEN DO ~actions~ TRANSITION

END

 

~triggers~, ~string~, and ~actions~ are all coding "prhases."

 

Oh, that makes sense now. Thank you. I've run into yet another problem though...*sigh*

It says:

 

WARNING: cannot verify trigger ~InParty(Myself)

InParty(“Minscâ€)

!StateCheck("Minsc",CD_STATE_NOTVALID)

!StateCheck(Myself,CD_STATE_NOTVALID)

CombatCounter(0) !See([ENEMY])

Global(“M#DracoMinscâ€,â€GLOBALâ€,0)~: Failure("lexing: empty token")

 

It installs, but again, it says with warnings.

[berelinde]

You still have slanted quotes in InParty("Minsc") and in the Global() trigger.

[baldur46233]

You still have slanted quotes in InParty("Minsc") and in the Global() trigger.

 

Oh okay, I shall fix that then.

It worked!!!

But now I have new problem...

 

[trigger list near line 11, column 5 of Draco/M#DraB.d] PARSE WARNING at line 13 column 1-38

Near Text: )

[stateCheck] argument [CD_STATE_NOTVALID] not found in [state.IDS]

 

[trigger list near line 11, column 5 of Draco/M#DraB.d] PARSE WARNING at line 14 column 1-37

Near Text: )

[stateCheck] argument [CD_STATE_NOTVALID] not found in [state.IDS]

 

And I do have this on my Tp2:

APPEND ~STATE.IDS~

~0x80101FEF CD_STATE_NOTVALID~

UNLESS ~CD_STATE_NOTVALID~

 

I'm just prone to problems and mistakes it seems.

[cmorgan]

Check to make sure that line is *above* the dialog compile line... that can have an effect