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[Rudgar]

Ahoy!

I working on a dialogue in which the user should be able to switch through some (in this case 3) different groups with different backgrounds in different subfolders. It starts with an initiating "group 0" and switches to the next until it reached the last one, from which it switches to "group 1" (not "group 0")

This is the code as far I got it yet.

start:"[BUTTON1_ON][grp]" {"set":{"grp":0, "da.button1.name":"Next"}}
button1:"[grp]" {"set":{"grp":"+1"}}
grp:"[HIDE_HER][HIDE_HAIR][grp*grp*]" 
grp0:"[CHANGE_BACKGROUND][set_menu*grp*]" {"set":{"da.background.load":"Grp0/BG.png"}}
grp1:"[CHANGE_BACKGROUND][set_menu*grp*]" {"set":{"da.background.load":"Grp1/BG.png"}}
grp2:"[CHANGE_BACKGROUND][set_menu*grp*]" {"set":{"da.background.load":"Grp2/BG.png"}}
grp3:"[CHANGE_BACKGROUND][set_menu*grp*]" {"set":{"da.background.load":"Grp3/BG.png"}}
grp4:"[grp]" {"set":{"grp":1}}

Nice, but ... I'd rather have it like this:

start:"[BUTTON1_ON][grp]" {"set":{"grp":0, "da.button1.name":"Next"}}
button1:"[grp*( grp > 3 )*]" {"set":{"grp":"+1"}}
grp1:"[grp*( grp > 3 )*]" {"set":{"grp":1}} 
grp0:"[CHANGE_BACKGROUND][set_menu*grp*]" {"set":{"da.background.load":"Grp*grp*/BG.png"}}

Is there a way to get this work somehow?

Thanks in advance and kind regards,
Me

 

[Slingerbult]

Yes there is, see the Dialogue Actions documentation, Operators.txt. You want the trigger [grp*grp >= 3*] which will return grp0 or grp1.

 

[Rudgar]

Ahoy, Slingerbult !

Yes there is, see the Dialogue Actions documentation, Operators.txt. You want the trigger [grp*grp >= 3*] which will return grp0 or grp1.

Ah, err, umm, no ... I think you misunderstood maybe. I wanted to replace this:

grp0:"[CHANGE_BACKGROUND][set_menu*grp*]" {"set":{"da.background.load":"Grp0/BG.png"}}
grp1:"[CHANGE_BACKGROUND][set_menu*grp*]" {"set":{"da.background.load":"Grp1/BG.png"}}
grp2:"[CHANGE_BACKGROUND][set_menu*grp*]" {"set":{"da.background.load":"Grp2/BG.png"}}
grp3:"[CHANGE_BACKGROUND][set_menu*grp*]" {"set":{"da.background.load":"Grp3/BG.png"}}

with this:

grp0:"[CHANGE_BACKGROUND][set_menu*grp*]" {"set":{"da.background.load":"Grp*grp*/BG.png"}}

You know what I mean?
Regards, Me

 

[Pim_gd]

grp0:"[SETVAR_da.background.load_Grp*grp*/BG.png][CHANGE_BACKGROUND][set_menu*grp*]"

 

[Rudgar]

grp0:"[SETVAR_da.background.load_Grp*grp*/BG.png][CHANGE_BACKGROUND][set_menu*grp*]"

Ahoy! Yay! It works! Man, you just made my day! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!

 

[DrZombi]

Ahoy! Yay! It works! Man, you just made my day! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!

And the [CHANGE_BACKGROUND] is not even necessary anymore with this method.

 

[Rudgar]

And the [CHANGE_BACKGROUND] is not even necessary anymore with this method.

It took me some time to really test it, but you're right actually: it works even without "[CHANGE_BACKGROUND]" now.
Thanks for sharing this information.

 

[Rudgar]

It took me some time to really test it, but you're right actually: it works even without "[CHANGE_BACKGROUND]" now.
Thanks for sharing this information.

Ummmm, I think I have to correct this statement.
it works even without "[CHANGE_BACKGROUND]" ONCE and ONLY ONCE.

After having set the variable this way it changes the background without the Trigger "[CHANGE_BACKGROUND]". After having used this that way, it does NOT work any more WITHOUT "[CHANGE_BACKGROUND]". Tough luck.

Respectfully, Rudgar