Calling scripts from within scripts

Game Discussion

Baconlabs

Liquid Metal Slime

Wed Dec 22, 2010 10:44 pm

My game over script is as buggy as ever. The problem is that the game over will inevitably interrupt a cutscene, which attempts to continue running even after everything's been reset.
EDIT: This also happens when everyone dies in battle and the game over script is triggered normally, after being set with "set death script" earlier in the cutscene.
Here's what I've been doing:

Code:

#CUTSCENE PLOTSCRIPT
#BATTLE
#CHECK FOR CASUALTIES:
if(check tag(tag:atyler)==OFF) then, begin
run script by id(@ch2_yourjamesover)
exit script
end
#tag:atyler is Tyler's "hero is alive" tag; when he's dead, it's off
#CONTINUE WITH THE CUTSCENE IF GAME OVER IS NOT TRIGGERED

Is there a better way to call up the game over script from within another script? Is there a way to completely cut off the rest of the cutscene after the game over script triggers? Apparently "exit script" isn't doing the trick.

Spoonweaver

Liquid Metal King Slime

Wed Dec 22, 2010 11:40 pm

Well, yes there is a way. It's hard to really pinpoint a problem with a script such as this one without seeing the whole thing. If you have everything set up in separate scripts you may need to combine some of them in order to achieve what you're looking for.

Baconlabs

Liquid Metal Slime

Thu Dec 23, 2010 12:16 am

If anyone's got the time to cover it all, I'll send the scripts in via PM. It's quite long.

Maybe I should split the big cutscene-script into pieces, make it so that one part of the cutscene plays and ends with a battle. Once that's done I'll run the dead-or-alive tag check, and follow up with either the game over script or the next part of the cutscene.