Switches

[Ellie]

I just need to know two things:

How do I use switches in an IF statement?
How do I control a switch using a script?

For example, if I wanna do this:

if switch[1] is on
do cool stuff
end

 

[~Atlaswing~]

if @game_switches[1] = true(for ON)
do something arghh
end

About question 1, if statement in the script editor or you mean a conditional branch?

 

[SephirothSpawn]

if $game_switches[switch_id]            (On)
if $game_switches[switch_id] == false (Off)

@altorn : It is suppose to be $game, and if blah = true will just make blah true, instead of testing it as a boolean, then, since the interpretter will just evaluate blah = true as true, it will always be considered a true boolean.

 

[~Atlaswing~]

Oh, so it wouldnt consider the result of the condition?

 

[Ellie]

I have this in my scene_map script:

  def update_stuff
    # Update Hud Windows
    @hud1.update
    @hud2.update
    @hud3.update
    @hud4.update
    # Update quest log
    if $game_switches[2]
      @quest_window.update
      @quest_rewards.update
    end
  end

It says this error:
Line 304, NoMethodError occured, undefined method '[]' for true:TrueClass

Line 304: if $game_switches[2]

Edit:
Basically, if switch 2 is on, the quest log and quest rewards windows are shown. I have that in the def main_draw part and it seems to work fine no errors. All this bit does is updates those windows if switch 2 is on.

 

[Jared]

The Code is correkt, but seemingly $game_switches is not an object of Game_Switches Class, but an object of True-Class.
You can check it with
p $game_switches.class

Maybe you have written anywhere
$game_switches = true
instead of
$game_switches[1] = true

Nevertheless I wouldn`t use switches for your script. Use ruby-variables.

class Quest
attr_accessor(:need_update)

  def initialize
    @need_update = false
  end
end

Now you can write
if @need_update
@quest_window.update
@quest_rewards.update
end
You can change the variable @need_update in the object or in a higher instance with @quest_object.need_update = true



@Altorn:
a = b #means: create a reference between a and b (or by booleans and integers: a get the value of b)

a == b #means: return true if the condition is correct. Return false if the condition is false

if a then do_something end #means: do_something if a is not false or nil
unless a then do_somethin end #means: do_something if a is not true

 

[Ellie]

I need to use switches as there are events and stuff involved too.

But anyway, I have in scene_map this:

def main_draw
    # Make sprite set
    @spriteset = Spriteset_Map.new
    # Make message window
    @message_window = Window_Message.new
    @hud1 = Window_HudEquip.new
    @hud2 = Window_HudPortrait.new
    @hud3 = Window_HudInfo.new
    @hud4 = Window_HudSkills.new
    # Transition run
    Graphics.transition
    if $game_switches[2]
      @window1 = Window_Quests.new
      @window2 = Window_QuestRewards.new
    end
end

and this:

  def update_graphics
    # Update sprite set
    @spriteset.update
    # Update message window
    @message_window.update
  end
  def update_stuff
    # Update Hud Windows
    @hud1.update
    @hud2.update
    @hud3.update
    @hud4.update
    # Update quest log
    if $game_switches[2]
      @window1.update
      @window2.update
    end
  end

The problem is the lines with @window1.update and @window2.update: undefined method "update".

 

[Daniel]

Does the "Window_Quests" class have an update method?

 

[Ellie]

Nope, but neither do the hud windows...

 

[Daniel]

What are the window's parent classes?

 

[Ellie]

Window_Base.

 

[Ellie]

Bump.