[EOS] [HELP] "GoTo" Not working?

[SilverSlut]

Hi!

Sorry to be asking for help again so soon, but I'm having a problem with the "goto" function on pages in EOS.

For some reason that I don't know, it has stopped working. I have a number of pages that start with "--visions-". Accordingly, I have a page that has a GoTo block with "--visions-*" because I want it to select randomly from those. The problem is that it freezes.

It will go to "--visions-futa", for instance, and it won't show the picture or start the timer or anything. In the debug bit at the top-right of the screen it will SAY "--visions-futa" for current page, but nothing happens. If I use that debug thing to go to a specific page, it will do so and the page will function properly. But then it will freeze again when it is asked to go to a "--visions-*" page.

Any idea what's going on?

[Roblsforbobls]

Hi SilverSlut,

A few things could be going on. Eos will freeze like this usually when there is a variable that is undefined, a Choice action doesn't have any options, an If action doesn't have any arguments, etc. Here's what you can try in order to solve your problem or help you figure out where the error is occurring:

First you should try reproducing the issue. Does this happen with using Goto actions between two new pages? For example, "page 1" has a Say action and a Goto action to "page 2", which has a Say action and a Goto action to "page 1". If that works fine, then try doing the same thing, but using a Goto with a wildcard (*), and keep the page names simple if possible. If that works still, then change the names of those test pages to the same names as the pages that are giving you trouble to see if it's the page names that are causing the problem.

If all of that worked just fine, then there's probably something wrong with the first Goto action you're using, or some other action on the pages that it is getting stuck on. To figure out which step is causing the error, I suggest adding in Say actions between all of the relevant actions on your first page and the page the tease is getting stuck on. In these Say actions, add in a number, so that you can keep track of where the issue is. For example, if you get to the fourth Say test action and then it stops, you'll know whatever is after that fourth one is what's giving you the issue.

I hope that wasn't too confusing and I wish you luck in debugging your tease!

Best,
Robls

[SilverSlut]

This was a huge help! Thank you!

I had two problems: I was asking EOS to get Notifications that I hadn't actually created yet, and I had updated some page names and forgotten to update the GoTo blocks.

In my defense (or not, actually lol) the name thing was harder to catch because I organize my pages by having a number of dashes in front of them to game the alphabetization of page names. So I'd updates some pages from "---" to "----"

Thanks for your help!

[Roblsforbobls]

Thanks for your help!

No problem, glad I was able to help
Yeah that'll do it haha. Honestly I don't really understand why you'd want to keep adding pages to the top of the list and/or rearrange the order. Changing the name of a page can add a lot of headache, especially if several GoTo actions reference that page. It might take a long time to fix all the errors, and that's assuming you remember where to find all of the actions you need to fix! I think everyone organizes their projects differently, but I would encourage you to ask yourself if the way you're doing it is worth the trouble or if there's a better system for you.

[SilverSlut]

Well I've got a lot of "fetish" pages (--visions-gay, --visions-futa, --visions-straight, etc etc), and they take up a TON of space. They don't do much other than display a picture from the correct gallery. They don't run any code or actions except the picture. So once I make them, I don't need to be going back to them often, if ever.

My logic pages, though, often start with letters that come after 'V,' so if I don't use the dashes I'll be scrolling past 25 "--focus" pages and 7 "--visions" pages each time I need to change the "----selector" logic.

This works well for me, I just need to keep track of my dashes haha.

[fapnip]

My logic pages, though, often start with letters that come after 'V,' so if I don't use the dashes I'll be scrolling past 25 "--focus"

I try to categorize pages with keywords like 'melody-image-2-3' (Image for melody, level 2, round 3), then I just use the filter feature in EOS (text box right above the list of pages) to narrow pages down with 'image', or 'melody', etc.

[SilverSlut]

o.O

I didn't even know that feature was there until just now.... RIP