Castle Paradox

[hmv9999]

Hello. I'm new to the whole 'plotscripting' thing, and I've got something of a silly question. I'm trying to make a puzzle where you have to push a minecart full of dynamite next to a cracked wall and detonate it to create a path. I've only started playing with plotscripting today, and I was wondering if anyone could tell me why this doesn't work:

[Voltire]

First you don't have to define the script. Try:

[Bob the Hamster]

Were you following an old tutorial or example that used "define script"? That command has been obsolete for years, so if there is still an example out there somewhere that uses it, I would love to update it to use the new style.

I suspect the problem is when the script is being run.

Your script looks like it is checking the minecart's position correctly, and setting the tag correctly. However, if you run this script when the map loads, it will only check the mine cart's location on that ONE INSTANT that the map loads, before you ever get a chance to move your hero around and push the cart.

To make this script work like you expect it to work, you should use it as the "each step" script for the map. Then it will be run over again each time the hero walks a step. That way, each time you push the mine cart, the script will re-check the position, and set the tag if appropriate.

I suggest modifying your script like this:

[hmv9999]

Thank you thank you thank you!

I'm sure you know how much you've helped me out! I must have been looking at some old resources... no wonder I was having so much trouble with syntax.

Anyway, after a little tweaking, this is what I came up with:

[Bob the Hamster]

Excellent!

When you post a script here, you can use the code instead of the quote to make sure it formats the script correctly, and it prevents it from inserting smileys like 8)

[hmv9999]

Aha! Thank you some more! :)

Now, I've got another silly question: if I had two destructible rocks on one map, but only one cart full of TNT, what would the script look like? It didn't work, but my first attempt went something like this:

[Bob the Hamster]

You are missing the first argument to "npc at spot". So instead of checking if the npc is at position 61,16 you are checking if NPC 61 is at position 16,0

Actually, I guess you had that problem all along, i just didn't notice it in the first post.

Also, a minor point: there is no reason to include the empty "else"

The example below assumes that the explosive cart is NPC 5. You can adjust it to have the real NPC id number of the cart.

[hmv9999]

Awesome! I was actually starting to wonder about identifying which NPC I was trying to script; it's nice to see that my worries were merited. :)

BTW: I'm new (noob) to everything here, so the extra 'else' has been helping to keep me organized. Will it cause problems to keep putting it there, or should I ween myself of that ASAP?

BTW2: Seriously, thank you for all the help! You rock!

[Bob the Hamster]