I was wondering if you were willing to help me on this small matter. I am confused as to why this script is not working. I was wondering if you could help me with this sort of thing.



(script continuous timer_begin
(hud_set_timer_position 0 0 bottom_right )
(hud_set_timer_time timer_minutes timer_seconds )
(hud_set_timer_warning_time 1 0 )
(show_hud_timer true )
(set timer_active true )
)









when I check debug it says


"
05.19.11 10:18:49 sapien pc 01.00.00.0609 ----------------------------------------------
05.19.11 10:18:49 reference function: _write_to_error_file
05.19.11 10:18:49 reference address: 401b13
05.19.11 10:18:49 Couldn't read map file './sapienbeta.map'
05.19.11 10:18:49 CreateDevice succeeded with refresh rate = 0
05.19.11 10:18:50 Increasing sound decompression buffer size to 1048576 bytes
05.19.11 10:18:51 local player 0, weapon (0x0), deleted unexpectedly
05.19.11 10:18:54 [b40 line 19] this is not a valid integer.: timer_minutes timer_seconds )

05.19.11 10:18:54 recompiling scripts after scenarios were merged.
05.19.11 10:18:54 [b40 line 17] this left parenthesis is unmatched.: (script continuous timer_begin"



I don't understand. I did it just like it was done in d40 (the maw.) What am I doing wrong?










I am planning on designing a new game mode that requires players to occupy a certain volume until the time runs out and they get a special prize (such as an overshield.) If they take over every territory they get more spawns plus better weapons and vehicles.

When all else fails, just add another ending parenthesis.

"When all else fails, just add another ending parenthesis."


I have tried that a couple times now. Doesn't work. I don't get it. I have parenthesis that match up with the other parenthesis's but still it doesn't work. It also claims


"[b40 line 10] this is not a valid integer.:"


what is going on?

There is the problem. I'm guessing that "timer minutes" and "timer seconds" were globals defined in bungie's original script. You need a number or the name of a value that contains a number.

So, you either need to change the line to something like this:

(hud_set_timer_time 0 45)

Or you could add these two lines to the beginning of your script(above the "(script continuous timer_begin" ):

(global short timer_minutes 0)
(global short timer_seconds 45)

That will set the timer for 0 minuets and 45 seconds, obviously you can change the numbers to get any time you want, I was just using 45 seconds as an example.

Cool. Thanks for the help. I will go test it out right now.