OK. Here is a strange problem I have encountered for the first time today.
I am editing in QDK and I am using a conditional for a room description and for some reason right after I click the OK button the command that I entered for a "Print" becomes a "Other Script Command" and no matter how many times I go back and change it, the minute I get out of it the change takes place. What is going on?

I used to get that quite a bit, take it up strongly with Alex - in the mean time try putting in it manually through ASL.

Not sure why QDK does that. I usually delete the object or room and start over because that works.

I've experienced other quirks where info would get either changed or lost and have had handled it like elexxorine and Arbutus. I really do suggest that if you plan to take either of those routes, you open your game in a textpad like program and learn to write/fix code that way if possible.

Why these probs happen, I believe is the result of errorful coding. I think what happens is if a line isn't recognizable the editor reads container tags but skips the bad code, so anything afterwards become embraced by previous container tags even if you don't want them to.

This crossed my mind because as I'm getting better at coding, problems are disappearing, and I can't see how the Editor will "choose" to goof up at times and not goof up at others. It must be a direct result of the code being input.

Search your code, I might be right.


W.

Thank you very much. I have deleted the room and remade it for the quick fix...but I made a "save as" so that I can play with the ASL code in textpad and try to understand more of what is going on (getting there) to see if I can fix it like that.

You guys are great...as always.

Dr.Froth

Problems like this have occured in the past, like the time the status variables would screw up unless you fixed it in ASL after.