Troubleshooting macro in sugarcube

kathy

I would like to be able to disable certain passages using the <<if>> macro, right now my variables are setters that subtract $cash so I'd like to disable clicking on these passages once $cash reaches 0 or <0.

e.g. <<if $cash = 0>> You are broke. <<endif>> (which isn't working incidentally) and just displaying the message doesn't stop people from incurring negative $cash values. I feel like I need to create an <<if>> macro within the setter link but it's getting complex for me. Any solutions?

kathy

e.g. if you click on the passage and your $cash = 0 or =< 0 then you get a message that says you have no money left and it redirects you.

kathy

oH I think I figured it out: I create an <<if>> macro in the passage that allows you to spend money if $cash >= 0 else <= 0 you get a different message. Is that best way to do this?

TheMadExile

kathy wrote: »

e.g. <<if $cash = 0>> You are broke. <<endif>> (which isn't working incidentally) […]

You're using the wrong operator. A single equal sign (=) is the assignment operator—even in a conditional.

You want something like one of the following instead:

<<if $cash == 0>> You are broke. <</if>>

<<if $cash eq 0>> You are broke. <</if>>

kathy

Oh ok, so would I only have to do this once in my Start passage when I initial set $cash value?

kathy

Still on <<if>> I need help!! For some reason my if equation is working when I play the game, when I publish and test as an html file it no longer works!

greyelf

You need to show us your 'if equation' if you want us to determine what might be wrong with it.

kathy

Right, sorry I am panicking.

You feel <<if $anxiety lte 0>>relaxed.<<elseif $anxiety lte 5>>okay.<<elseif $anxiety gte 10>>stressed.<<endif>>

I have tried this using <= and >= also. It works when I test it in the application but when I test on my browser it's just blank.

I used this for the cash and so far it seems to work:

<<if $cash > 0>>You have <<print $cash>> dollars.<<elseif $cash <= 0>>You are broke.<<endif>>

kathy

Ok, what I have figured out is that I can't have more than two conditions. I adjusted my story to be, I guess, boolean? It's either: this or that but not: this or that or that...

If it's possible to have a few conditions using number like I wanted to please give me hint. (as in if, else if, else using growing values)

Thanks.

greyelf

You can have more than two conditions.

You feel <<if $anxiety lte 0>>relaxed.<<elseif $anxiety lte 5>>okay.<<elseif $anxiety gte 10>>stressed.<<endif>>

There are two gaps in the above logic, both can result all three conditions failing which will cause just "You feel" to be outputted:

1. If you have not previously assigned a value to the $anxiety variable.

2. If the current value of $anxiety is between 6 and 9 (inclusive).

It is a good idea when testing code to always output the current values of the variables it depends on, in this case I would add something like the following just before the above code:

debug: anxiety: $anxiety