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Development Forum Agent does not inject    Horstj      10/16/2011 I have been working on a stasis pod. When it is done creatures inside it will be frozen, meaning they dont age, die, starve, have needs (well, that's what a stasispod is for) and make it stop count agains population limit. But first I have to make it inject, that's the part that doesn't work. I do not get any errormessages. The Sprites are 176*201 And the code is here: new: vhcl 1 1 10854 "Stasispod" 40 0 600 attr 206 bhvr 8 clac 0 elas 0 seta ov16 null setv ov80 0 setv ov00 0 mvsf 1760 3577 cabn 30 25 145 175 cabp 0 pat: dull 1 "Stasispod" 3 0 0 103 pat: dull 2 "Stasispod" 21 0 0 102 pat: dull 3 "Stasispod" 32 0 0 101 scrp 1 1 10854 1 lock doif ov00 = 0 clac -1 part 3 snde "pod1" anim [0 1 2 3 4 5 6] part 1 anim [0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7] over part 0 anim [0 1 0 1 2] over dpas 4 0 0 seta ov16 null seta va16 null snde "stm1" part 1 anim [8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17] part 2 anim [0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10] setv ov00 1 clac 0 attr 12 prt: send 0 255 *put un-freeze script here doif ov17 ne null targ ov17 paus 0 zomb 0 endi else clac -1 part 1 snde "stm1" gpas 4 0 0 0 anim [17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8] part 2 anim [10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0] over part 0 anim [2 1 0 1 0] over seta va16 null inst setv va19 0 seta va17 null epas 4 0 0 doif targ <> null addv va19 1 doif va19 = 1 seta va16 targ seta va17 held doif va17 <> null targ va17 mesg writ targ 5 endi elif va19 > 1 rpas ownr targ endi endi next slow inst epas 0 0 0 doif fmly <> 4 rpas ownr targ endi next slow targ ownr part 3 snde "pod1" anim [6 5 4 3 2 1 0] part 1 anim [7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0] setv ov00 0 clac 0 attr 4 prt: send 0 255 *put freeze script here dpas 1 0 0 dpas 2 0 0 dpas 3 0 0 *get creature doif held ne null seta ov17 held targ ov17 zomb 1 pose 62 dirn 1 chem 152 255 paus 1 endi endi endm scrp 1 1 10854 3 targ from doif fmly = 4 and gnus = 2 prt: bang rand 60 100 endi stim writ targ 92 1 endm scrp 1 1 10854 125 doif ov00 = 0 clac -1 part 3 snde "pod1" anim [0 1 2 3 4 5 6] part 1 anim [0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7] over part 0 anim [0 1 0 1 2] over dpas 4 0 0 seta ov16 null seta va16 null snde "stm1" part 1 anim [8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17] part 2 anim [0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10] setv ov00 1 clac 0 attr 12 prt: send 0 255 endi endm   AquaShee   10/16/2011 So nothing happens when you inject? Did you turn off autokill? The Community Scribble: make (y)our own metaroom!   Horstj   10/17/2011 I tried to turn off autokill, but it still yust says "Agent injected" but I cannot find it. No error message, nothing. i tried ject 7 too, it just said "OK".   Patient Pirate ylukyun Manager   10/17/2011 And you've looked over the whole metaroom making sure that the agent was not anywhere? I tried mvsf 1760 3577 on some objects and they ended up quite far away from those coordinates. Mvsf makes sure the location is valid and I think it might alter it if it isn't. Other than that, I can't think of anything. I don't know how to make multi-part agents, so if it is a problem with parts I wouldn't be able to tell. Are you using the CAOS tool? It can sometimes help with simpler problems.   Peppery One Papriko   10/17/2011 new: vhcl 1 1 10854 "Stasispod" 40 0 600 attr 206 bhvr 8 clac 0 elas 0 seta ov16 null setv ov80 0 setv ov00 0 mvsf 1760 3577 cmrt 0 cabn 30 25 145 175 cabp 0 pat: dull 1 "Stasispod" 3 0 0 103 pat: dull 2 "Stasispod" 21 0 0 102 pat: dull 3 "Stasispod" 32 0 0 101 Try to insert the line in bold you can see above. When your agent really injects, this should center your camera on it. Maybe so you can find out where it ends up. Lets play plants! Photosynthesis... Photosynthesis... Photosynthesis...   Horstj   10/17/2011 I found it! Now I know why it didn't inject in the intended place: it is tooo large. so now I'm going to redo the sprites. Now to the next problem: when I click it (script 1 1 10854 1) it gets killed aaannd it's because I removed the ports but not the scriptparts calling them. Or rather not only, I also get this: Incompatible type: decimal expected ... 00 1 clac 0 attr 12 {@}doif ov17 ne null targ ov17 pa ... I think I have used ATTR in a wrong way, but I have no idea how it would be right.   