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[Mewgull]

Mewgull

[Help] A function isn't working (Views)

So I am making kind of a game where there is multiple players(don't worry anyone, I am still working on FK) and when they win a minigame, the other 3 views go away, and it only shows the player that wins, view, but

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view_visible[1]=0isn't working.  It's simply not making the view go away at all on the other views

Here's an example of the code:

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if global.player1won=true{
with global.player2character{instance_destroy()}
with global.player3character{instance_destroy()}
with global.player4character{instance_destroy()}
view_visible[1]=0; view visible[2]=0; view_visible[3]=0}
View0 is Player1
View1 is Player2
etc.

global.Player#character is already initiated by another object.
So you see, I try to make the other views go away, so in their place a black screen appears, but simply, nothing happens.
So what am I doing wrong?

Thanks a bundle, and I might credit anyone who helps
Mewgull

[PoliteProgrammer]

PoliteProgrammer

Re: [Help] A function isn't working (Views)

I'm not too familiar with the language that you're using, but is view_visible a global variable/array?

You said in you're title that "a function isn't working" so if the code that you supplied is within a function and view_visible is NOT a global, then setting view_visible = ... inside the function will have no effect on view_variable outside the function.

If I'm right, simply setting view_visible as a global should solve the problem.

[Windy]

Windy

Re: [Help] A function isn't working (Views)

could you show a screenshot of what's happening?
both for when they're visible and when you try to hide them.

[Mewgull]

Mewgull

Re: [Help] A function isn't working (Views)

There no point, nothing is happening.
All the views are visible when its not trying to hide them, and all the views are still visible when it DOES try to hide them... :\

[PoliteProgrammer]

PoliteProgrammer

Re: [Help] A function isn't working (Views)

Have you tried my suggestion yet? Also, letting us know the results of steps you've taken that DON'T solve the problem may be able to guide us to the true cause. Any additional information you can provide would also help.

[Mewgull]

Mewgull

Re: [Help] A function isn't working (Views)

View visible is a global function.
so I tried this:

global.visibleview=view_visible.
and that didn't work

Then I tried changing every view_visble to global.view_visible, but still nothing works

And I have a question:  Would putting "false" instead of putting "0" do anything?

[Moon_child]

Moon_child

Re: [Help] A function isn't working (Views)

And I have a question:  Would putting "false" instead of putting "0" do anything?

No, 0 is false.

[Mewgull]

Mewgull

Re: [Help] A function isn't working (Views)

alright, just making sure

So anyone, have a solution?

[Mewgull]

Mewgull

Re: [Help] A function isn't working (Views)

Bump.
I need this :\

[Piers]

Piers

Re: [Help] A function isn't working (Views)

 Well, not sure if you tried this but instead of getting rid of the views entirely, you could always try to shrink them to a miniscule scale. I don't remember much but I think:

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view_xscale[1] = 0
view_yscale[1] = 0
Should do it.

[Windy]

Windy

Re: [Help] A function isn't working (Views)

There no point, nothing is happening.
All the views are visible when its not trying to hide them, and all the views are still visible when it DOES try to hide them... :\

I'm confused :S

global.Player#character is already initiated by another object.
So you see, I try to make the other views go away, so in their place a black screen appears, but simply, nothing happens.
So what am I doing wrong?

so are there black screens appearing in their place or aren't there?

[Atrius]

Atrius

Re: [Help] A function isn't working (Views)

You could always try drawing a black screen in the other views manually.

Something like this code in an object drawn after everything else would work:

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if view_current!=player that wons view
{
  draw_clear(c_black)
}
Actually I think what might be happening is that the views actually are disabled, but their area in the window isn't being refreshed so it might look as though they're still there.  Can they be changed any after you've 'disabled' them?

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