strange thing! (animpos problem)

[sonicfire]

hi fellas!

so i have this actor on screen with 50 animation frames, starting at zero, stopped, called
"energyTopLeft" and in Create Actor Event i have:

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ChangeAnimationDirection("Event Actor", STOPPED);
animpos=0;

Fine. Now, in a function i do this:

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switch(collide.whichOne)
        {
            case 0: playSound(1); energyTopLeft.animpos++; break;
        }

which works somehow!
The sound (from my other function) is played.
BUT: the animpos won´t change at all, it stays at zero.

So my question is: What am i doing wrong here? Or is this a bug?

Thanks for any help or ideas

[lcl]

Where is that code located?
In some collision event?
Is whichOne an actor variable?

Answer those questions so I can help you.

[skydereign]

If it is in a function, I assume you mean global code, and that is your problem. Using actorName.actorVar is messed up in global code. You can access the event actor's variables, but if you want to use any others you have to add a comment with the actor's name in the event. This is a really undesirable fix... but it is the best we have.
Global Code -> function

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void
darkenMenu ()
{
    menu.r=100;
    menu.g=100;
    menu.b=100;
}

If you want that to work when you call it, do this.

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// menu
darkenMenu();

Now if you have multiple actors with vars being set, you can put in more names in the comment before the function call. It is really annoying problem, and the fix makes no sense since comments are supposed to be ignored, but that should fix your problem.

[sonicfire]

@lcl: Thanks, global code! its a function. and "whichOne" is an actor variable!

@skydereign: Thanks! no THAT is weird! i have to add a comment with the actor´s name i wanna modify?
tried this, still no luck (global code function)

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switch(collide.whichOne)
        {
            case 0:
            // energyTopLeft
            changeEnergyTL();
            break;
        }

and the function:

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void changeEnergyTL ()
{
    energyTopLeft.animpos++;
}

Could it be a problem because i´m running a function from within a function somehow?

[sonicfire]

i´ve now simply used another method, via the Event Actor variables

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switch(collide.whichOne)
        {
            case 0:
            collide.doEnergy=1;
            break;
        }

and in my energyTopLeft actor´s draw Event:

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if (doEnergy)
{
    doEnergy=0;
    animpos++;
}


[skydereign]

The comment has to go in the event code. Comments before functions within functions still need the comment in the event (not global code). Here's an example.
Global Code

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void
funcA ()
{
    actor.r=0;
    actor.g=0;
    actor.b=0;
}

void
funcB ()
{
    funcA();
}

player -> KeyDown (space) -> Script Editor

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// actor
funcB();

Notice the comment is in the event code and not the global code.

[sonicfire]

ahhh! thanks very much!