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Development Forum Agent injection position    Horstj      4/25/2011 I'm curently trying to make a special agent captable of creating more agents (and even multiple at once) but my prototype doesn't inject corectly (well it doesn't inject at all, so I can't even test any part of it) I only used comands found in the documentation C3 created for me and the sprite is 400 by 200 (length by hight), so here is the injectionscript: ***Multi-Vend V1*** *make metavendor inst new: comp 2 23 10853 "multivend01" 2 0 6000 * physics:128, collisions:64, invisible:16, activateable:4, mouseable:2, carryable:1 attr 23 * no creature actions bhvr 0 ***Variables*** *state on or off setv ov80 0 *category setv ov81 0 *item number setv ov82 0 *PA setv ov83 1 *stepwidth setv ov84 1 ***parts*** * Part 1 - powerbutton pat: butt 1 "multivend01" 28 2 378 162 1 [1] 1001 1 part 1 pose [0] * Part 2 - okbutton pat: butt 2 "multivend01" 26 2 378 121 1 [1] 1002 1 part 2 pose [0] * Part 3 - categoryupbutton pat: butt 3 "multivend01" 24 2 378 82 1 [1] 1003 1 part 3 pose [0] * Part 4 - priorbutton pat: butt 4 "multivend01" 22 2 376 47 1 [1] 1004 1 part 4 pose [0] * Part 5 - nextbutton pat: butt 5 "multivend01" 20 2 376 13 1 [1] 1005 1 part 5 pose [0] * Part 6 - stepsbutton pat: butt 6 "multivend01" 18 2 6 144 1 [1] 1006 1 part 6 pose [0] * Part 7 - backtoonebutton pat: butt 7 "multivend01" 16 2 6 110 1 [1] 1007 1 part 7 pose [0] * Part 8 - lessbutton pat: butt 8 "multivend01" 14 2 6 73 1 [1] 1008 1 part 8 pose [0] * Part 9 - morebutton pat: butt 9 "multivend01" 12 2 6 37 1 [1] 1009 1 part 9 pose [0] * Part 10 - PA display ones pat: dull 10 "numericaldisplay" 0 15 7 1 * Part 11 - PA display tens pat: dull 11 "numericaldisplay" 0 3 7 1 * Part 12 - maindisplay *use diffrent c16-file low numbers reserved for products high ones for categories pat: dull 12 "multiscreenv01" 0 31 6 1 *moveit part 0 mvto 5800 3520 slow note: there is more of course, but I didn't want to put the remaining 420 lines of code here.   Peppery One Papriko   4/25/2011 * physics:128, collisions:64, invisible:16, activateable:4, mouseable:2, carryable:1 ^ I hope that is a single line? ^ And what is much more important: when you try to inject it, what happens? Does simply nothing happen or do you get errors? If no errors, did you already turn off autokill? Lets play plants! Photosynthesis... Photosynthesis... Photosynthesis...   Horstj   4/25/2011 of curse it's a single line, and no I don't get errors (at least no mesages). When I try to inject it, simply nothing happens, and how do I turn off autokill???   Prodigal Sock Ghosthande     4/25/2011 Ctrl-Shift-A toggles autokill. (Ctrl-Shift-W toggles Wolfing control, which will let you see if autokill is currently on or off.)   Peppery One Papriko   4/25/2011 @Ghsothande: Don't you need to have the Wolf Control window open to toggle Autokill? @Horstj: Try to inject it once more after Autokill is off. Probably you get an error message. If you can't interpret it yourself, simply copy and paste it 1:1 into this topic. Lets play plants! Photosynthesis... Photosynthesis... Photosynthesis...   Prodigal Sock Ghosthande     4/25/2011 No. I toggle it all the time without ever opening Wolf Control. It's only useful in that it shows you if it is toggled on or off.   Horstj   4/26/2011 When I swiched autokill off, and tried to inject (using the creator thing as usual) nothing happens and I did get no kind of feedback. so I copied the .cos to bootsrap and ject ... 7 and got this: > ject "multivendv01.cos" 7 D:\Programm Files\Creatures Exodus\Creatures 3\Bootstrap\001 World/multivendv01.cos 2 23 10853 1001 Expected numeric rvalue at token " ... "hi__" part 1 pose @ [1] part 12 pose [10] else set ... (I made every second line red for better readability) it seem to refer to one of the scripts but I have no idea what it means, btw the "hi__" is part of a SNDE comand and should make the agent play the hi__.wav sound.   