What Exactly does Empty Type Name Error Mean? in Developer Help

ID:140064
 
May 22 2010, 4:40 pm
Code:
        spawn()
            proc/act()
                for()
                    if(health<=0) break


Problem description:

SO I was wondering, because I'm trying to make AI for while the zombie is still alive, what exactly does that error mean because I want to get this fixed.
#1 May 22 2010, 5:32 pm
The blue "proc" and "verb" keywords are used for declaring new procs and verbs. You can't declare a new proc in the middle of another one.

You however can call an existing proc by writing its name with parentheses in the end.

Note that if you have a simple breaking condition, you shouldn't set up an infinite loop and use break. Use the condition part of the loop constructs (for()'s 2nd arg and while()'s only arg).
#2 May 22 2010, 5:49 pm
In response to Kaioken (#1)
Thanks, I appreciate that, but what I'm trying to do is make it so that the NPC acts while it still alives as if it were a zombie, so how can I do that?
#3 May 22 2010, 6:16 pm
In response to CodeWeasel22 (#2)
 
mob/NPC/Zombine
   New()
      act()

   proc/act()
      spawn() //don't hold up the caller (New())
         while(src.health > 0) //if the zombie is deleted once dead, then you don't need a condition here
            viewers(src) << "[src] is a zombie"
            sleep(10) //wait a second

         //if the loop ends, then it means zombine's dead.


If you still don't understand why this code would compile and yours didn't, then you have to read the guide.
#4 May 22 2010, 6:21 pm
In response to Kaioken (#3)
Thank you sir, I have been reading the guide just not following it while coding, just been using what I've learned and remember.
#5 May 23 2010, 10:47 am
In response to Kaioken (#3)
Well actually, how can I make a loop that works as the mob is still alive, but it doesn't necessarily have to call a proc?
#6 May 23 2010, 12:59 pm
In response to CodeWeasel22 (#5)
CodeWeasel22 wrote:
Well actually, how can I make a loop that works as the mob is still alive, but it doesn't necessarily have to call a proc?

A loop that doesn't necessarily call a proc would be a (potentially) empty loop, which will effectively lock up your game.

Presumably you mean something else, but I really can't imagine what.
#7 May 23 2010, 1:02 pm
In response to Garthor (#6)
Alright then, how can I make AI that does things every second or so?
#8 May 23 2010, 1:17 pm
In response to CodeWeasel22 (#7)
#9 May 23 2010, 2:25 pm
In response to Kaioken (#3)
That doesn't work...