Why isn't my script working?

Posted by Andala on Mon 21 Jan 2008 02:28 PM — 9 posts, 38,082 views.

Andala Mon 21 Jan 2008 02:28 PM #0

My friend gave me his system a longgg time ago for Aetolia, and I've been fiddling with it since. He's apparently never had any trouble with it, but from the moment I got it, I haven't been able to get the cures to work, or really.. any part of the script to work from what I can tell. I only know the very basics to writing scripts for VBscript, so I don't know if I'm leaving something off or what. It used to be that once one cure was set off, the rest would go off as well. But now it just doesn't seem to work at all. The triggers that send off to the variables work fine, but those aren't in the script, so.. that's not the problem.

Don't really know a good way to show what I'm doing wrong, so I'm just going to post the entire script here. Sorry for the lengthiness of this.

ETA: Just kidding. Scripts too long to post here so.. hrm. I'll upload it somewhere.

http://www2.evilshare.com/9a9423a6-1986-102b-aba1-0007e90cfb90

Shaun Biggs USA Mon 21 Jan 2008 04:59 PM #1

I'm at work, and that page is blocked for me, and a few of these questions may be readily apparent when looking at the script. However, I do have a few basic questions for you before people go about trying to solve your problem, especially since it is a large enough script to exceed the 6000 character limit.

1) Have you set up any testing reports? Just spitting out the values of variables at key points throughout the script can help troubleshoot where something went wrong.

2) Was this originally a plugin or a script, as you have it? They interface in a slightly fashion, so there can be issues switching back and forth.

That's about it without actually taking a look at the script. Stupid site blocking software... can't even check gmail.

Andala Mon 21 Jan 2008 09:46 PM #2

It was always a script, to my knowledge.

And, I'm afraid I'm not too sure as to how to set up a testing report. I know what my system does right now.

For example, if this happens:

With disgust, you notice that your sweat glands begin

My trigger changes the variable for slickness like so:

 if world.getvariable ("attack_detected") = "on" then
world.setvariable "Affliction_Slickness", "on"
world.note "Slickness on"
end if

And if I look at my variables, attack_detected is on, and affliction_slickness is on.

And that's as far as it goes.

In my script, what should happen is INJECT ANTISPASMADIC. To present an example of what's in the script, so you don't have to dig through all of it.. here's what pertains to just slickness with all the other stuff taken out.

sub pipehealing (strTriggerName, trig_line, arrWildCards)
Dim value, spell, slickness, aeon, asthma, bal_pipe, afflictions, sudorific, antispasmadic, demulcent


slickness = world.getvariable ("affliction_slickness")
aeon = world.getvariable ("affliction_aeon")
asthma = world.getvariable ("affliction_asthma")
bal_pipe = world.getvariable ("bal_pipe")
sudorific = world.getvariable ("pipe_sudorific")
antispasmadic = world.getvariable ("pipe_antispasmadic")
demulcent = world.getvariable ("pipe_demulcent")


For Each v In world.GetVariableList
  afflictions = world.getvariable ("afflictions")
  value = world.GetVariable (v)
  If Left (v, 11) = "affliction_" Then
    spell = Mid (v, 12)
    If value = "on" Then

' get existing afflictions
slist = Split (afflictions, "|")
snew = lcase (trim (spell))
sfound = vbFalse

' check affliction not in list already
for each s in slist
  if s = snew then sFound = vbTrue
next

' if there, show error, otherwise add to list
if sFound then
else
  if afflictions = "" then
     world.SetVariable "afflictions", snew
  else
     SetVariable "afflictions", world.GetVariable ("afflictions") & "|" & snew
  end if
  end if

    End If
  End If
Next

If asthma = "off" Then
  if stunned = "off" then
    if aeon = "on" then
      world.sendpush "inject " & demulcent
      exit sub
    end if
    For Each v In world.GetVariableList
      value = world.GetVariable (v)
      If Left (v, 11) = "affliction_" Then
       spell = Mid (v, 12)
       If value = "on" Then
         Select Case spell 
           Case "slickness"			  world.send "inject " & antispasmadic
         End Select
       End If
      End If
    Next
    End If
end if

end sub

That's with quite a bit inside pertaining to other afflictions and cures taken out.

Now.. things in my script that do work, when an affliction is "on", my status bar shows Afflictions: slickness, etc. That much of my script works for sure. And the very last part of my script.. which is a rat counter.. works too. Basically, everything from the autosipper to the autobasher doesn't work.

Hope that helps slightly.

Zeno USA Mon 21 Jan 2008 10:53 PM #3

Game->Trace Trigger.

If you have some triggers or the sort, turn that on to help debug what is going on.

Andala Tue 22 Jan 2008 01:08 AM #4

Hrm, well. I went through some of my triggers to see what was going on. My pipehealing seems to work as well. So it's just the salves/poultices and herbs/slices.

When I traced a trigger, it would match the trigger, but it wouldn't execute the trigger script.

Shaun Biggs USA Tue 22 Jan 2008 05:11 AM #5

Any chance you could copy a trigger for both the pipehealing and the salves from the trigger menu and post it here? Is the script not called at all, or is it just not working correctly?

Andala Tue 22 Jan 2008 11:54 AM #6

.... well. I just figured out what was wrong, I think.

Realized I didn't put a script routine to call for each trigger. I kinda feel dumb.

Is the only way to fix this just to go through all of my triggers and fill in which part of the script each calls?

And now comes a problem that is because I didn't write this script. There's a sub healing and a sub timerhealing. The only difference between the two is that the timer seems to be different. And I don't know when to put whichever one, though that may not be something y'all can help me with. What I do know is that on the triggers I've tested, when I try doing timerhealing, it says that there's a wrong number of arguments. I don't know if I just need to leave it alone or what.

Shaun Biggs USA Tue 22 Jan 2008 04:51 PM #7

The easiest way would be to poke the person who made the script and have him/her turn it into a plugin :p But yes, the best thing to do is go through each trigger and make sure it is calling the appropriate script. I find the quickest way for me to do this is by opening up the .mcl file with a text editor and just changing it manually, but that's personal preference.

The sub healing is meant to be called by triggers from how it is set up. The three arguments that it takes identify the trigger that called it, as well as the wildcards and such. The sub timerhealing seems like it is meant to be called from the command line, possibly... maybe. The two subs have too much overlapping code for my taste, I would have had them both call a separate function. The lack of commenting is also cause for confusion for me, since I am in no way familiar with Aetolia.

Andala Wed 23 Jan 2008 12:14 AM #8

Alrighty.

Thanks so much for all the help. I really appreciate it.