can i use goto combined with different ifs?

santhia

hi there.
i am really new here and english is not my first language, so please excuse expression mistakes.

at the moment i attend a game design class at my university and we have to built quite simple games with twine2.0

so now i have the following problem:
i want to build a simple structure where you have to make 5 decisions (one after the other). each is either a or b. for each time you chose a the $var gets plus1, if you chose b, it remains constant.
so after 5 decisions the $var can be everything from 0 till 5.
now i need something that does the following:
if $var is 0 it should lead you (goto) to result1
if $var is 1, 2, 3 or 4 it should lead you to result2
and if $var is 5 it should lead you to result3

i tried different combinations of (if:) and (goto:) versions, but it just does not work.

so is there anyone who has a good idea that might help me?

thanks a lot!

timsamoff

Sorry. Next post...

timsamoff

That's totally possible by doing something like this:

(if $var is 0)
[
(link-goto: "Link", "result1")
] (elseif: $var > 0 and $var < 5)
[
(link-goto: "Link", "result2")
] (else:)
[
(link-goto: "Link", "result3")
]

Tim

santhia

hi tim,

thanks. i just tried out your suggestion, but it just doesn't work. and i don't really understand why.
that is what twine shows me:

http://twinery.org/forum/uploads/Uploader/31/fee4cc7ff1eac9ca26d347a1d3bd88.jpg

do you or anyone else understand what's wrong?

thanks for all your help!

greyelf

The first line is missing a colon after the if, it should be:

(if: $var is 0)

The Harlowe story format documentation is here

timsamoff

Oops! Many apologies.

santhia

well that i already found out before and changed it, but it still did not work...
the thing is that different "if"s work with simple text to be shown, e.g. (if: $var is 0)[text]
that works in different combinations. but as soon as i add a (goto:) or a link it just does not work anymore and shows what you can see in the picture above..

i guess i have to try out a little more.. but maybe someone has a sudden inspiration.

but thank you all for your help!

timsamoff

I just realized that my code is a bit too complex for what it needs to be. So:

(if: $var is 0)
[
(link-goto: "Link", "result1")
] (elseif: $var is 5)
[
(link-goto: "Link", "result3")
] (else:)
[
(link-goto: "Link", "result2")
]

Anyway, put the following into a single passage called "Go!" and you’ll see that it’s working:

(set: $var to (random: 0,5))
(if: $var is 0) [
A random pick from 0 - 5 is (print: $var).
Result 1
(link-goto: "Link", "Go!")]
(elseif: $var is 5) [
A random pick from 0 - 5 is (print: $var).
Result 3
(link-goto: "Link", "Go!")]
(else:) [
A random pick from 0 - 5 is (print: $var).
Result 2
(link-goto: "Link", "Go!")]

santhia

wow that works!!! thanks a lot!!!