Area collide turning on torches problem.

[Fetishman]

So i have an area collide callback

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AddEntityCollideCallback("Player", "Areagruntactive", "LightFuction", true, 1);

Which then is supposed to light "greentorch1". This is the void function that i have.

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void LightFunction(string &in asParent, string &in asChild, int alState)
{
    SetLampLit("greentorch1", true,);
}

Now i'm pretty new to scripting in general, and a correction and/or explanation of why this doesn't work would be appreciated.

[Juby]

There is a comma after the true in SetLampLit.
Gotta remove it.

[Fetishman]

There is a comma after the true in SetLampLit.
Gotta remove it.

not the problem, still giving me a fatal error? got anything else? cus i'm CLUELESS

[Phoroneus]

You need to specify the "effects" part of your SetLampLit state. The syntax is

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void SetLampLit(string& asName, bool abLit, bool abEffects);

so you want your code to look like this:

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AddEntityCollideCallback("Player", "Areagruntactive", "LightFuction", true, 1);

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void LightFunction(string &in asParent, string &in asChild, int alState)
{
    SetLampLit("greentorch1", true, false);
}

[Fetishman]

You need to specify the "effects" part of your SetLampLit state. The syntax is

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void SetLampLit(string& asName, bool abLit, bool abEffects);

so you want your code to look like this:

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AddEntityCollideCallback("Player", "Areagruntactive", "LightFuction", true, 1);

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void LightFunction(string &in asParent, string &in asChild, int alState)
{
    SetLampLit("greentorch1", true, false);
}

well i did try that, and i didn't get a fatal error, the only problem is, that now the light won't actually light. it stays unlit.
So what does the effects do exactly?

[Phoroneus]

I'm not positive, to be honest. I usually just set them to "false". You can try "true", it might be the actual fading in of the light (as seen when you manually light an object with a tinderbox).

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I'd also add in "AddDebugMessage("Lights on now.", false);" inside the LightFunction er... function. If you have a dev environment set up, turn on debug messages and you can see if it's a problem with the trigger or the actual execution (if the debug message pops up, the trigger is working and only the SetLampLit function is broken).

[Fetishman]

well, i suppose, instead of making it light, couldn't i just use the set entity active and put another torch on top of the torch that is unlit? then just use the SetEntityActive function to just replace the torches?

[JetlinerX]

If all else fails, that's what I would do is set it active and just do double work unfortuately.

[Fetishman]

If all else fails, that's what I would do is set it active and just do double work unfortuately.

thanks jetliner. oh and loved the attic! can't wait for chapter two!

[Timmy]

Did you notice that you misspelled "LightFunction" in the addentitycollidecallback part? it is missing an N.