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I'm trying to make a script that is almost completely done using object parameters so you don't have to alter the script at all.
Now I have a problem.
Object parameter 5 is set to 20.
If I replace it with only
it works.
Are parameters automaticaly converted into strings?
Is there any work around for this? It's really urgent.

EDIT: For now, I'm going to use a fixed value in order to finish my game in time, but it would be nice if someone could explain this to me.

Bink Wrote:I'm trying to make a script that is almost completely done using object parameters so you don't have to alter the script at all.
Now I have a problem.

Code:

    obj.event.chain(camera_time,'buttonBack');
    var camera_time = obj.setting.getParameter(5);

Object parameter 5 is set to 20.
If I replace it with only

Code:

    obj.event.chain(20,'buttonBack');

it works.
Are parameters automaticaly converted into strings?
Is there any work around for this? It's really urgent.

EDIT: For now, I'm going to use a fixed value in order to finish my game in time, but it would be nice if someone could explain this to me.

It's a string and remains that way until you hard convert it. Use parseInt, i.e.:


You'll find this problem every once and a while with math, also, for instance, dividing two integers can get you a float which might need to be hard-converted back to an integer.

Javascript is a weakly typed language, so everything just auto-converts to everything else, and sometimes it's not what you want. That makes it very easy to learn to program in and write programs, but it has it's downsides sometimes (see above.)

[>] Brian

That's what I thought.
parseInt(); is exactly what I was looking for! Now I don't have to make 10 different scripts just to change one value. Thanks! :D