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carlii posted 08-09-2001 11:03 GMT
I found this bug while using Quest 3.0/QDK 3.0 (not BETA, the upgrade from your site). You create a menu using QDK 3.0. Let's say if you click on the choice 'Try To Get A Gig' another menu will appear (called 'gig') where you can choose where your band will play. (Eg. at a stadium or at a night club,etc) If do this, ie. make the action " Show menu 'gig' ", it says there is an error and closes the program! This didn't happen in 2.19!
carlii posted 08-09-2001 11:05 GMT
If you want to see this bug in action, here's the download : http://www.geocities.com/corrsdirect/musical_manager.zip
ondre posted 08-09-2001 23:16 GMT
In object the definitions for use on something delete themself everytime.
ondre posted 09-09-2001 18:16 GMT
Alex, loom up "beta" in dictionary!
Alex posted 09-09-2001 21:43 GMT
Ondre, don't be so cheeky!
I'll take a look into these soon. A Quest/QDK 3.01 was inevitable anyway.
Computer Whizz posted 09-09-2001 23:33 GMT
Cheeky??

Ondre, would YOU look at the software properly? It is NOT Beta software....
Of course there will be bugs in it, there isn't a program WITHOUT bugs (unless it's a simple "X here: Y here: X*Y is:" program..... WHICH I DOUBT THERE IS COMMERCIALLY!!!
....anyway, that sounds like an error in Quest, not QDK..... unless while you're coding (carlii) it shuts QDK down!
Computer Whizz
carlii posted 10-09-2001 05:37 GMT
Um....I was expecting somebody to actually answer my question!
Alex posted 10-09-2001 18:18 GMT
Carlii, I said I'd look into it didn't I? :)
ondre posted 11-09-2001 08:35 GMT
TEMPVS FVGIT
Computer Whizz posted 11-09-2001 20:23 GMT
huh?
Computer Whizz
ondre posted 11-09-2001 21:47 GMT
That's in latin and means time flies.
ondre posted 14-09-2001 18:24 GMT
Alex, you better release a working version of Quest. Or else!
Alex posted 14-09-2001 18:55 GMT
I've fixed the "use on" bug now, 'twas a silly mistake.
As for the menu bug, Carlii, you're getting the run time error because your "gig" menu doesn't have any choices in it. Admittedly a run time error as a result is pretty unkind, but then a menu that doesn't let you choose anything is pretty confusing.
Computer Whizz posted 14-09-2001 21:44 GMT
Alex:
Along these lines, can you have a "type" that defines whether an object can be used by itself??
Like a type "Average" where when you use the item by itself then a message comes up saying "Sorry.... you can't use this object by itself!" or something like that.
Computer Whizz
Alex posted 14-09-2001 22:26 GMT
CW, what you are looking for is this:
action <object name; use> (script)
as explained in "Changing an Object's Behaviour" in the "Quest Methods" section of the ASL Reference.
Alex posted 14-09-2001 22:27 GMT
Or rather, in your "average" type:
define type <average>
action <use> msg <You can't use that object all by itself, silly boy.>
end define

Author	Topic: a bug for Quest 3.0
carlii	posted 08-09-2001 11:03 GMT I found this bug while using Quest 3.0/QDK 3.0 (not BETA, the upgrade from your site). You create a menu using QDK 3.0. Let's say if you click on the choice 'Try To Get A Gig' another menu will appear (called 'gig') where you can choose where your band will play. (Eg. at a stadium or at a night club,etc) If do this, ie. make the action " Show menu 'gig' ", it says there is an error and closes the program! This didn't happen in 2.19!
carlii	posted 08-09-2001 11:05 GMT If you want to see this bug in action, here's the download : http://www.geocities.com/corrsdirect/musical_manager.zip
ondre	posted 08-09-2001 23:16 GMT In object the definitions for use on something delete themself everytime.
ondre	posted 09-09-2001 18:16 GMT Alex, loom up "beta" in dictionary!
Alex	posted 09-09-2001 21:43 GMT Ondre, don't be so cheeky! I'll take a look into these soon. A Quest/QDK 3.01 was inevitable anyway.
Computer Whizz	posted 09-09-2001 23:33 GMT Cheeky?? Ondre, would YOU look at the software properly? It is NOT Beta software.... Of course there will be bugs in it, there isn't a program WITHOUT bugs (unless it's a simple "X here: Y here: XY is:" program..... WHICH I DOUBT THERE IS COMMERCIALLY!!! ....anyway, that sounds* like an error in Quest, not QDK..... unless while you're coding (carlii) it shuts QDK down! Computer Whizz
carlii	posted 10-09-2001 05:37 GMT Um....I was expecting somebody to actually answer my question!
Alex	posted 10-09-2001 18:18 GMT Carlii, I said I'd look into it didn't I? :)
ondre	posted 11-09-2001 08:35 GMT TEMPVS FVGIT
Computer Whizz	posted 11-09-2001 20:23 GMT huh? Computer Whizz
ondre	posted 11-09-2001 21:47 GMT That's in latin and means time flies.
ondre	posted 14-09-2001 18:24 GMT Alex, you better release a working version of Quest. Or else!
Alex	posted 14-09-2001 18:55 GMT I've fixed the "use on" bug now, 'twas a silly mistake. As for the menu bug, Carlii, you're getting the run time error because your "gig" menu doesn't have any choices in it. Admittedly a run time error as a result is pretty unkind, but then a menu that doesn't let you choose anything is pretty confusing.
Computer Whizz	posted 14-09-2001 21:44 GMT Alex: Along these lines, can you have a "type" that defines whether an object can be used by itself?? Like a type "Average" where when you use the item by itself then a message comes up saying "Sorry.... you can't use this object by itself!" or something like that. Computer Whizz
Alex	posted 14-09-2001 22:26 GMT CW, what you are looking for is this: action <object name; use> (script) as explained in "Changing an Object's Behaviour" in the "Quest Methods" section of the ASL Reference.
Alex	posted 14-09-2001 22:27 GMT Or rather, in your "average" type: define type <average> action <use> msg <You can't use that object all by itself, silly boy.> end define