Random Scares

[Adrianis]

Spoiler below!

can a switch script determine if the case has been used before?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you could add local (or global) variables and an "if" statement to restrict how many times/if the case is used more than once. I'm not entirely certain since I don't fully understand how the original script works.

What I think I'm saying up ^ there:

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///*insert opening part of switch script here*////
if(GetLocalVarInt("Scare1Played") == 0)
{
       *insert the scare script*
       SetLocalVarInt("Scare1Played, 1);
}

if (GetLocalVarInt("Scare1Played") == 0)
{
   /////whatever else you want here/////
}
/////rest of script below/////

Is that in any way possibly right, or should I just go home and focus on mapping?

You can definately do it like that, but if you looking at having 5+ different events, all of which you need to keep track of, it's going to get very inneficient (but not really a problem*) to keep them all in seperate variables.

Doing it you're way would look more like...

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void PlrCollideSwitch(string &in asParent, string &in asChild, int alState)
{
int x = RandInt(1, 5)
switch(x)
{
case 1:
    if (GetLocalVarInt("Scare1Done") == 0) {
    //Scare 1
    SetLocalVarInt("Scare1Done", 1);
    }
    break;
case 2:
    if (GetLocalVarInt("Scare2Done") == 0) {
    //Scare 2
    SetLocalVarInt("Scare2Done", 1);
    }
    break;
case 3:
etc etc...

* the possibility for hard-to-track bugs is pretty high doing it like that. It's ok if your ready for it