Problem with having something try to call itself. -SOLVED-

[pidey]

-PROBLEM SOLVED- no further help needed.



Hey, I've got a script that when a file isn't found, instead of throwing an error and closing, it looks in another location, where the file definitely is, and moves the file to where it should be (I'm using this script to sort through my database, so I don't have a ~4gb game.)

The script works perfectly the first time an item isn't found, but after that it seems to not work, probably because the error method is calling itself, and that can't happen.

Anyway. This is used in conjunction with FileUtils.RB, a normal ruby method. This replaces the error handler in the main class.

rescue Errno::ENOENT
  # Supplement Errno::ENOENT exception
  # If unable to open file, display message and end
  p $!.to_s
  filename = $!.message.sub("No such file or directory - ", "")
  $dest = "D:/Project3/" + filename
  slashes = $dest.count "/"
  loop do # Truncates the end of the string at the slash
    $dest = $dest.chop
    slashe = $dest.count "/"
    if slashes != slashe
      $dest = $dest + "/"
      break
    end
  end
  t = 0
  loop do  #This loop affixes the extension to the file, checking which extension is proper.
    newfileloc = "D:/Project3/2/" + filename
    t +=1
    case t
    when 1
     newfileloc += ".mp3"
    when 2
      newfileloc += ".wav"
    when 3
      newfileloc += ".ogg"
    when 4
      newfileloc += ".mid"
    when 5
      newfileloc += ".jpg"
    when 6
      newfileloc += ".png"
    when 7
      newfileloc += ".bmp"
    end
    if FileTest.exist?( newfileloc ) == true
      FileUtils.mv(newfileloc, $dest)
      break
     else
    end
  end
  while $scene != nil
    $scene.main
  end
end

The code works perfectly the first time each time the game is ran, how can I have it work multiple times each run?

 

[linkz0r]

You should try this

class Main
  
  def update
    # Your main method here!
  end
  
end

$main = Main.new

while $main != nil
  $main.update
  break if $scene.nil?
end

Substitute all the code in Main with this. It worked, despite the odd look of this script lol ^^ Just note that it will not close the game unless you put $main or $scene as nil.

Well, was the only thing i could think for now... ^^

 

[pidey]

Wow, thank you, while that didn't quite solve the problem, it got me close enough that I was able to solve it the rest of the way myself.

 

[linkz0r]

So my job of helping you is done lol xD

If you have any more questions, just ask ^^