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 Geek2Nurse    |
So I have a seed timer script which creates a plant using NEW: SIMP and after it's created, in the creation script (10), I want to get its room ID. My understanding is that TARG is set to the newly created agent after a NEW: SIMP command, right? (I'm not passing any values to the creation script; just letting it run automatically after the NEW: SIMP command.) I've tried
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The initial plant script when the plants are first injected uses the same creation script, and any of the three commands gives me a valid room ID. But when its run after the NEW: SIMP in the seed timer script, all three return -1. My understanding is that the seed starts out as OWNR and TARG of the seed script, but then when the new plant is created, OWNR is the seed and TARG is the plant. But when the plant creation script is called, both OWNR and TARG should be the new plant, shouldn't they? --- Optimist: the glass is half full. Pessimist: the glass is half empty. Engineer: the glass is twice as big as it needs to be. |
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 Moe |
You new: simp an agent, then you move it to a location, probably with mvsf or mvto, correct? The problem is that the creation script occurs immediately following the new: simp, and it evaluates faster than the time it takes to go from new: simp, to mvsf or mvto. So your agent, at the time the constructor script (10) runs, is no-where, or at coordinates 0 0. Try adding a "wait 1" or a marginally larger wait at the start of the constructor script, and see if that helps.  This should allow time for the agent to be moved before it returns the rtyp in the constructor.It looks like this: new: simp X X X etc etc... [constructor script] mvst/mvsf X X So the constructor script is returning coordinates before it's actually been moved. At least, I think this is what's happening. I know I've dealt with this problem before, where the constructor runs before the agent is placed or valuable data is assigned to the agent. |
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Geek2Nurse |
Aha, that did it. Thanks, Moe! I understand a little better now... I'm working on the next generation of starflower, which takes CA levels into account. It will still grow anywhere there's soil, because it seems sad for things just not to work because of inadequate CA levels. (And because of stupid stuff like the jungle being brighter and the desert being wetter than the aquarium...what's THAT about???) So the rate of growth is based on availability of light, moisture, and nutrients. Each time thru the timer cycle, the flower checks levels of resources and recalculates TICK. Each flower deducts a tiny bit of each CA per tick cycle, but they also add some back when they die. So anyway, if they can't figure out what room they're in on that first tick, I just set a default rate and let them figure it out the next time. It's working beautifully! Now I'm trying to decide if I should also add in factors for whether the soil is boggy, normal, or drained, or just have faith that the CA settings will actually reflect those...I need to go back and review Amai's article again already! --- Optimist: the glass is half full. Pessimist: the glass is half empty. Engineer: the glass is twice as big as it needs to be. |
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