Alright, the title explains my situation I can't release my Forgotten Realm mod until I get this series of scripts to work. The basics plan for my scripts is that once two Pressure Blocks have been unlocked by two keys, a large door will open. Also, some lights are supposed to go from RED to GREEN... that last part works. But nothing else... The big gate won't open :/

Now, here are the scripts. There's four of them: 1 for each of the 2 switches, and two different approaches so solve the Main Gate Script... one which is a quest script, and one which is applied to an Object in the same cell as the Gate. None of those latter two works





THIS IS THE QUEST SCRIPT


THIS IS THE OBJECT SCRIPT


Any ideas??

Please edit your scripts with code (and spoiler) tags - can't read them with no indentation
First of all try renaming the problematic scripts with no number in the beginning of their name
I never used the parent/child thing - are you sure you set it up correctly ? who is the parent ?
The global is surely 2 when it's supposed to ?

I removed the "0"s... No difference...
HOwever, I did notice that if I went into the console and used the command "set tfrentranceglobal to 2", then the gate opened and the message displayed... :S

It doesn't appear that the switches have a parent to activate, so that piece is doing nothing anyway. Removing it all may actually cure the problem, but I doubt it.

The incrementing of the tfrentranceglobal variable is the last thing inside the if's for each switch, so if any function before that fails, you won't reach the magical 2. It's not obvious what that would be, so a few questions:

Does the switch move? i.e. do you get past the "PlayGroup forward" for it?
After using both pressure plates, what is the value of the global? I'd expect it to be zero, with both switch scripts failing the same way, as they're so similar. You might also move the "Set Activated to 1" down a bit so you can use SV to see if it got set. Move it down a line at a time until it stops being set and you'll find which command fails (i.e the one you just moved it after).

A suggestion - the trfentranceglobal should not be one. Make it a quest variable instead, and use questname.variablename syntax when testing/setting it. Globals should really only be used for communication between mods, not inside one. However, I'd do that after you get this working, or it will only confuse the issue.

Also you don't need both the gate object script and the quest script trying to animate the gate. I'd drop it from the quest script.

I removed those lines that you suggested, and the script now works! Thanks A LOT!
And here's another script problem:

scn tfrRitualChamberScriptshort triggeredfloat timerBegin OnLoadset triggered to 0endbegin onTriggerif triggered == 0    set timer to 7    set triggered to 1	tfrFakewallref01.playgroup forward 1	tfrFakewallref02.playgroup forward 1	tfrFakewallref03.playgroup forward 1	tfrFakewallref04.playgroup forward 1	tfrFakewallref05.playgroup forward 1endifend;>begin gamemode        if timer == 04            set timer to timer - GetSecondsPassed		playsound ITMTorchHeldEquip           tfrcreeplightref01.enable           tfrcreeplightref02.enable           tfrcreeplightref03.enable           tfrcreeplightref04.enable           tfrcreeplightref05.enable           tfrcreeplightref06.enable           tfrcreeplightref07.enable           tfrcreeplightref08.enable           tfrcreeplightref09.enable           tfrcreeplightref10.enable           tfrcreeplightref11.enable        endif        if timer == 2            set timer to timer - GetSecondsPassed		playsound ITMTorchHeldUnequip           tfrcreeplightref01.disable           tfrcreeplightref02.disable           tfrcreeplightref03.disable           tfrcreeplightref04.disable           tfrcreeplightref05.disable           tfrcreeplightref06.disable           tfrcreeplightref07.disable           tfrcreeplightref08.disable           tfrcreeplightref09.disable           tfrcreeplightref10.disable           tfrcreeplightref11.disable        endif        if timer == 0            set timer to timer - GetSecondsPassed        elseif timer  0            set timer to 0		tfrritualchamberenemyREF01.enable		tfrritualchamberenemyREF02.enable		tfrritualchamberenemyREF03.enable		tfrritualchamberenemyREF04.enable		playsound AMBFemaleScream           tfrcreeplightref01.enable           tfrcreeplightref02.enable           tfrcreeplightref03.enable           tfrcreeplightref04.enable           tfrcreeplightref05.enable           tfrcreeplightref06.enable           tfrcreeplightref07.enable           tfrcreeplightref08.enable           tfrcreeplightref09.enable           tfrcreeplightref10.enable           tfrcreeplightref11.enable        endifend

The problem is that the sound played in the last part of the scripts keeps repeating itself when I'm in the room. The lights and the NPCs are enabled as well. When I enter the TrigBox, the Secret Stone walls get they playgroups played, but my attempt at scripting a simple sequens did not work
What wrong here then?

It's the way you're handling timer. It's a float, so it's value will be something like 6.999999999 and is very unlikely ever to be exactly 4, 2, or 0. Especially since you only change it when it has one of those values, and you originally set it to 7!

So change any test on timer to "<" or "<=" that doesn't require an exact value match, combine the consecutive if's into one block using elseif and move the "set timer to timer - GetSecondsPassed" into the elses of that (i.e. do it whenever the timer value doesn't trigger something). You'll probably also want variables to set when you've done each piece, and test if you already did it. Something like this

if timer < 4 && timer > 2  if part1done == 0    ; do part 1 stuff    set part1done to 1  else    set timer to timer - GetSecondsPassed  endifelseif  timer < 2 && timer > 0  if part2done == 0    ; do part 2 stuff    set part2done to 1  else    set timer to timer - GetSecondsPassed  endif...else  set timer to timer - GetSecondsPassedendif

I've been trying to get the script working using the tips you gave me! But I can't get it to work :S Scripts and me... that's no good combo
So if anyone would be willing to rewrite the original script using whatever methods required to make it work, I'd be VERY happy
thx in advance

I've been trying to get the script working using the tips you gave me! But I can't get it to work :S Scripts and me... that's no good combo
So if anyone would be willing to rewrite the original script using whatever methods required to make it work, I'd be VERY happy
thx in advance

Sorry but........... BUMP

I don't know if it was a typo or if you were actually trying to run the script from above. You had an elseif in the last if block that was essentially the same as the if. I took it out and put everything into a single if block.
Actually, i just figured it out....