Peppery One Papriko   4/26/2011 That is a classic error. Look at your second red line. Expected numeric rvalue at token "" The error says it wants to have a numeric rvalue (= a normal number). In the next line it tells you with an @ where the script wants to have it. pose @ [1] My diagnosis is that it can not understand the [1]. [ ] is only used for animation commands like ANIM (duno if there are others too). POSE needs a simple number. Remove from all POSE commands the [ ]. Example: pose [1] ==> pose 1 Lets play plants! Photosynthesis... Photosynthesis... Photosynthesis...   Horstj   4/26/2011 Well, POSE was one problem, some others I could fix myself (like SET instead of SETV). Now I got this: > ject "multivendv01.cos" 7 D: \Program Files\Creatures Exodus\Creatures 3\Bootstrap\001 World/multivendv01.cos Invalid TARG [ @ doif ov80 eq 0 stop endi ] This code shall make pushing the buttons having no effect when the machine is turned off. So I replaced ENDI with ELSE and added an ENDI at the end of the script (for every script) and got a "Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Libary" error saying: This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the application's suport team for more information.   Peppery One Papriko   4/26/2011 How you mean? Can you paste example code? Lets play plants! Photosynthesis... Photosynthesis... Photosynthesis...   Horstj   4/26/2011 I changed: scrp 2 23 10853 100x doif ov80 eq 0 stop endi rest of script endm to: scrp 2 23 10853 100x doif ov80 eq 0 stop elif rest of script endi endm in all the scripts, copied the new cosfile to bootstrap, started Cretures ject7ed and it crashed. Shall I email you the cosfile (and the sprites etc.)?   Peppery One Papriko   4/27/2011 I am not sure if you can use STOP like that. Actually I never used it. Maybe better try restructuring your scripts, a bit like this: scrp 2 23 10853 100x doif ov80 <> 0 (code you want to do when it is on) endi endm Like this it works exactly like your code. When OV80 is 0, then it aborts without any further request. When it is not 0, then it does whatever you tell it to. When your machine has different modes, you even can expand the code easily: scrp 2 23 10853 100x doif ov80 = 1 (action 1) elif ov80 = 2 (action 2) elif ov80 = 94 (action 94) endi endm Lets play plants! Photosynthesis... Photosynthesis... Photosynthesis...   Horstj   4/27/2011 Arrrrggghhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I changed: scrp 2 23 10853 100x doif ov80 eq 0 stop elif rest of script endi endm to: scrp 2 23 10853 100x doif ov80 eq 1 rest of script endi endm and still, it crashes. I am desperate. Update: I tried to fix it by PAT: KILLing all the componets one by one in the removescript. Still I get the same (unsatisfiing) result.   Horstj   4/30/2011 I'm not sure if it is linked to the crash when triing to inject the agent, but when I try to start C3 I now get this strange massage: Catalogue Error: CLE0012: Index 3 out of range 0 to 0 for tag app_insufficient_disk_space Windows NT/2000 6.0 build 6002 (Service Pack 2) OriginalDisplay DirectX (no modules) Sat Apr 30 15:01:19 2011 - ***** - 2.296   Peppery One Papriko   4/30/2011 That looks like an odd crossover of a normal catalogue error and something Microsoft-specific. Sorry, I can't really help with this, I'm on Linux... Lets play plants! Photosynthesis... Photosynthesis... Photosynthesis...   Horstj   4/30/2011 DS states that there is not enough disc space too. It sais it needs some mb but I have some gb of free space. DS startes without more problems, but C3 only gives a windowed black screen, when I pressed alt-enter (I think that was howw to get to full screen) I got this: CSE0001: Caught C-style structured exception at 0x0055377D EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION The thread attempted to read from or write to a virtual address for which it does not have the appropriate access. Attempt was to read from address 0x00007AC8 Error opening map file Windows NT/2000 6.0 build 6002 (Service Pack 2) OriginalDisplay DirectX (no modules) Sat Apr 30 15:23:51 2011 - ***** - 2.296 Edit: For some strange reason it (starting C3) is working again, but don't ask me why.   