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[Shattered]

I seem to recall a way to make a say action be from multiple random ones via storing them in the init script...anyone remember?

[undeniable_denial]

I seem to recall a way to make a say action be from multiple random ones via storing them in the init script...anyone remember?

Perhaps you could be a little bit more specific, particularly about the "random" part? I'm assuming you have a list of texts. Do you want:
A) All of them in a random order
B) Not necessarily all of them and possibly repeating
C) Something else?

[Shattered]

I seem to recall a way to make a say action be from multiple random ones via storing them in the init script...anyone remember?

Perhaps you could be a little bit more specific, particularly about the "random" part? I'm assuming you have a list of texts. Do you want:
A) All of them in a random order
B) Not necessarily all of them and possibly repeating
C) Something else?

B more or less, you return to the same page and it says something that could be different, could be the same

[undeniable_denial]

B more or less, you return to the same page and it says something that could be different, could be the same

Something like this maybe:

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function myRandomText() {
    texts=[
        "Nice weather today."
        ,
        "Why are you looking at me like that?"        
    ];
    return texts[Math.floor(Math.random()*texts.length)];
}

Then put this inside an eval-tag in a say action:

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myRandomText()

Couple of notes:
- Make sure the texts are in quotes and seperated by a comma. (No comma after the last one)
- If you want a line break use the html-code "<br>". Don't put actual line breaks in the quotes.
- Math.random generates a number between 0 and 0.99999...
- When you multiply that by the number of texts (texts.length) and round that down ("floor"), then you get indices from 0 to length-1. So you can just have any number of texts, the code can handle it.

[UrbanJames]

Is there any way to have dialog that plays during a timer?

[undeniable_denial]

Is there any way to have dialog that plays during a timer?

turn on the timer's "asynchronous" mode

[UrbanJames]

Is there any way to have dialog that plays during a timer?

turn on the timer's "asynchronous" mode

Ok, many thanks!

So I tested it for a bit and got it to work by using: "Timer (Asynchronous)" that runs an empty eval after the time is up > "say" action with a pause timer that is longer then the "Timer" action > rest of page
Is this the easiest way to do it?

[PlayfulGuy]

Is there any way to have dialog that plays during a timer?

turn on the timer's "asynchronous" mode

Ok, many thanks!

So I tested it for a bit and got it to work by using: "Timer (Asynchronous)" that runs an empty eval after the time is up > "say" action with a pause timer that is longer then the "Timer" action > rest of page
Is this the easiest way to do it?

You shouldn't need an empty eval.

The Async timer can run other say actions, or even just contain a goto command to go to another page. These will execute when its time expires.

Then following the async timer you could have a series of timed say actions, image changes followed by another non-async timer, or whatever. If the total time of those actions is less than the time on the async timer, those commands following the async timer will execute, then the command(s) "contained in" the async timer will execute when its timer expires.

PG

[Shattered]

B more or less, you return to the same page and it says something that could be different, could be the same

Something like this maybe:

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function myRandomText() {
    texts=[
        "Nice weather today."
        ,
        "Why are you looking at me like that?"        
    ];
    return texts[Math.floor(Math.random()*texts.length)];
}

Then put this inside an eval-tag in a say action:

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myRandomText()

Couple of notes:
- Make sure the texts are in quotes and seperated by a comma. (No comma after the last one)
- If you want a line break use the html-code "<br>". Don't put actual line breaks in the quotes.
- Math.random generates a number between 0 and 0.99999...
- When you multiply that by the number of texts (texts.length) and round that down ("floor"), then you get indices from 0 to length-1. So you can just have any number of texts, the code can handle it.

Perfect thanks!

[47dahc]

I'm trying to write my first tease and I ask what the players name is on the Start page using the prompt action "name". When I do a preview of the tease from the Start page, it works great and goes through with no issues. However, when I preview another page further in where it says the users "name", it hangs because the "name" was not set. I don't want to test from the beginning of the tease every time I add a page and use "name" in a Say command. I tried adding "name=Dahc" to the init script but it's not working. I can just not use "name" on the page while testing but then I need to go back and edit each Say command afterwards. How do you test individual pages where the players name is set at the beginning of a tease and is used without having to go back and redo all the Say commands within pages. I thought adding it to the init script would work then when I'm done and ready to publish, I could just remove that line.

