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Bafflebox
PostPosted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 12:20 pm 
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Maybe I'm searching for my answer in the wrong way, but I feel I've looked everywhere and found nothing (so I'm sorry if this is a redundant question(!)), but I hope you'll answer anyway, even if it is~

Code:
Every turn:
   If turn count/3 equals one:
      say "You feel hungry".


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Quote:
This is the report produced by Inform 7 (build 6F95) on its most recent run through:

Problem. In the sentence 'Unless turn count/3 equals one begin', I was expecting to read a condition, but instead found some text that I couldn't understand - 'turn count/3 equals one'.

I was trying to match this phrase:

If (turn count/3 equals one - a condition):

This was what I found out:

turn count/3 equals one = something unrecognised


Please help? :<
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RealNC
PostPosted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 12:36 pm 
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Try "every third turn" maybe.
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Juhana
PostPosted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 1:32 pm 
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Turn count divided by 3 will be 1 only when the turn count is exactly 3. You need to use remainder:

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Every turn when the remainder after dividing the turn count by 3 is 0: [...]
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Felix Larsson
PostPosted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 1:33 pm 
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This is an annoying one.
For some reason you can't use "equals" or "=" when testing numerical conditions in Inform 7.
Use "is" instead.
Also don't forget the spaces before and after "/".
Code:
Every turn:
   If turn count / 3 is one:
      say "You feel hungry".

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Bafflebox
PostPosted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 2:01 pm 
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Oh, thank you so much for your quick responses! ^-^

It works, now! :D
*happy girl*
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