Time measuring scripts

[wektis]

Hi all,

 

Quick question for the more experienced than I.

 

I have a quest, within that quest one of the dialogue options activates a switch (code below), what I want to happen is 2 days after this conversation a message will come up advising the player to go back to the npc. Instead no message. Nadda.

 

The script saves, which obviously means the basic syntax is correct, but when doing research into the problem and looking at other scripts that measure time, they all appear to start with the Begin GameMode function.

 

So two questions.

 

Do scripts that measure time need to begin with the GameMode?

 

If so, that would mean the script would trigger after 2 days of playing and not necessarily 2 days after talking to my NPC... wouldn't it?

 

Wek.

 

 

Begin OnActivate

 

set selectfactionstart to gamedayspassed

 

if gamedayspassed - selectfactionstart >= 2

ShowMessage NIPCheckInMesg01

AddTopic NIPSamCF01

AddTopic NIPSpudCF01

 

endif

[Jeux]

It's pretty late on my end, and I'm tired, but I'll try to give you a quick answer.

 

Gamemode will have the script running every frame, so the game will be checking the conditions constantly. OnActivate, in contrast, will only run the script when you click the switch. Not what you want.

 

So create to blocktypes to get the best of both worlds. Also create a variable named something like control or DoOnce to keep the Gamemode block running ONLY AFTER the OnActivate stuff has been initiated. Set it == 0 at the top of your script.

 

Have the OnActivate block set the DoOnce variable to 1

 

Have the Gamemode block contain everything else, with a condition at the start like "if DoOnce == 1"

Once the conditions within the Gamemode have been satisfied and there is no more use for the script, set DoOnce == 2

 

Now, I'm going to go take a nap. Hope this helps a tiny bit.

[davidlallen]

A gamemode block on the object may not be the best way to do this. You want the message to come up regardless of where the player is. In case of a gamemode block on an object, if the object is not in memory (because the player is in another worldspace or interior), the script will not run.

 

Another way to do this is with a quest script. You can "startquest" the quest when the switch triggers, and "stopquest" when the message is displayed. You can also set the quest script delay to several minutes or even hours, so that it does not need to run every frame (30 times per second).

[seularts]

I have a similar problem, only that I use a variable to count the time that passes. The problem is that it doesn't compute after the 5 seconds that have been set. Here is what I mean:

 

scn CTActivateAllHangarLightsScript01

float timer
ref light
ref seclight


BEGIN OnTrigger Player
if light == 0
	set light to CTHangarLightsRef
endif

if light.GetDisabled
	light.Enable
	PlaySound QSTEndPowerUpTurbine
endif

    if timer < 5
    	 set timer to timer + GetSecondsPassed
    else

    	if seclight == 0
		set seclight to CTHangarLightsRefA
	endif

	if seclight.GetDisabled
		seclight.Enable
		PlaySound OBJSwitchLights2D

   		  set timer to 0
  	  	endif

endif

MarkForDelete;
End

 

The first part where light is define, all the lights start up, but on the second part, the time variable doesn't count the 5 seconds in order to activate seclight. What have I done wrong, there are no errors on the script, and the script is attached to a block trigger.

[viennacalling]

The first part where light is define, all the lights start up, but on the second part, the time variable doesn't count the 5 seconds in order to activate seclight. What have I done wrong, there are no errors on the script, and the script is attached to a block trigger.

 

Since that code is in a trigger, the player would have to trigger it again for it to check if 5 seconds has passed. As it is written it looks like the player would have to actually trigger it a minimum of two more times, once to set timer to greater than 5 and once more for the block to see that it is greater than 5.

[seularts]

How can I write it to go all the way in a single pass!?

[Jeux]

OnTriggerEnter would be a better alternative IMO. Also, try to clean up the structuring of your conditional statements after that timer countdown. By first glance the nested ifs seem a bit unorganized....though i don't know what your script is mean to perform.

[Crimsonfoxy]

How can I write it to go all the way in a single pass!?

Just check jeux and david's posts above. You need the time checking in a GameMode block otherwise it isn't constantly updating, it'll only check when the player enters not the whole time after they trigger it.

[seularts]

How can I write it to go all the way in a single pass!?

Just check jeux and david's posts above. You need the time checking in a GameMode block otherwise it isn't constantly updating, it'll only check when the player enters not the whole time after they trigger it.

 

Ok I understand that GameMode is the way to go through the loop, but I need to activate a series of lights with a switch or a trigger. The set of lights must turn on on after the other with a delay of 5 seconds. here is what I got so far with the recommended post above:

 

 

scn CTActivateAllHangarLightsScript01

ref light
ref seclight
float timer
short doOnce

BEGIN OnTriggerEnter Player

	set light to CTHangarLightsRef
	set seclight to CTHangarLightsRefA

if ( doOnce == 0 )        

	if light.GetDisabled
		light.Enable
		PlaySound QSTEndPowerUpTurbine
	endif

	set timer to 5
	set doOnce to 1

endif

    if ( timer >0 )

		set timer to timer - getSecondsPassed		

else

	if seclight.GetDisabled
		seclight.Enable
		PlaySound OBJSwitchLights2D
  	  	endif

endif


End

 

The if 'seclight.GetDisabled' is to check that the reference is initially disabled.

[wektis]

I must be genius -.-

 

I have managed to write and rewrite this script every way possible where geck will save it but I still get no results.

 

I'm not even getting anything from this

 

SCN HAWTimerTestScript

 

Float Timer

 

Begin GameMode

 

Set Timer to GameDaysPassed

 

If GameDaysPassed - Timer >= 1

ShowMessage HAWTimeTestMesg

EndIf

 

End

 

Am I doing something fundamentally wrong here?