Horstj   5/10/2011 Still not working, not even a real error reporting just a total crash... So if anyone here thinks he/she can help me, please send me a pm and I'll e-mail you the cos-, c16- and soundfiles.   Horstj   5/13/2011 I heard a strange song on the radio and thought it could be the soundfiles. It where not the soundfiles, it still crashes C3 when trying to inject saying this: Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the application's support team for more information. So let's see what DS sais about this... DS (docked to C3) sais exactly the same as C3. I really dislike that!   Horstj   6/12/2011 This is going to be a reeeeely long post with almost no content. I'm posting a .cos file in code-tags so to make it readable you'll need to copy and past it into a texteditor. So here we go: ***Multi-Vend V1*** *make metavendor inst new: comp 2 23 10853 "multivend01" 2 0 6000 *no physics:128,no collisions:64, invisible:16, activateable:4, mouseable:2, carryable:1 attr 23 * no creature actions bhvr 0 ***Variables*** *state on or off setv ov80 0 *category setv ov81 0 *item number setv ov82 0 *PA setv ov83 1 *stepwidth setv ov84 1 ***parts*** * Part 1 - powerbutton pat: butt 1 "multivend01" 28 2 378 162 1 [1] 1001 1 part 1 pose 0 * Part 2 - okbutton pat: butt 2 "multivend01" 26 2 378 121 1 [1] 1002 1 part 2 pose 0 * Part 3 - categoryupbutton pat: butt 3 "multivend01" 24 2 378 82 1 [1] 1003 1 part 3 pose 0 * Part 4 - priorbutton pat: butt 4 "multivend01" 22 2 376 47 1 [1] 1004 1 part 4 pose 0 * Part 5 - nextbutton pat: butt 5 "multivend01" 20 2 376 13 1 [1] 1005 1 part 5 pose 0 * Part 6 - stepsbutton pat: butt 6 "multivend01" 18 2 6 144 1 [1] 1006 1 part 6 pose 0 * Part 7 - backtoonebutton pat: butt 7 "multivend01" 16 2 6 110 1 [1] 1007 1 part 7 pose 0 * Part 8 - lessbutton pat: butt 8 "multivend01" 14 2 6 73 1 [1] 1008 1 part 8 pose 0 * Part 9 - morebutton pat: butt 9 "multivend01" 12 2 6 37 1 [1] 1009 1 part 9 pose 0 * Part 10 - PA display ones pat: dull 10 "numericaldisplay" 0 15 7 1 * Part 11 - PA display tens pat: dull 11 "numericaldisplay" 0 3 7 1 * Part 12 - maindisplay, zero for startingscreen, low numbers for objects, high numbers for categorys pat: dull 12 "multiscreenv01" 0 31 6 1 *moveit part 0 mvto 5800 3520 slow ***scripts*** *switch me on or off scrp 2 23 10853 1001 doif ov80 eq 0 setv ov80 1 snde "hi__" *make the button shine part 1 pose 1 *show the staring screen part 12 pose 10 else setv ov80 0 setv ov81 0 setv ov82 0 setv ov83 1 setv ov84 1 snde "bye_" *turn the lights off part 1 pose 0 part 2 pose 0 part 3 pose 0 part 4 pose 0 part 5 pose 0 part 6 pose 0 part 7 pose 0 part 8 pose 0 part 9 pose 0 part 10 pose 0 part 11 pose 0 part 12 pose 0 endi endm *the allmighty OK-button scrp 2 23 10853 1002 doif ov80 eq 1 part 2 anim [1 0] doif ov82 eq 0 doif ov81 eq 1 setv ov82 1 part 12 pose 1 elif ov81 eq 2 setv ov82 3 part 12 pose 3 endi else setv va10 posx setv va11 posy doif ov82 eq 1 reps ov83 new: simp 2 10 10854 "products" 1 0 5000 attr 195 bhvr 0 elas 0 fric 100 accg 4 aero 10 perm 100 setv ov61 1000 mvto va10 va11 repe elif ov82 eq 2 snde "nope" elif ov82 eq 3 part 0 pose 1 endi endi endi endm *category up scrp 2 23 10853 1003 doif ov80 eq 1 part 3 anim [1 0] doif ov82 ne 0 setv ov82 0 part 12 setv va01 10 addv va01 ov81 pose va01 elif ov82 eq 0 and ov81 ne 0 setv ov81 0 part 12 pose 10 endi endi endm *next product/category scrp 2 23 10853 1004 doif ov80 eq 1 part 4 anim [1 0] doif ov82 eq 0 addv ov81 1 doif ov81 gt 3 setv ov81 1 endi setv va01 10 addv va01 ov81 part 12 pose va01 else addv ov82 1 doif ov81 eq 1 doif ov82 gt 2 setv ov82 1 endi part 12 pose ov82 elif ov81 eq 2 snde "nope" endi