Passwords!

[Master K]

I need help making a passworded box.

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plotscript, newgame password, begin
	time loop := false
	suspend player
	
	$3 = "BONUS"
	input string(2,5)
	
	if (string compare(2,3) == true) then (
	show text box(278)
	wait for text box
	
	)
	
	show text box(277)
	wait for text box
	resume player
	time loop := true
	end

It compiles, but the string is permanently stuck on screen and the string compare won't come up true.

[TMC]

That the string isn't hidden after "input string" is actually a bug that's fixed in currently nightlies. You can just add "hide string (2)" after it as a workaround.

I don't know why the string doesn't compare as equal. You can try adding

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$4="'"
4 $+ 3
$4+"'"
show string(4)

after "input string" to cause it to show entered password in the bottom corner of the screen. Then you can check that the string you entered actually registered displays as 'BONUS' (with the apostrophes, but without any extra whitespace or anything).

[Master K]

I checked, and it does display as 'BONUS'.

[Mogri]

Try changing the line from 4 $+ 3 to 4 $+ 2.

[TMC]

Oh! I just remembered another bug that's been fixed in Alectormancy: stringcompare used to return -1 instead of 1 on equality. As a workaround, get rid of the "== true". It's bad practice to write that anyway (partially because there may be more commands with that bug -- we never checked all of them -- and partially because a command might be documented to return some other value without you realising).