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[Switch]

Originally Posted by killerogue

PHP Code:

function onCreated()
{
  player.chat = "Stuff.";
} 


If you can't even figure that out, you haven't even attempted to learn anything on your own.

http://wiki.graal.net

I'm just gonna guess here:
The player chats "Stuff"? And I'm guessing that you have to touch some invisible NPC in a level OR it has to be fired as a weapon..? :P

Yea I still don't get much of the http://wiki.graal.net, just most of it from the top to 3/4 down xD

[DustyPorViva]

Sadly I find the wiki lacking one thing(I've yet to see skyld's though), and that is actually what goes in commands. All it tells you is if it's a floating, integer, or string. That doesn't really help much...

Anyways, for Switch:

PHP Code:

function onCreated() 
{
  player.chat = "Stuff.";
} 


function onCreated() // This is a function. Before GS2, things like this were called in events. Basically, if it happened, execute any code in the parenthesis. In GS1, it would be if (created) {}, but all that changed in GS2. Events were translated into their own functions. So basically this means, when the NPC is created, execute everything in the parenthesis.

{...} // As explained above, parenthesis are closed around any amount of commands executed when an event is called. All commands must be executed with an event/function and closed inside parenthesis.

player.chat = "Stuff."; // player.* is associated with anything for the player. This can be player.hearts, for their hearts, player.ap, for their ap, player.x, for their x coordinate, and so on. So, taking that, and taking the knowledge that = is assign, means that you are assigning something to the player's chat, which means you'll force them to say something. "Stuff." is a string. A string is alphanumerical. That means anything not a variable, floating value, integer, has to be enclosed in quotes, or else it won't be assigned. If you want to get basic, text has to be in quotes. And lastly, the semi-colon has to be after every command. Anytime you do 'something' end it with a semi-colon before you move onto the next thing.

[xXziroXx]

Originally Posted by Switch

I'm just gonna guess here:
The player chats "Stuff"? And I'm guessing that you have to touch some invisible NPC in a level OR it has to be fired as a weapon..? :P

Yea I still don't get much of the http://wiki.graal.net, just most of it from the top to 3/4 down xD

What part of onCREATED is so hard to understand? -_-

[killerogue]

Well, in all honesty. I completely agree with you. And I do because a while back, I had to take a test in a program right before the school year started to determine what is the easiest way for me to learn.

I am a dependent learner, in which I mean that it's hard for me to learn something unless someone explains it or I have been taught it by someone else.

Now, unless I'm not mistaken...Isn't Switch an honors student, or so he's bragged before?

And in his signature did it not say, "Became an ok scripter blah blah"?

I'm almost sure he isn't mentally deficient, or lacking mentally in any areas. So I don't think it would be that hard for him to read that section of the wiki and understand events. I did...and I average below a 3.0 for the time being.

Pooper, I will retract my comment about him/her because I know nothing about him/her.

[killerogue]

Originally Posted by PrinceOfKenshin

I guess the problem is...as it the same with me that we don't need the basic info on it but just how to apply certain things.

Forexample:

NPC Code:

---

abs(float)

arctan(float) - arcus tangens

char(ascii) - gets the character for an ascii code (char(65) returns 'A')

cos(angle) - cosinus of a radiant angle

exp(float)

float(string) - for explicitely converting a string 

  to number (normally done automatically though

  when accessing a string with numeric operators)

format(format,parameters,...) - formats a "%s %d" string, 

  inserts the parameters, and returns a string

getangle(delta x,delta y)

getdir(delta x,delta y) - returns 0 for up, 1 for left, 

  2 for down, 3 for right

int(a) - gets the integer part of a floating point number

log(base,a)

max(a,b)

min(a,b)

printf(format,parameters,...) - same as 

  echo(format(format,parameters,...))

random(rangestart,rangeend)

sin(angle) - sinus of a radiant angle

sleep(time) - suspends the current script for some time

vecx(direction 0..3)

vecy(direction 0..3)

waitfor(objectname,event[,timeout]) - suspends the current script

---

all that yea sure it tells me what it is but how do i apply that to make it work in a script. Some things in there i understand like the obvious ones. The only other language i know is Visual Basics so im not use to programming an object oriented langauge.

Like what am i going to use arctan(float) for? stuff like that is confussing to people.

You shouldn't really be focusing on trying to memorize or even understand all the functions of GS2.

It's not all about memorizing everything.