endi endi endm *prior product/category scrp 2 23 10853 1005 doif ov80 eq 1 part 5 anim [1 0] doif ov82 eq 0 addv ov81 -1 doif ov81 lt 1 setv ov81 3 endi setv va01 10 addv va01 ov81 part 12 pose va01 else addv ov82 -1 doif ov81 eq 1 doif ov82 lt 1 setv ov82 2 endi part 12 pose ov82 elif ov81 eq 2 snde "nope" endi endi endi endm *switch between PA steps of 10 and 1 scrp 2 23 10853 1006 doif ov80 eq 1 doif ov84 eq 1 setv ov84 10 part 6 pose 1 else setv ov84 1 part 6 pose 0 endi endi endm *reset PA back to 1 doif ov80 eq 1 scrp 2 23 10853 1007 setv ov83 1 part 7 anim [1 0] endi endm ***both PA's need the display to be triggert *reduce PA scrp 2 23 10853 1008 doif ov80 eq 1 setv va01 ov84 negv va01 addv ov83 va01 doif ov83 lt 1 setv ov83 1 part 10 pose 1 part 11 pose 10 endi doif ov83 ge 90 setv va02 ov83 addv va02 -90 doif va02 eq 0 setv va02 10 endi part 10 pose va02 part 11 pose 9 elif ov83 ge 80 and ov83 lt 90 setv va02 ov83 addv va02 -80 doif va02 eq 0 setv va02 10 endi part 10 pose va02 part 11 pose 8 elif ov83 ge 70 and ov83 lt 80 setv va02 ov83 addv va02 -70 doif va02 eq 0 setv va02 10 endi part 10 pose va02 part 11 pose 7 elif ov83 ge 60 and ov83 lt 70 setv va02 ov83 addv va02 -60 doif va02 eq 0 setv va02 10 endi part 10 pose va02 part 11 pose 6 elif ov83 ge 50 and ov83 lt 60 setv va02 ov83 addv va02 -50 doif va02 eq 0 setv va02 10 endi part 10 pose va02 part 11 pose 5 elif ov83 ge 40 and ov83 lt 50 setv va02 ov83 addv va02 -40 doif va02 eq 0 setv va02 10 endi part 10 pose va02 part 11 pose 4 elif ov83 ge 30 and ov83 lt 40 setv va02 ov83 addv va02 -30 doif va02 eq 0 setv va02 10 endi part 10 pose va02 part 11 pose 3 elif ov83 ge 20 and ov83 lt 30 setv va02 ov83 addv va02 -20 doif va02 eq 0 setv va02 10 endi part 10 pose va02 part 11 pose 2 elif ov83 ge 10 and ov83 lt 20 setv va02 ov83 addv va02 -10 doif va02 eq 0 setv va02 10 endi part 10 pose va02 part 11 pose 1 endi endi endm *add PA scrp 2 23 10853 1009 doif ov80 eq 1 addv ov83 ov84 doif ov83 gt 99 setv ov83 99 part 10 pose 9 part 11 pose 9 endi doif ov83 ge 90 setv va02 ov83 addv va02 -90 doif va02 eq 0 setv va02 10 endi part 10 pose va02 part 11 pose 9 elif ov83 ge 80 and ov83 lt 90 setv va02 ov83 addv va02 -80 doif va02 eq 0 setv va02 10 endi part 10 pose va02 part 11 pose 8 elif ov83 ge 70 and ov83 lt 80 setv va02 ov83 addv va02 -70 doif va02 eq 0 setv va02 10 endi part 10 pose va02 part 11 pose 7 elif ov83 ge 60 and ov83 lt 70 setv va02 ov83 addv va02 -60 doif va02 eq 0 setv va02 10 endi part 10 pose va02 part 11 pose 6 elif ov83 ge 50 and ov83 lt 60 setv va02 ov83 addv va02 -50 doif va02 eq 0 setv va02 10 endi part 10 pose va02 part 11 pose 5 elif ov83 ge 40 and ov83 lt 50 setv va02 ov83 addv va02 -40 doif va02 eq 0 setv va02 10 endi part 10 pose va02 part 11 pose 4 elif ov83 ge 30 and ov83 lt 40 setv va02 ov83 addv va02 -30 doif va02 eq 0 setv va02 10 endi part 10 pose va02 part 11 pose 3 elif ov83 ge 20 and ov83 lt 30 setv va02 ov83 addv va02 -20 doif va02 eq 0 setv va02 10 endi part 10 pose va02 part 11 pose 2 elif ov83 ge 10 and ov83 lt 20 setv va02 ov83 addv va02 -10 doif va02 eq 0 setv va02 10 endi part 10 pose va02 part 11 pose 1 endi endi endm ***remove script*** rscr enum 2 23 10853 pat: kill 1 next enum 2 23 10853 pat: kill 2 next enum 2 23 10853 pat: kill 3 next enum 2 23 10853 pat: kill 4 next enum 2 23 10853 pat: kill 5 next enum 2 23 10853 pat: kill 6 next enum 2 23 10853 pat: kill 7 next enum 2 23 10853 pat: kill 8 next enum 2 23 10853 pat: kill 9 next enum 2 23 10853 pat: kill 10 next enum 2 23 10853 pat: kill 11 next enum 2 23 10853 pat: kill 12 next enum 2 23 10853 kill targ next enum 2 10 10854 kill targ next scrx 2 23 10853 1001 scrx 2 23 10853 1002 scrx 2 23 10853 1003 scrx 2 23 10853 1004 scrx 2 23 10853 1005 scrx 2 23 10853 1006 scrx 2 23 10853 1007 scrx 2 23 10853 1008 scrx 2 23 10853 1009 509 lines of code! Yay!   