It does what it likes -.-

Hi, me again.
I'm programming on a little rpg and I made this little very easy code to check, if the player went out 5 fire:

while(firenumber<5){wait(1);} //wait as long as the player went out all fires

And in the function from the fire:

if( -water on me-)
firenumber+=1;

But now, if I went out all fires ingame, nothing happens. I made a digit for the variable firenumber, and it's on 5 and anyway nothing happens. I worked with beep(); so i'm sure the fault is in the Code, which I wrote here.

try to first set firenumber to 5 at start, to see if
the stuff after the while works.
If this works, test if the "water an" condition is triggered correctly.

I tried this:

beep();
while(firenumber<5){wait(1);}
beep();

The first beep comed, but not the second
And how I said, I made a digit on a panel for the variable "firenumber", and it counts fine...

EDIT:
I tried this:

beep();
while(firenumber<5){beep();wait(-1);} //beep every second
beep();beep();beep();beep(); //make four fast beeps

Ingame, it beeped first, then it beeped every second.
But when I extinguished one fire, it stopped beeping, but not four fast beeps. The whole function got stuck (maybe) It's so confusing :S

Hi!

try



not tested

no, it did the same... first beep comed and then it beeped every second, if I extinguished one of the five fires, it stopped beeping.

Hi hopfel!


Verify your panel to make sure that it shows the numbers going from
1 to 5.

Make the wait longer to slow things down.

I wrote this code:
beep();
var i = 0;
while(firenumber<5)
{
for (i=1; i<5; i++)
{
test = i;
beep();wait(-2);
} //beep every second
}

This was the operational sequence:

- firenumber = 0
*beep*
*beep*
(1 second later)
*beep*
- i = 1
(1 second later)
*beep*
- i = 2
(1 second later)
*beep*
- i = 3
(1 second later)
*beep*
- i = 4
(1 second later)
*beep*
- i = 1
- I extinguished one of the five fires
- firenumber = 1
(1 second later)
-nothing happened, i stayed on 1.
- I extinguished the other four fires
- firenumber = 5
- nothing happened


I think it's the same strange problem from here:

http://www.opserver.de/ubb7/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Main=36996&Number=302333#Post302333

Hi!

Once the value of firenumber is 5 it stays 5 until you reset it in your code.
Do you reset it for the next fire?

On the digit the firenumber is zero, before I extinguish a fire, if I understanded your question right.

Hi!

A few questions

How many players are putting the fire out?

Is this the situation?


You will have to give us some code to work with.

Rename your var and see what happens. Honestly I have had this help before. Usually from spelling mistakes you can't see. If not then could you post a bit more of your code so we can see more of what is happening.

Ok, here some more code; The game is german, so the variables are German too, I tried to commend them that you can understand it. This is the whole fire-function:

function feuer(pox,poy)
{
var aufgenommen=0; //create the variable "aufgenommen"
if(feuani==-2)
{animationfeuer();
feuani=0;} //animate the fire
PANEL* feua = pan_create("pos_x=0;pos_y=0;flags=OVERLAY | VISIBLE;",8); //create the fire
pan_setwindow(feua,0,0,0,30,18,feu_bmp,feuani,0); //animate the fire with window
my = ent_create("gegum.mdl",nullvector,NULL); //give the fire an entity
my.skill3=50; //live of the fire
my.flags=INVISIBLE; //set the Entity on invisible
my.skill6=2;
while(my.skill3>=0) //repead while the life of the fire is bigger than zero
{
vec_set(my.x,vector(feua.pos_x+15*my.skill3/50,feua.pos_y+9*my.skill3/50,0)); //set the position of the entity on the position of the fire-panel
feua.pos_x=stage_a.pos_x+pox-15*my.skill3/50;
feua.pos_y=stage_a.pos_y+poy-9*my.skill3/50; //position of the fire on the map named "stage_a"
feua.scale_x=my.skill3/50;
feua.scale_y=my.skill3/50; //scale the fire proportional with his live
if(my.skill3<50)
my.skill3+=1*time_ste; //rebuild the fire from time to time
wait(1);
}
media_tune(snd_play(zisch_snd,NULL,100),100,150,100); //make a sound
ptr_remove(feua); //delete the fire-panel
ent_remove(my); //delete the entity from the fire
feuerzahl+=1; //count the firenumber
}