[PlayfulGuy]

I'm trying to write my first tease and I ask what the players name is on the Start page using the prompt action "name". When I do a preview of the tease from the Start page, it works great and goes through with no issues. However, when I preview another page further in where it says the users "name", it hangs because the "name" was not set. I don't want to test from the beginning of the tease every time I add a page and use "name" in a Say command. I tried adding "name=Dahc" to the init script but it's not working. I can just not use "name" on the page while testing but then I need to go back and edit each Say command afterwards. How do you test individual pages where the players name is set at the beginning of a tease and is used without having to go back and redo all the Say commands within pages. I thought adding it to the init script would work then when I'm done and ready to publish, I could just remove that line.

I'm not sure I follow what you did 100%, but when you prompt for the users name, the input gets stored in a variable (you specify the name of the variable in the prompt command). In your subsequent Say actions you need to include an eval that references the variable. If you've not done that, unfortunately you will need to go back and edit those actions. That's just how variables work in EOS.

I made a demo tease for someone else. You can see it here: https://milovana.com/webteases/showteas ... fe8db66ea6

Hope that helps.

PG

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[47dahc]

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I'm trying to write my first tease and I ask what the players name is on the Start page using the prompt action "name". When I do a preview of the tease from the Start page, it works great and goes through with no issues. However, when I preview another page further in where it says the users "name", it hangs because the "name" was not set. I don't want to test from the beginning of the tease every time I add a page and use "name" in a Say command. I tried adding "name=Dahc" to the init script but it's not working. I can just not use "name" on the page while testing but then I need to go back and edit each Say command afterwards. How do you test individual pages where the players name is set at the beginning of a tease and is used without having to go back and redo all the Say commands within pages. I thought adding it to the init script would work then when I'm done and ready to publish, I could just remove that line.

I'm not sure I follow what you did 100%, but when you prompt for the users name, the input gets stored in a variable (you specify the name of the variable in the prompt command). In your subsequent Say actions you need to include an eval that references the variable. If you've not done that, unfortunately you will need to go back and edit those actions. That's just how variables work in EOS.

I made a demo tease for someone else. You can see it here: https://milovana.com/webteases/showteas ... fe8db66ea6

Hope that helps.

PG

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That's pretty much what I did, I think.

From my Start page:

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If I do a preview (eye icon at the top of the page) from this page, it goes through the tease just fine and will flow through other pages as well.

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If I'm editing another page within the tease and select the eye icon to preview and test it from that page, it hangs at the Say command where I use "name":

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I can only assume it hangs because I'm testing the page without the variable being set because I'm basically skipping the Start page where it will be set in the final published tease.

So I guess my question is, how can I set a variable in the init script that will automatically set the name so I can test individual pages without needing to preview from the Start page and go through the whole tease to get to the page I want to test? I plan on having variable pages using the asterisk (page*) so starting from the beginning each time might not take me to the page I want to test.

[47dahc]

So I guess my question is, how can I set a variable in the init script that will automatically set the name so I can test individual pages without needing to preview from the Start page and go through the whole tease to get to the page I want to test? I plan on having variable pages using the asterisk (page*) so starting from the beginning each time might not take me to the page I want to test.

I figured it out.

I added

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var name = "Dahc"

to the init script and it works now. Will just have to remove it before publishing.

[PlayfulGuy]

So I guess my question is, how can I set a variable in the init script that will automatically set the name so I can test individual pages without needing to preview from the Start page and go through the whole tease to get to the page I want to test? I plan on having variable pages using the asterisk (page*) so starting from the beginning each time might not take me to the page I want to test.

I figured it out.

I added

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var name = "Dahc"

to the init script and it works now. Will just have to remove it before publishing.

Excellent!

It shouldn't be necessary to remove it before publishing since the init script only runs once when the tease is loaded. When you go through the tease normally and prompt for a name, the entered name should override what was set in the init script. You can test that pretty easily by setting one name in the init script, then enter a different one at the prompt and see what happens. Or in your ini script just set it to an empty string (var name = "").

Love your profile pic by the way!

PG

[Roxas20]

Is there a place where you can share demos of your tease to get people's opinions