Digits() error

What am I doing wrong here? I'm trying to display a player's HP and SP on the screen using digits():

Code:

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var HP = 0;
var SP = 1;

var playerstats[2];
var playerstats_level_01[2] = 40, 20;

playerstats[HP] = playerstats_level_01[HP];
playerstats[SP] = playerstats_level_01[SP];


panel player_stats_window
{
	layer = 1;
	bmap = stats_bg;
	pos_x = 15;
	pos_y = 500;
	digits = 150,55,1,standard_font,1,playerstats[1];
	flags = refresh,d3d;
	
}



string player_stats_string = "HP   \n\nSP   \n";

text player_stats_text
{
	layer = 2;
	pos_x = 75;
	pos_y = 550;
	font = standard_font;
	strings = 1;
	string = player_stats_string;
 }

	player_stats_window.visible = on;
	player_stats_text.visible = on;	

---

When I try to run the program I get an error that says there's "Too many parameters" for the line that has: digits = 120,48,1,standard_font,1,playerstats[1]; The arrow is pointing to the [1] in playerstats. I'm not sure why...

Hmm... I don't see anything about digits in the code you posted. Maybe you left that part of the code out? Where are you defining the digits, anyway? Inside the player_stats_window definition? Because they're not there... ?

player_stats_window is just the background image in which the text is written on

Well, then, where are your digits definitions? The digits definitions should be inside the panel definition that they are attached to. Are you defining the digits inside a panel at all?

Yes I did... sorry I edited the post above, it got deleted out for some reason. The digits() is in the player_stats_window panel

Hmm. My only thought would be to reorganize the digits definition into proper syntax, i.e. digits(120,48,1,standard_font,1,playerstats[1]);. Let me know if that works, if not tell me and I'll switch my brain to high powered debugging mode and take another look.

also, you don't have to display a separate text as well as the panel. Look in the manual for info on how to display text inside a digits element.

using parentheses in the digits() didn't work. I still get the same error. If I take the [1] off of playerstats, then the program works fine. But why can't I use the brackets? It keeps saying too many parameters. But I want it to get data from the playerstats[] array. Is there another way I will need to do this rather than use digits() ?

According to the manual, under "Digits":

"Only var variables can be displayed (no int, float, or other types of variables). The var can be part of a struct or of an array, but not of a multidimensional array. "

So, your code should work. And it doesn't. You may have discovered a bug? Try the Ask Conitec or Bug Hunt forum, I guess.

There is no bug.

Try this:

digits(150,55,"PlayerStats: %.3f",*,1,playerstats[1]);

It's still saying 'too many parameters' and pointing to the '1' in [1]

Please, just do it like i told you, it works, ok ?

Code:

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var HP = 0;
var SP = 1;
var playerstats[2];
var playerstats_level_01[2] = 40, 20;

// in function main put this:
playerstats[HP] = playerstats_level_01[HP];
playerstats[SP] = playerstats_level_01[SP];

// and now the panel
panel player_stats_window
{
	layer = 1;
	bmap = stats_bg;
	pos_x = 15;
	pos_y = 500;
	digits(150,55,"PlayerStats: %.3f",*,1,playerstats[1]); 
	flags = refresh,d3d,visible;	
}

---

okay, now it's getting even weirder...

I've been at this for hours now trying to figure it out. I deleted the playerstats[1] in the digits() function and replaced it with 'asdf' and the program ran! but there was just a zero there. The weird thing is that I did not define anything named 'asdf' anywhere in my program yet it still ran!

Code:

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digits(30,30,"HP  %.0f",standard_font,1,asdf);

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That's what I put and the program ran without me even having to define 'asdf.' Is this a bug or something? how is it that I don't get errors with something undefined, yet, I get errors with the playerstats[1] array?

You are doing something wrong man, i tested the code and it works.

Dont forget to put:

playerstats[HP] = playerstats_level_01[HP];
playerstats[SP] = playerstats_level_01[SP];

in a function, like main for instance.

In your first code you had those instructions outside of function, if you know what i mean..

Hope it helps

Thank you! It wasn't in a function. What I had to do was to make a separate function called player_stats() and put all those declarations in there then call the function in the main() function. It's wokring now. Thanks so much!