Script triggering intermittently?

[a.greene]

I've tried to extended a AR1900.bcs with the following code, but on Tazok's death, Kivan's dialog block is intermittently (unpredictably) being triggered...

IF
InParty("Kivan")
Global("CanKillTazok","GLOBAL",0)
HasItem("MIHP1","Tazok")
THEN
RESPONSE #100
SetGlobal("CanKillTazok","GLOBAL",1)
ActionOverride("tazok",DestroyItem("MIHP1"))
END

IF
Global("FoughtTazok","GLOBAL",0)
HPPercentLT("Tazok",50)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
ClearAllActions()
StartDialogueNoSet([PC])
END

IF
InParty("Kivan")
!Dead("kivan")
Dead("Tazok")
Global("TazokDead","GLOBAL",0)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
Wait(2)
ActionOverride("Kivan",StartDialogueNoSet([PC]))
SetGlobal("TazokDead","GLOBAL",1)
END

I have similarly added the following to Kivan's dialog file

APPEND ~KIVANJ~

IF WEIGHT #-1 ~

Global("TazokDead","GLOBAL",0)~ 
THEN BEGIN TazokDead
SAY #32796 //It is done. Deheriana, amin liy, esta aul i' haly en' Arvandor. May you find peace... and I find acceptance.
IF ~~ 
THEN DO ~
EraseJournalEntry(32894)
EraseJournalEntry(27212) 
EraseJournalEntry(32760) 
AddJournalEntry(%Kivan's bandit hunt 
Kivan was finally able to avenge his wife. May Deheriana find peace and Kivan find acceptance.%,QUEST_DONE)
SetGlobal("TazokDead","GLOBAL",1)
SetGlobal("bd_tazok_dead","AR0125",1)~ 
EXIT
END
END

I have attached the relevant files for review, any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,

a.

Setup-Kivan.tp2 AR1900.baf Kivan.d

Edited May 1, 2023 by a.greene

[lynx]

Are you setting FoughtTazok somewhere? That block looks like it could fire several times.

[jmerry]

Presumably, FoughtTazok is meant to be set by the dialogue that block starts ... but who's talking? This is an area script; if you want a specific character to talk (or to stop acting), you need an ActionOverride.

And of course, if that block is triggering repeatedly and telling nobody to talk, the following block with Kivan's response to Tazok's death is never reached.

TAZOK.BCS, in the original, contains this block:

IF
	Global("FoughtTazok","GLOBAL",0)
	HPPercentLT(Myself,50)
THEN
	RESPONSE #100
		ClearAllActions()
		StartDialogueNoSet([PC])
END

It looks like you've tried to move this to the area script, but it doesn't work properly when run from a neutral perspective.

[a.greene]

@jmerry  @lynx Thank you...