Strange Verb Error

The Bitter Baron
14 Dec 2016, 00:14

Suddenly encountering error all of the sudden:

Error Running Script : Error Evaluating Expression 'Eval (this.defaultexpression, params) ' : Error compiling expression 'Nothing mentionable occurs.' : SyntaxError: Unexpected end of FileLine: 1, Column 48

Nothing mentionable occurs is a new default text I replaced many of the base default responses the game will give if you perform certain incorrect actions; most of the templates on the top of the code view have been given it. The error specifically is raised whenever the verb cluster investigate; examine; search is activated. There are other verbs that use the same three words, but are in a different order and have a different single verb displayed. They all work fine, only this one has issues.

Have no idea what it is, everything was fine before now. Going into the verbs section and attempting to alter that specific verb causes it to stop being displayed in the game if I change the order the verbs are listed in or the single displayed verb.

Which means this pivotal interaction verb that is found all throughout the game is suddenly broken, and it seemingly cannot be edited to fix it. Which means everything involved with that verb would have to be replaced. Any ideas on what is wrong or a way around this that would not involve removing the verb from the game?


hegemonkhan
14 Dec 2016, 03:12

we'll need to see your entire game code, to help find the error and fix it

are you working online/web or offline/desktop ???

if online/web, you'll need to download your game, unzip it (so you can open it up), open it up (right click on your 'xxx.aslx' game file and open it up with a text editor software, like notepad, wordpad, notepad++, Apple: text editor, etc), highlight all of it, copy it, and then paste it here in a post. If you don't want to post your game code publically... you'll need to get in contact with whoever will look and fix your code, to do so privately (via PM/email/whatever).

also, if you post your code, do so like this:

.```
YOUR_PASTED_ENTIRE_GAME_CODE
.```

but without the periods/dots in front of those weird characters/symbols (it's the key in the upper left of your keyboard, above the left TAB key and to the left of the 1 key of the horizontal row of the numbers), so it should look like this:

YOUR_PASTED_ENTIRE_GAME_CODE

The Pixie
14 Dec 2016, 08:22

It thinks "Nothing mentionable occurs." is a script, rather than text. As HK says, we would need to see more to say why; if your game is big, it is the bit around that that we need to see.


Jay Nabonne
14 Dec 2016, 16:35

It may have something to do with templates vs not. Templates are evaluated (if my memory serves).