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Development Forum Portal Issues    Sanely Insane RisenAngel    Manager     7/20/2013 For my next piece of development, I decided to make a warp portal that serves as a doorway, mostly to provide creatures with a portal that provides them with the proper stims and actually transports them. inst *How many portals are already in the world? doif totl 3 9 18700 = 0 *If there aren't any, create two portals setv va00 2 else *Otherwise, create 1 portal setv va00 1 endi reps va00 *Offline portals have the exactly same attributes as their online counterparts new: simp 3 9 18700 "ds portals" 39 0 400 attr 199 clac 2 elas 0 accg 5 aero 10 perm 60 puhl -1 95 110 *ov00 = is it open or closed? setv ov00 0 *ov01 = is it functioning (Is blue swirl present?) setv ov01 0 *ov02 = portal to warp to seta ov02 null *ov03 = was portal just used? setv ov03 0 *Dump the portals into the inventory seta va01 targ enum 1 2 11 spas targ va01 doif ov00 = 0 and clac = 0 mesg writ targ 0 endi next repe *Deactivate - or rather, open/close the portal scrp 3 9 18700 0 *Remove interruptions lock *If you're closed.... doif ov00 = 0 *Lock it down in place attr 197 *Animate, make a noise, and open up anim [0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19] sndc "por1" over *Start timer, let creatures push you, and mark yourself as "open" tick 1 bhvr 1 setv ov00 1 *Otherwise, do the inverse else *If you've got a blue swirl, turn that off first doif ov01 = 1 *Fade out anim [23 23 22 21 20 19] setv ov01 0 fade over endi sndc "por2" *Turn off tick, don't let creatures push you, and mark yourself as closed tick 0 bhvr 0 setv ov00 0 anim [18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 6 7 5 4 3 2 1 0] over *Become carriable again attr 199 endi endm *Portal push scrp 3 9 18700 1 *Remove interruptions lock *Did a creature activate this? doif crea from = 1 *Before anything else, make sure you're open doif ov01 = 1 *Can you be used? doif ov03 = 0 *Make a noise sndc "wr_e" *Tell creature to wait stim writ from 75 1 *Get its identification seta va99 from *Loop until you find another open portal that isn't you loop rtar 3 9 18700 doif targ <> null doif targ <> ownr doif ov00 <> 0 and ov01 <> 0 seta mv02 targ endi endi endi targ ownr untl ov02 <> null *Get fellow portal's position targ ov02 setv va00 posx setv va01 posy addv va01 50 targ va99 *Move it, move it! doif targ <> null and movs = 0 mvsf va00 va01 *Target the other portal, make it make a noise, and make it so it can't be used again for a short while targ mv02 setv ov03 1 sndc "wr_a" *Simulate actual warp jump targ va99 aslp 0 pose 59 *Tell creature it warped and used a metaroom door stim writ targ 27 1 stim writ targ 95 1 wait 30 endi targ ownr else *If it's not open, tell the creature that it's wasting its time stim writ from 0 1 endi endi endi endm *Portal timer scrp 3 9 18700 9 *Check for other open portals in the world setv va00 0 enum 3 9 18700 doif targ <> null doif targ <> ownr doif ov00 <> 0 addv va00 1 endi endi endi next *If there is another open portal in the world and you're off, turn on doif va00 >= 1 and ov01 = 0 *Start humming sndl "humm" anim [20 21 22 23] over *Mark yourself as open setv ov01 1 anim [24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 255] *If you're the only open portal in the world, turn off elif va00 = 0 and ov01 = 1 *Fade out anim [23 23 22 21 20 19] setv ov01 0 fade over endi *If you've just been used, wait a bit before turning back on doif ov03 = 1 wait 30 setv ov03 0 endi endm *Portal exception - this is a failsafe scrp 3 9 18700 255 *Unfortunately, there's not a lot to put here endm *Removal rscr enum 3 9 18700 kill targ next scrx 3 9 18700 0 scrx 3 9 18700 1 scrx 3 9 18700 9 scrx 3 9 18700 255 The above code is working more or less perfectly, but there's a problem with it that's baffling me. Said problem appears to be with this bit: loop rtar 3 9 18700 doif targ <> null doif targ <> ownr doif ov00 <> 0 and ov01 <> 0 seta mv02 targ endi endi endi targ ownr untl ov02 <> null What this code is supposed to do is select an open warp portal to which to send a creature. However, for whatever reason, sometimes the code selects a closed warp portal and acts like it's open, which tends to confuse the creature who just used the portal. I've looked the code over multiple times, and can't seem to find a good reason as to why this is. Perhaps someone else with sharper eyes can look it over and pinpoint what the heck's going on here? As a note, you should be able to copy-paste this code into the CAOs Tool and inject it without problems - the agent just uses sprites already present in DS. ~ The Realm ~ Risen Angel's Creatures Blog   Peppery One Papriko   7/20/2013 Perhaps it selects the portal while it tries to close? Just in the right time, so that during the DOIF check it is open, but when the actual teleport occurs, it is closed? Unlikely, but possible. In case it's that, try putting the code inside the loop into an INST. loop inst rtar 3 9 18700 doif targ <> null doif targ <> ownr doif ov00 <> 0 and ov01 <> 0 seta mv02 targ endi endi endi targ ownr slow untl ov02 <> null Also, sure you wanna keep the overall principle like that? It may be caught it some weird endless loop when no suiting second portal is found... Lets play plants! Photosynthesis... Photosynthesis... Photosynthesis...   Malkin Manager     7/20/2013 Will it work with swimming creatures? My TCR Norns   Sanely Insane RisenAngel Manager     7/21/2013 @Papriko: The problem here is the closed portals creatures are getting warped to are completely closed, not in the process of closing. Both open/closed flags are set to closed, yet somehow the code is thinking otherwise. I threw the inst/slow flag in there anyway to see if it helped, and it didn't work. Granted, I've only had the problem show up three times with this iteration of the code, but I'm baffled as to why it's happening at all. As for the loop: the code only gets to that point if there's another open portal with a blue swirl in the world; creatures can't use it otherwise. That said, it's probably possible to set off an infinite loop, but you'd actually have to try to trigger it. @Malkin: At the moment, no. Swimming creatures can push the portal, but it won't move them. I may include the functionality once I've squashed the closed portals bug, though I'm also planning on making a portal that's more thematically fitting for underwater worlds and might just save it for that one. ~ The Realm ~ Risen Angel's Creatures Blog   Malkin Manager     7/22/2013 With the 'wait a while' feature of the portals, what does a norn feel if they push the portal while the portal is 'waiting a while' - do they get a shot of disappointment? My TCR Norns   Sanely Insane RisenAngel Manager     7/23/2013  1 They just don't feel anything. I felt this was the best way to handle it without either making the portals cause EE syndrome (which happens sometimes with the elevines, for example) while also preventing instinct screw (which can happen with the interporters, for example). ~ The Realm ~ Risen Angel's Creatures Blog

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