And there the whole code for the water:


function distanz(pox, poy) //This function is triggered by the player
{
attart = bmap_create("att1.bmp"); //create the bitmap
PANEL* flobj = pan_create("pos_x=0;pos_y=0;bmap=attart;flags=OVERLAY | VISIBLE;",10); //create the water-panel
var posl[2];
posl[0]=pox;
posl[1]=poy; //set the positions
while(flobj.skill_x<100&&flobj.skill_y==0) //repeat until it finds a target or the time is off
{
flobj.pos_x=stage_a.pos_x+posl[0]-4.5;
flobj.pos_y=stage_a.pos_y+posl[1]-4.5; //set the positions on the map
flobj.skill_x+=4*time_step; //count the skill_x of the panel
posl[1]-=16*time_step; //move the water
if(vec_dist(vector(pox,poy,0),vector(posl[0],posl[1],0))>18) //if the water is away from this one who shots
{c_scan(vector(flobj.pos_x+4.5,flobj.pos_y+4.5,0),my.pan,vector(360,0,9),NULL);} //look for targets
if(you) //if there's a target
{
if(vec_dist(you.x,vector(stage_a.pos_x+posl[0]-4.5,stage_a.pos_y+posl[1]-4.5,0))<=9) //if the target near you
{
effectiv = 30;
you.skill3-=effectiv; //damage the target

if(flobj.skill_y==0)
{
snd_play(platsch_snd,NULL,effectiv*3); //make a sound
flobj.skill_y=1;}
}}
wait(1);
}
pan_remove(flobj); //remove the water
}


And last, the function of the scenario (cutted):

function part_3()
{

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.
.

feuer(200,850);
feuer(130,920);
feuer(240,1000);
feuer(400,980);
feuer(270,920); //create the fires

.
.
.

dialog("Lösche alle Feuer!"); //function for a dialog
.
.
.

beep();
var i = 0;
while(feuerzahl<5) //the test-loop from ottawa
{
for (i=1; i<5; i++)
{
test = i; //test is a value, who I see on a digit
beep();wait(-2);
} //beep every second
}
beep();beep();beep();beep(); //test, if the function continues

.
.
.

}

The whole code works, only this problem with the firenumber don't do what it should do. Hope, there are enough informations.

The sample at the thread start is correct. just try it and you should see.
I have free 5min and just tried your sample:


this is the console output (I pressed the 'I' key periodically):

there are few reason to get failed with your loop:
- a global variable modified suddenly (somewhere in your code); for example, inside an action of many concurrent entities;
- global variable has wrong type (comparing with 'while' statement); for example using signed or high precision var to test smth like: "x == .5"
- wrong 'while' statement;

suggestions:
- at first, search over your files for the 'firenumber' to see, where you try to modify it.
- at second, add more debug printouts to see the execution flow.
- try to debug.

Jea Thank you to take your time to try to lift this problem.
But I discovered, the variable 'firenumber' is not the fault;
I displaced "while(firenumber<5){wait(1);}" with "while(!key_space)wait(1);"
If I press space before I extinguishe one fire, it works fine. If I extinguishe one fire before I press space, nothing happens. So the fire-function must make the scenario-function stuck. So I wrote this five lines:

feuer(200,850);
feuer(130,920);
feuer(240,1000);
feuer(400,980);
feuer(270,920);

In another function and, I was amazed, it works!
To test something I replaced the "my" from the fire-function with another entity-pointer and it works with this five lines in the scenario-function also. So I ask me; why gets a function stuck, if I remove his "my" pointer?