You set the timer to 7 in the trigger block. In the game block you start checking it when it's 4.
But you're not changing it before the if <=4.

Try this.

scn tfrRitualChamberScriptshort triggeredfloat timerBegin onload	set triggered to 0endbegin onTrigger	if triggered == 0		set timer to 7		set triggered to 1		tfrFakewallref01.playgroup forward 1		tfrFakewallref02.playgroup forward 1		tfrFakewallref03.playgroup forward 1		tfrFakewallref04.playgroup forward 1		tfrFakewallref05.playgroup forward 1	endifendbegin gamemode	if timer > 4		set timer to timer - GetSecondsPassed	elseif timer <= 4 && timer > 2		set timer to timer - GetSecondsPassed		playsound ITMTorchHeldEquip		tfrcreeplightref01.enable		tfrcreeplightref02.enable		tfrcreeplightref03.enable		tfrcreeplightref04.enable		tfrcreeplightref05.enable		tfrcreeplightref06.enable		tfrcreeplightref07.enable		tfrcreeplightref08.enable		tfrcreeplightref09.enable		tfrcreeplightref10.enable		tfrcreeplightref11.enable	elseif timer <= 2 && timer > 0		set timer to timer - GetSecondsPassed		playsound ITMTorchHeldUnequip		tfrcreeplightref01.disable		tfrcreeplightref02.disable		tfrcreeplightref03.disable		tfrcreeplightref04.disable		tfrcreeplightref05.disable		tfrcreeplightref06.disable		tfrcreeplightref07.disable		tfrcreeplightref08.disable		tfrcreeplightref09.disable		tfrcreeplightref10.disable		tfrcreeplightref11.disable	elseif timer <= 0		set timer to 0		tfrritualchamberenemyREF01.enable		tfrritualchamberenemyREF02.enable		tfrritualchamberenemyREF03.enable		tfrritualchamberenemyREF04.enable		playsound AMBFemaleScream		tfrcreeplightref01.enable		tfrcreeplightref02.enable		tfrcreeplightref03.enable		tfrcreeplightref04.enable		tfrcreeplightref05.enable		tfrcreeplightref06.enable		tfrcreeplightref07.enable		tfrcreeplightref08.enable		tfrcreeplightref09.enable		tfrcreeplightref10.enable		tfrcreeplightref11.enable	endifend

Didn't work. The scream sounds just keeps repeating itself all the time when ur in the room!

try these changes :

add a new var
short Scream

change
"playsound AMBFemaleScream" to "set Scream to 1"

add another if block after the timer block.

if Scream	playsound AMBFemaleScream	set Scream to 2endif

had ot add the set scream to 2 - realized it wouldn't stop :facepalm: But WillieSea is a much more gifted scripter - his code probably works.

Try this:

scn tfrRitualChamberScriptshort triggeredfloat timershort myStateBegin onload	set triggered to 0endbegin onTrigger	if triggered == 0		set timer to 7		set triggered to 1		set myState to 1		tfrFakewallref01.playgroup forward 1		tfrFakewallref02.playgroup forward 1		tfrFakewallref03.playgroup forward 1		tfrFakewallref04.playgroup forward 1		tfrFakewallref05.playgroup forward 1	endifendbegin GameMode	if myState > 0		if timer >= 0			set timer to timer - GetSecondsPassed		endif		if timer <= 4 && myState == 1			set myState to 3		elseif timer <= 2 && myState == 4			set myState to 5		elseif timer <= 0 && myState == 6			set myState to 7		endif		if myState == 3			set myState to 4			playsound ITMTorchHeldEquip			tfrcreeplightref01.enable			tfrcreeplightref02.enable			tfrcreeplightref03.enable			tfrcreeplightref04.enable			tfrcreeplightref05.enable			tfrcreeplightref06.enable			tfrcreeplightref07.enable			tfrcreeplightref08.enable			tfrcreeplightref09.enable			tfrcreeplightref10.enable			tfrcreeplightref11.enable		elseif myState == 5			set myState to 6			playsound ITMTorchHeldUnequip			tfrcreeplightref01.disable			tfrcreeplightref02.disable			tfrcreeplightref03.disable			tfrcreeplightref04.disable			tfrcreeplightref05.disable			tfrcreeplightref06.disable			tfrcreeplightref07.disable			tfrcreeplightref08.disable			tfrcreeplightref09.disable			tfrcreeplightref10.disable			tfrcreeplightref11.disable		elseif myState == 7			set myState to 0			tfrritualchamberenemyREF01.enable			tfrritualchamberenemyREF02.enable			tfrritualchamberenemyREF03.enable			tfrritualchamberenemyREF04.enable			playsound AMBFemaleScream			tfrcreeplightref01.enable			tfrcreeplightref02.enable			tfrcreeplightref03.enable			tfrcreeplightref04.enable			tfrcreeplightref05.enable			tfrcreeplightref06.enable			tfrcreeplightref07.enable			tfrcreeplightref08.enable			tfrcreeplightref09.enable			tfrcreeplightref10.enable			tfrcreeplightref11.enable		endif	endifend

Thanks a whole lot!!!! IT works now

Of course it does.