How can I change script dynamicly?

[SimonSmith]

I need a function, the entity's deathscript is diffirent in different levels...
For example, I need something like this:
changeentityproperty(ent,"ondeathscript","data/scripts/death1.c");
Is the function available now ?
Or can I do it in a different way?

 

[msmalik681]

char branch = openborvariant("current_branch");

The above code will return the current level branch if one was set in levels.txt

declare branch example:

branch	branch_mountains_3
z	210 300 0 
file	data/levels/mountains/st03.txt

So just wrap this up in a if statement and your good to go.

Edit: another method would be to have a level update script detect when player dies but try to avoid update scripts as much as you can.

 

[O Ilusionista]

I have a better option: use a levelscript (which triggers just one time per stage) to set a global variable as the stage name.

Then just check for this variable in you ondeathacript and its done. No need to.use multiple scripts.

 

[msmalik681]

Sorry but your solution is the same as mine but with a extra step.  If you can already get the current branch from the engine why store it in a global variable ?

 

[O Ilusionista]

Sorry but your solution is the same as mine but with a extra step.  If you can already get the current branch from the engine why store it in a global variable ?

Allow me to disagree with you.
No, they aren't the same. Your solution takes the current "branch", while mine identifies the current stage.

See this:

branch branch_mountains_3
z 210 300 0
file data/levels/mountains/st03.txt
z 210 300 0
file data/levels/mountains/st04.txt
z 210 300 0
file data/levels/mountains/st05.txt

Using your solution, it will return "branch_mountains_3" in all 3 stages, unless you set a branch for each stage (which IS a extra step).
There is a stagenumber in openbor but, as the manual explains, it can get inconsistent to real progress.

This is how I use:
My version uses a levelscript (or you can paste as a spawnscript of a empty entity)

@script
void main()
{
     void stageName;
     if (!stageName){
     setglobalvar("stageName","Sky Stage");
     }
}
@end_script

So, when I want to check for a stage name, i just paste this:

void stageName = getglobalvar("stageName");
if (stageName == "Sky Stage"){
*INSERT YOUR LOGIC HERE*
}

And just to avoid issues, I free the globalvar in endlevel.c (and I duplicate it into "ondestroy" at updated.c

void main()
{
   setglobalvar("stageName",  NULL());
}

With my method, I have far more control and flexibility. Since I can even change the stage name on the fly.

In programming, it does not matter if a method uses more steps (pure and simple talking), it matters their effectiveness. Some solutions may use more steps but work better.

 

[msmalik681]

I see I was thinking of how i would make the script as I always declare branch names maybe openbor should have a way to properly identify the stage like with the stage  text file name.

 

[O Ilusionista]

This could be a great idea.