Prodigal Sock Ghosthande     10/17/2011 it's about your DOIF statement, not the ATTR--check the position of the {@}. I don't think it likes the OV17 variable. I've had similar problems in the past when using variables to refer to other agents. Before you try to modify a variable, it has a default numeric value of zero (0), rather than being a true "blank slate". So if that variable has not already been set to "null" by hand before the script checks it, you can run into problems where it comes back as the wrong 'type' of variable (hence "incompatible type" ), because it still has that default value of "0" and doesn't realize you want it to be "null" instead ("decimal expected" ). So, try specifying "seta ov17 null" when you first create the stasis pod, I've a hunch that will probably fix it.   Horstj   10/18/2011 It fixed it! Thanks a lot! Now I only have to rework the ATTR comands (the pod should be moveable so 12 or 4 are wrong, it must be something containing 2) and the sprites. I think it won't take long untill I can release it. Edit: Does anyone know how high the average room in C3 is? (in pixels) Or rather how high an agent may be to fit into?   Horstj   10/29/2011 ATTR fixed! Sprites fixed! And the cabin is still large enough, now, does anyone know a way to make a creature not count towards the population limit? (I want to make it so that frozen creatures don't count (aka if your limit is 6 creatures and you have 6 creatures and than you freeze 1 you have one free "slot" again; like your limit was 7 or you where having only 5 creatures)   Peppery One Papriko   10/29/2011 Umm, not sure, but I think you had to modify the breeding script cos. There is the evaluation of the breed limit done. I personally don't like to modify default scripts like that, but otherwise you had to do complicated tricks I guess... Lets play plants! Photosynthesis... Photosynthesis... Photosynthesis...   Horstj   10/29/2011 What about using DEAD (after PAUSing the creature of course)? I would only need a way to make them alive again...   AquaShee   10/29/2011 Why not just up the breeding limit by 1 for each norn that is in statis? You can lower it again when you thaw them out. The Community Scribble: make (y)our own metaroom!   Peppery One Papriko   10/29/2011 Then you'd need some routines making sure the agent does not set the limit to 0 or something negative because the player changed it in the meantime by hand. And Horstj, I'd not recommend that. As in real life, you can not beat the death. When a creature is dead then it is dead. Lets play plants! Photosynthesis... Photosynthesis... Photosynthesis...   Horstj   10/30/2011 Changeging the breeding limit at C3 is quite simple using setv game "c3_max_creatures" # rgam and setv game "c3_max_norns" # rgam but I'm not sure if that works in DS too. And if it does not work (that's what I expect), I have no idea how to do it. I had a look at the "ds gui - options.cos" but I don't understand how it works...   Peppery One Papriko   10/30/2011 Have a look at the !DS_game variables.cos Lets play plants! Photosynthesis... Photosynthesis... Photosynthesis...   Horstj   10/31/2011 does anyone know what this means: Incompatible type: decimal expected ... 0 addv va01 1 next {@}doif game "multivend_info_game ... if you need more information, I can post the compleat cos-file. Edit: I'm extremly stupid! I should have seen it, but I haen't: The script ties to use "multivend_info_gamename" but it is a test so I used "multivend_test_gamename" but didn't change it everywhere. As a result I got an error.   Horstj   11/1/2011 So the !DS_game variables.cos sais that total_population and breed_limit are used for population limit. But modifiing them doesn't seem to be possible. But since there is no autokill or errorreport, I think they get instantly set back to the values set in the options gui. That means: if you have the maximum of allowed creatures you can freeze them but not unfreeze them and freezing a creature does not create free space for a new one.   Peppery One Papriko   11/1/2011 Did you also use RGAM to apply the changes? Lets play plants! Photosynthesis... Photosynthesis... Photosynthesis...   Horstj   11/1/2011 Yes, I'm using RGAM to apply changes. That is not the problem... Edit: it seems t work just fine in C3. Edit 2: or not... Damn it! I think I'll have to abstain on this feature Well, at lest the freezing stuff works.

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