open locked doors with SDF?

[bigblue]

i have a problem:

i have a door which should be locked until the party accepts a quest.

so i set the memory cells of the door as follows:

 

cell0: 200

cell1: 0

cell2: 0

cell3: 2

 

and this is the part of my dialogue script:

 

begintalknode 34;

state = 13;

personality = 12;

nextstate = 13;

condition = 1;

question = "Ok, let's gain wisdom!";

text1 = "_Come to me when you succeed._";

action = SET_SDF 0 2 1;

action = END_TALK;

code =

toggle_quest(1,1);

break;

 

i have to mention that the locked door is NOT in the same town!

 

what is wrong?

[Kelandon]

Oh. Wait. You have two actions in your node. That's no good.

 

Set the flag in your code.

 

That is,

 

Code:

 begintalknode 34; state = 13; personality = 12; nextstate = 13; condition = 1; question = "Ok, let's gain wisdom!";text1 = "_Come to me when you succeed._"; code =set_flag(0,2,1);  toggle_quest(1,1);end();break; 

[bigblue]

ok, i'll try this. didn't know, that you can do the same thing in the code.

is it always bad to have actions together with code? why is there made a difference between action and code if it can do the same?

[Crunchy Frog]

Actions together with code is fine. It's TWO actions at once that won't work.

 

I don't really know for sure why Jeff put actions in as well as calls. I suspect that he did it because actions are easier to use; you don't need to learn Avernumscript to use them.

[*i]

I suspect it's more for backward compatability with Blades of Exile scenarios where you had the dialogue nodes which can do actions. Also, it makes things like innkeepers easier. I don't know why Jeff didn't import healers into the mix, however.

[nikki.]

It's much easier and quicker to type in ...

 

action = set_sdf 0 2 1;

 

then...

code = set_flag(0,2,1);

break;

 

And healers? It's much easier to add it into the code part of a script. And, healers can now give discounts to regular customers!