[Switch]

Originally Posted by killerogue

Well, in all honesty. I completely agree with you. And I do because a while back, I had to take a test in a program right before the school year started to determine what is the easiest way for me to learn.

I am a dependent learner, in which I mean that it's hard for me to learn something unless someone explains it or I have been taught it by someone else.

Now, unless I'm not mistaken...Isn't Switch an honors student, or so he's bragged before?

And in his signature did it not say, "Became an ok scripter blah blah"?

I'm almost sure he isn't mentally deficient, or lacking mentally in any areas. So I don't think it would be that hard for him to read that section of the wiki and understand events..

I AM an honors student, but just like you, I'm a dependent learner. I NEVER learn ANYTHING from reading if I don't discuss with anyone.

The signature I took out. Plus, it was only that I could fix some small things x.x

In the wiki, it doesn't explain everything or answer my questions, which is basically the main reason I have troubles with tutorials x.x

[DustyPorViva]

Ya, I find myself looking up commands and stuff a lot when I script
You should just focus on remembering the clockworks of scripting, as then you'll turn a 1000 piece puzzle into those puzzles for toddlers that the pieces fit into predefined shapes for the kid, and all you have to do is fill in the blanks, even if you have to look for what to fill them in with first.

[killerogue]

Originally Posted by Switch

Crap

The main issue I had with that was...you claimed to be a scripter. But if you can't actually script anything, you ARE NOT a scripter.

Other stuff...

Oh? Post your questions here and I'll answer them best I can.

[Switch]

Originally Posted by DustyPorViva

Ya, I find myself looking up commands and stuff a lot when I script
You should just focus on remembering the clockworks of scripting, as then you'll turn a 1000 piece puzzle into those puzzles for toddlers that the pieces fit into predefined shapes for the kid, and all you have to do is fill in the blanks, even if you have to look for what to fill them in with first.

Except I can't even remember those 'cause I don't get all of it

[pooper200000]

Originally Posted by Skyld

I started writing http://wiki.graal.net/index.php/Crea...pt_for_Dummies ages ago, however I did not ever finish it.

thanks! I get that somewhat well actually.

Originally Posted by killerogue

Well, in all honesty. I completely agree with you. And I do because a while back, I had to take a test in a program right before the school year started to determine what is the easiest way for me to learn.I am a dependent learner, in which I mean that it's hard for me to learn something unless someone explains it or I have been taught it by someone else.
Pooper, I will retract my comment about him because I know nothing about him.

Lol. I average a 4.25 at gpa. Im an honors student. I just don't understand this. I guess I am "Mentally deficient". Honors is what it is cracked up to be. I am extremely challenged in math though. I may be in honors but I have a tutor in that. So I guess I am slow life. I would still like to try to understand it. Who was it that guessed I was in 8th grade. They are right. Im in algebra 2 though.... not trying to act superior because im not I don't get this.

Originally Posted by killerogue

Other stuff...

Oh? Post your questions here and I'll answer them best I can.

Thanks! I will. I just am challenged youll probaly start laughing so hard you might need to be knocked out youll laugh so hard at how stupid I sound. I know Im not a scripter but Ill work at it.

[killerogue]

Originally Posted by Switch

Except I can't even remember those 'cause I don't get all of it

YOU DON'T NEED TO GET ALL OF SCRIPTING. I guarantee you noone here knows everything about Gscript2. It isn't about how much you can memorize and use straight from memory without doing research. It's about how you do research, what you find, and how you use what you find.

[killerogue]

Originally Posted by pooper200000

thanks! I get that somewhat well actually.

Lol. I average a 4.25 at gpa. Im an honors student. I just don't understand this. I guess I am "Mentally deficient". Honors is what it is cracked up to be. I am extremely challenged in math though. I may be in honors but I have a tutor in that. So I guess I am slow life. I would still like to try to understand it. Who was it that guessed I was in 8th grade. They are right. Im in algebra 2 though.... not trying to act superior because im not I don't get this.

Thanks! I will. I just am challenged youll probaly start laughing so hard you might need to be knocked out youll laugh so hard at how stupid I sound. I know Im not a scripter but Ill work at it.

Just AIM me.

[Gambet]

Originally Posted by killerogue

I guarantee you noone here knows everything about Gscript2.

Stefan does!

[Deadly_Killer]

Originally Posted by Gambet

Stefan does!

Debatable

[DustyPorViva]

I see him post 'I think' sometimes when answering scripting questions :P