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[ErinRigh]

Well if someone could point me in the right direction, I am trying to code

~ If there is something in your offhand, get out now

I can't find any examples of this script to base what i need but I believe it has to do with the Hero.OffHand tag, I just don't know what I am doing with it to tell the script that if Hero.OffHand <> 0, get out

[ShadowChemosh]

If you want to test for a "tag is present" you use tagis[] which returns 0 for false and 1 for true.

Then your "transition" tells you where you are going to test for the tag. See Mathia's Location Location Location article for full details.

In this case we want to test the "HERO" container (ie our transition) or the top most level of the character for this tag.

Combined together you get:

~ If there is something in your offhand, get out now
doneif (hero.tagis[Hero.OffHand] = 1)

"Hero." is the location to test and "Tagis[]" is the function we are going to do and the "Hero.OffHand" is the tag we are testing.

[ErinRigh]

Ok, my issue must be timing, where do I put this script for timing to make it work?

[ShadowChemosh]

Originally Posted by ErinRigh

Ok, my issue must be timing, where do I put this script for timing to make it work?

I have no "this is the perfect timing to use" answer. Timing is half experience and half trial and error.

The later you can test the better is the only "default" answer. So if you can do stuff at Final/10000 you are pretty guaranteed that all values/tags are set. But trying to make any OTHER changes to the hero at that timing is going to be hard.

What I would do is add debug statements to the script to see if I can figure out what is wrong and if the tag is present yet:

debug "Off Hand is " & hero.tagis[Hero.OffHand]
~ If there is something in your offhand, get out now
doneif (hero.tagis[Hero.OffHand] = 1)

Start at like Pre-Level/1000 and go up from that point.

Remember to do "Develop->Floating Info Windows->Show Debug Output" to be able to see the above debug statements.

[ErinRigh]

Well I made it all the way to Render/1000 and I can't get it to display Off hand is 1 it always displays offhand is 0 and before you ask, yes I made sure something was in his offhand

[ShadowChemosh]

Originally Posted by ErinRigh

Well I made it all the way to Render/1000 and I can't get it to display Off hand is 1 it always displays offhand is 0 and before you ask, yes I made sure something was in his offhand

Hmmm strange. I will take a look once I get back later. Going out for a bit.

[ErinRigh]

OK mate, thanks for all your help

[ErinRigh]

Any luck SC?

[ShadowChemosh]

Originally Posted by ErinRigh

Any luck SC?

When looking at the tags on the hero did you notice anything? Like you equip a dagger in the off-hand and when you searched the Hero for the tag Hero.OffHand you didn't see it?

Meaning how could a script find it if you yourself don't actually see it?

So please equip weapon in the off hand. Then go Develop->Floating Info Windows->Show Hero Tags. Then look to see which "TAG" is on the actual hero that tells you a weapon is in the off-hand.

Once you know this you can then change your script to look for the correct tag.

[ErinRigh]

Well the only tag that changes is Hero.OffHand, so I don't know what I am doing wrong. Here is the whole script I am working with

debug "Off Hand is " & hero.tagis[Hero.OffHand]

    ~If there is something in the offhand, get out now
        doneif (Hero.tagis[Hero.OffHand] = 1)

      ~ If we're disabled, do nothing
      doneif (tagis[Helper.FtDisable] <> 0)

      ~ If we fail the test for being speedy, get out
      if (hero.tagis[Encumbered.Light] = 0) then
        perform assign[Helper.SpcDisable]
        done
      elseif (hero.tagis[Hero.MedArmor] + hero.tagis[Hero.HeavyArmor] <> 0) then
        perform assign[Helper.SpcDisable]
        done
        endif

    ~Get abValue
      if (#levelcount[Gladiator] >= 18) then
        field[abValue].value += 4
      elseif (#levelcount[Gladiator] >= 14) then
        field[abValue].value += 3
      elseif (#levelcount[Gladiator] >= 10) then
        field[abValue].value += 2
      elseif (#levelcount[Gladiator] >= 6) then
        field[abValue].value += 1
      else
        field[abValue].value += 0
        endif

      ~ We passed, so add to our dodge AC.
      hero.child[ArmorClass].field[tACDodge].value += field[abValue].value

it is currently at Render/1000