Link->Action oddity — Exterminated Bugs — Armageddon Games Forums Archive

ShadowMancer 26 Oct 2007, 02:20

Situation:
The option to select items with A or B button is on;
Scripted weapon selected for A button;
Script uses Link->Action = 2 (attacking) to get Link to stab;
Result:
Link uses defalt sword attack (even though sword is not selected at all)
and in this case Slash is on, so Link slashes.
This problem is only if the scripted weapon is on A button, works perfectly on B button

EDIT: upon further testing the B button does the same thing, it makes Link stab first, then slash with the defult sword.. (is this normal for Link->Action = 2)

You can see an example of this by downloading the quest here: http://www.armageddongames.net/forums//thread/99953/

DarkDragon 28 Oct 2007, 19:10

The thing is, Link->Action gives you a close look at Link's internal state, but it's not the whole story - tons of other internal flags determine whether Link is attacking with the sword or hammer, if he's slashing, if he's charging, if he's spin-attacking and for how long, etc. Link->Action gives you a pretty good idea of what Link is doing at any one time, but writing to it is pretty much undefined behavior.

In fact I think Link->Action should be read-only for now, until a correct, higher-level replacement can be added post-2.50.

ShadowMancer 28 Oct 2007, 19:23

Okay, so I guess to make link apear to be stabbing I will need a Link tile modifier, no problem.