Peppery One Papriko   6/13/2011 It doesn't help with your problem, but makes the code a tiny bit shorter: you do not need all the PAT: KILLs in the removal script. KILL TARG and SCRX are enough. Lets play plants! Photosynthesis... Photosynthesis... Photosynthesis...   Horstj   6/13/2011 well originally i used KILL TARG but I tried to PAT: KILL every part hoping that would fix the problem. Please, please, please have a deeper look into it and find the problem that's causing the crash.   Peppery One Papriko   6/14/2011 Maybe it is a problem I had with the CRC. Ghosthande gave me a tip. It might be a problem with the buttons. You only need to do this in the injection script. Instead of * Part 1 - powerbutton pat: butt 1 "multivend01" 28 2 378 162 1 [1] 1001 1 part 1 pose 0 You enter * Part 1 - powerbutton pat: butt 1 "multivend01" 28 2 378 162 1 [1] 1001 1 part 1 anim [1 0] This do you do with all PAT:. When you inject the agent, they'll flicker once. This could be a possible solution. Lets play plants! Photosynthesis... Photosynthesis... Photosynthesis...   Horstj   6/14/2011 that did unfortunatley not help. Still full chrash, telling something of visual C+ or C++ and unusual way.   Peppery One Papriko   6/14/2011 Did you do it with all PAT: in the injection script? Lets play plants! Photosynthesis... Photosynthesis... Photosynthesis...   Horstj   6/14/2011 with all PAT: BUTTs since the PAT: DULLs didn't have POSE I didn't change it there. Was that a mistake?   Peppery One Papriko   6/15/2011 Not directly. When I remember right that was a fix for an animation problem I had with the buttons, nothing game crashing... I want to be honest: right now I can't see anything very suspicious which could cause your errors. Perhaps you could get a syntax highlighter. In theory it should be able to track many mistakes. Lets play plants! Photosynthesis... Photosynthesis... Photosynthesis...   Prodigal Sock Ghosthande     6/15/2011 I pasted your code into the CAOS tool and under the caption "*reset PA back to 1" you have a DOIF before script 1007... I assume those two lines were meant to be reversed? That will probably cause you trouble. The CAOS tool insists that it's best not to put strings like "enum 2 23 10853 kill targ next" all on the same line. Althouh you have to put strings like that on the same line in the command line, so I'm not sure if it is really causing problems; can't hurt to fix it though. I can't test your code in-game since I'm about to start work but perhaps fixing these two things will help.   Peppery One Papriko   6/15/2011 That with the single line of the ENUMs and KILL TARGs is nothing bad. It doesn't look nice, but should work. But the wrong placed DOIF line, that seems to cause all the mischief. I am rather sure that's it. Horstj: if you didn't already find yet, Ghosthande meant this piece of code: *reset PA back to 1 doif ov80 eq 1 scrp 2 23 10853 1007 setv ov83 1 part 7 anim [1 0] endi endm Lets play plants! Photosynthesis... Photosynthesis... Photosynthesis...   Horstj   6/15/2011 Jeeeeeehaaaaaaaa!!!! That was the cause of the problem! You are so great. I can't really describe how happy I am. Now I'll make new graphics 'cause the current ones are rubbish (thats the polite way to tell). And I'll have another look into the code because some parts aren't working as intended jet. Wohoho I'm feeling so great!   Horstj   7/10/2011 As an aditional object the Multi-Vend can inject I wanted to make a stasispod (doing basicly the same as the cryo hands but leaving the creature in a handy box so you can carry it around (and maybe even add a way so that creatures in stasis don't count as population (so you can have "more" creatures when some are in stasis))). I wanted to use slightly altered sprites from the midicalpod (bridge of the ark) but whenever I tried to inject the testing version the injection screen tells me that the position is bad. could this be due to the invisible area on the top of the sprites or are they too large?

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