Problem With Switching Between Options In A Main Menu

[PerrySteven]

Hello, recently I have began work on one of my game projects. I have decided to start with the main menu first but I have encountered some problems. This is the structure I have:

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>Clickable actor: Moon

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If the left mouse button is clicked on, the actor "view" will move to (-400, -960) with velocity 5 relative to Game Centre avoiding none.

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If the left mouse button is clicked on, the actor "Moon" will have all events disabled.

>Controllable actor: view

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When move is finish, do the following in script mode:
activate_options = 1;
option = 1;
ChangeTransparency("tall_tree", 0.500000);
ChangeTransparency("new_game_text", 0.500000);
EventDisable("view", EVENTALL);


>Status: Actions up to this point are carried out successfully
>Note: The variables are GLOBAL INTEGERS.

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>Controllable actors: tall_tree, new_game_text

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Key Down (Left):
if((activate_options == 1) && (option == 1))
{
    ChangeTransparency("tall_tree", 0.000000);
    ChangeTransparency("new_game_text", 0.000000);
 

   ChangeTransparency("quit", 0.000000);
    ChangeTransparency("quit_text", 0.000000);
 

   option = 3;
};


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Key Down (Right):
if((activate_options == 1) && (option == 1))
{
    ChangeTransparency("tall_tree", 0.000000);
    ChangeTransparency("new_game_text", 0.000000);

    ChangeTransparency("continue_game", 0.500000);
    ChangeTransparency("continue_game_text", 0.500000);

    option = 2;
};

>Controllable actors: continue_game, continue_game_text

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Key Down (Left):
if((activate_options == 1) && (option == 2))
{
    ChangeTransparency("tall_tree", 0.500000);
    ChangeTransparency("new_game_text", 0.500000);
 

   ChangeTransparency("continue_game", 0.000000);
    ChangeTransparency("continue_game_text", 0.000000);
 

   option = 1;
};

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Key Down (Right):
if((activate_options == 1) && (option == 2))
{
    ChangeTransparency("continue_game", 0.000000);
    ChangeTransparency("continue_game_text", 0.000000);
 

   ChangeTransparency("quit", 0.500000);
    ChangeTransparency("quit_text", 0.500000);


    option = 3;

};

>Controllable actors: quit, quit_text

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if((activate_options == 1) && (option == 3))
{
    ChangeTransparency("quit", 0.000000);
    ChangeTransparency("quit_text", 0.000000);
 

   ChangeTransparency("continue_game", 0.500000);
    ChangeTransparency("continue_game_text", 0.500000);
 

   option = 2;
};

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Key Down (Right):
if((activate_options == 1) && (option == 3))
{
    ChangeTransparency("quit", 0.000000);
    ChangeTransparency("quit_text", 0.000000);
 

   ChangeTransparency("tall_tree", 0.500000);
    ChangeTransparency("new_game_text", 0.500000);


    option = 1;
};

All the key down functions have the following parameters:

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Execute when: At least one key is pressed
Repeat: Enable

And when an actor is selected its transparency is 0.5.

My problem begins with switching between the actors. It's very jerky, and for some reason the continue_game and continue_game_actors are skipped and I can't move left to select the quit actor. I checked my code over and over, but I can't see a bug. Does anyone know what's wrong?

[PerrySteven]

Well nevermind about that. I found a successful work around and neatened up my variable and actor names.

[lcl]

Well nevermind about that. I found a successful work around and neatened up my variable and actor names.

Good to hear. Generally, if you need help with something as complicated as your question was, you're much more likely to get help if you upload your project .ged and data attached to your post, so people can actually try your code and see what's wrong. And if you don't feel like sharing your whole project to everyone (which is often quite understandable), you can always make a small example .ged with the code that is misbehaving, and people can then use that to help you.

[PerrySteven]

Well nevermind about that. I found a successful work around and neatened up my variable and actor names.

Good to hear. Generally, if you need help with something as complicated as your question was, you're much more likely to get help if you upload your project .ged and data attached to your post, so people can actually try your code and see what's wrong. And if you don't feel like sharing your whole project to everyone (which is often quite understandable), you can always make a small example .ged with the code that is misbehaving, and people can then use that to help you.

Ahh, I see. Thanks for the tip!