Help me with script, etc.
 

Here's my basic menu item buying script. And yes, I DO realize how long it is:

NPC Code:

---

if(playertouchsme){

disabledefmovement;

this.buymode = 1;

this.startbuy = 1;

timeout = 0.05;

}

if(timeout&&this.buymode=1){

if(this.buymode = 1&&this.startbuy = 1){

playersprite = 0;

showimg 200,standardsword.gif,30,40;

showimg 201,standardsword.gif,30,45;

showimg 202,standardsword.gif,30,50;

this.select = 1;

this.startbuy = 0;

}

if(keydown(0)){

this.select --;

}

if(keydown(2)){

this.select ++;

}

if(this.select = 1){

message Short Bronze Blade / 200 GP;

showimg 203,cursor.gif,35,35+5*this.select;

sleep 0.1;

}

if(this.select = 2){

message Long Bronze Blade / 700 GP;

showimg 203,cursor.gif,35,35+5*this.select;

sleep 0.1;

}

if(this.select = 3){

message Bronze Longsword / 3549 GP ;

showimg 203,cursor.gif,35,35+5*this.select;

sleep 0.1;

}

if(this.select = 4){

this.select --;

}

timeout = 0.05;

}

if(this.select = -1){

this.select ++;

}



//--BUYING--



if(keydown(4)&&this.select=1){

if(playerrupees >= 200){

play success.wav;

message Thank you!;

playerrupees -= 200;

setsword broadgoldsword.gif,1;

timeout = 0.5;

}

}

if(keydown(4)&&this.select=2){

if(playerrupees >= 700){

play success.wav;

message Thank you!;

playerrupees -= 700;

setsword broadgoldsword.gif,2;

timeout = 0.5;

}

}

if(keydown(4)&&this.select=3){

if(playerrupees >= 3549){

play success.wav;

message Thank you!;

playerrupees -= 3549;

setsword broadgoldsword.gif,3;

timeout = 0.5;

}

}



//---Not Enough Rupees---



if(keydown(4)&&this.select=1){

if(playerrupees <= 199){

play error.wav;

message Not enough money!;

timeout = 0.5;

}

}

if(keydown(4)&&this.select=2){

if(playerrupees <= 699){

play error.wav;

message Not enough money!;

timeout = 0.5;

}

}

if(keydown(4)&&this.select=3){

if(playerrupees <= 3548){

play error.wav;

message Not enough money!;

timeout = 0.5;

}

}

if(keydown(5)&&this.buymode=1){

message   ;

this.buymode = 0

enabledefmovement;

hideimg 200;

hideimg 201;

hideimg 202;

hideimg 203;

hideimg 204;

}

if(this.buymode=0){

enabledefmovement;

}

---

Okay, looks fine and stuff. Only problem is, if I have two merchants with this script in the same level, the script malfunctions and ceases to freeze the player.

How can I remedy this?

Re: Help me with script, etc.
 

Didn't really look that hard, but if I'm not mistaken, it's this sucker thats doing it.

maybe add a

if (playerchats && stequals(#c,Buy from merchat 1)) {
set buyingfrommerchat1;
}

and then at the begining of your script add this to the
"if (playertcouchsme)"

if (playertouchsme && buyingfrommerchat1) {

and then just add an "unset buyingfrommerchat1" at the end?

and then change it for each merchat or npc to buyingfrommerchat2 or whatever flag you want to use?

Would require the merchants to wear numbers above their heads as well as giving them IDs, and it would be best to use tokenize with that.

i just starting to learn to script :)
i know very little.....


maybe just add a name to the merchants then?
and a sign that says you have say the merchants name to buy from them??

i dont know about tokenize yet so maybe Jerom is right? I wouldn't know though ;)

I'm just trying to give a more flexible feel to the NPCs.
And I'm still learning how to script too(isawk).

I think Xavier is right:

if(keydown(5)&&this.buymode=1){
message ;
this.buymode = 0
enabledefmovement;
hideimg 200;
hideimg 201;
hideimg 202;
hideimg 203;
hideimg 204;
}
if(this.buymode=0){
enabledefmovement;
}

take the last one because if u buy from the second merchant this buymode of the first one is 0 so u can move but number 2 siabled so you collaps :)

u have used enabledefmovent before so it should be enough...

First of all, thanks for agreeing with me, but its Xaviar.
Second of all, I don't know if I was the only person that had trouble following the wording and bad spelling of that, so here's my interpretation(sp?):
Delete the if (this.buymode==0) {enabledefmovement;}..You don't need it

Hmmm to many thoughts (my english teacher has the same problems) ;)

It works, but now for some reason, the enabledefmovement doesn't go off and the player can't move, even when he's pressed the S key.

Amazing

dont use disable/enable movement in that script, instead just put a freezeplayer timeoutsecs; in the timeout loop, with timeoutsecs = to the length of the timeout

and make sure that when the player is not in the menu mode the timeout is not looping

name the first guy 'fingerme joe' and the second plain old 'bob mackey'