[SCRIPT] Some complex issue (SOLVED)

[TheGreatCthulhu]

What I find weird here though is the fact that I had to delete the alLumpIdx premanently. For some reason it refused to work no matter what I changed. [...] The only thing here now that's making it worse is that the random guardian sound might be played at the first step, but I guess I gotta accept that as it is.

That happens for the same reason: aLumpIdx is used near the top of the function, but the script engine doesn't know what it is since it is declared at the very bottom of the function
(where it says "int alLumpIdx = GetLocalVarInt(sEvent);").
But in this case, you can't simly move that line, because the script changes the local variable's value, so you still need to make the call to GetLocalVarInt.

Try something like this:

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void TimerGuardian(string &in asTimer)
{
    float fShadowLumpFadeMul = RandFloat(2.0, 3.0);
    float fShadowNewStep = 3.0f;
    float fDelayToEvent = 0.25f;
    
    string sEvent = asTimer; //Sets the timer name to the variable name
    int alLumpIdx = GetLocalVarInt(sEvent);
    
    //If step > 5, set up a random scream (33% chance)
    int iRandom = RandInt(0,2);
    if(alLumpIdx > 5 && iRandom == 0)
    {
        PlaySoundAtEntity("GuardianScream", "25_guardian_ontop.snt", "Player", 0, false);
    }        
    
    AddLocalVarInt(sEvent, 1); //Sets a variable to the guardians step
    string sDmgDeathArea = "AreaGuardianKill_" + GetLocalVarInt(sEvent); //Sets a new dmg area after each variable
    
    //No need for further steps after 12
    if(GetLocalVarInt(sEvent) == 12) return;
    
    for(int i=1; i<=6; ++i) SetPropActiveAndFade("slime_"+GetLocalVarInt(sEvent)+"_"+i, true, fShadowLumpFadeMul);
    GuardianGroundEffect("AreaGuardianEffectFloor_"+GetLocalVarInt(sEvent), true);
    SetEntityActive(sDmgDeathArea, true);
    FadeInGuardianLight("ShadowLight_"+GetLocalVarInt(sEvent));
    
    StartScreenShake(0.1f, RandFloat(0.15f,0.6f), 0, 0.1);
    PlaySoundAtEntity("GuardianSplashSound", "25_guardian_slime_appear.snt", "Player", 0, false);
    
    AddTimer(sEvent, fShadowNewStep, "TimerGuardian");
    
    //Set checkpoint
    CheckPoint("reset", "PlayerStartArea_1", "ResetGuardian", "Hints", "DeathByWorm1");
    
    //Extra events depending on the step
    alLumpIdx = GetLocalVarInt(sEvent);
    AddTimer("EventStep"+alLumpIdx, fDelayToEvent, "EventStep"+alLumpIdx);
} 


Unless I missed something, that should work.
These are the parts I changed:

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// NOTE: just reorganized the code and added one line
    string sEvent = asTimer; //Sets the timer name to the variable name
    int alLumpIdx = GetLocalVarInt(sEvent);  // <-- NOTE: the added line
    
    //If step > 5, set up a random scream (33% chance)
    int iRandom = RandInt(0,2);
    if(alLumpIdx > 5 && iRandom == 0)
    {
        PlaySoundAtEntity("GuardianScream", "25_guardian_ontop.snt", "Player", 0, false);
    }        
    
    AddLocalVarInt(sEvent, 1); //Sets a variable to the guardians step
    string sDmgDeathArea = "AreaGuardianKill_" + GetLocalVarInt(sEvent); //Sets a new dmg area after each variable 


and

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//Extra events depending on the step
    alLumpIdx = GetLocalVarInt(sEvent);    // NOTE: removed the "int"