Legacy GM Choose command based on room name

[jef]

Dear gamemaker users!

My situation I have made one object and two rooms. One room is called 'outside' and the other is called 'ínside'. I want object to set run=true when its in room 'outside'. And when object is in room 'ínside' it should set run=false.

I used the following line to find out in which room object is.

roomname = room_get_name(room)

Now I need a line where the object chooses code, based on in which room the object is.
I tried the following and this did not work:

if (roomname==outside) {run=true}
if (roomname==inside) {run=false}

Please fix the code so it works as I want.

 

[The-any-Key]

if room==outside run=true;
if room==inside run=false;

 

[jo-thijs]

Dear gamemaker users!

My situation I have made one object and two rooms. One room is called 'outside' and the other is called 'ínside'. I want object to set run=true when its in room 'outside'. And when object is in room 'ínside' it should set run=false.

I used the following line to find out in which room object is.

roomname = room_get_name(room)

Now I need a line where the object chooses code, based on in which room the object is.
I tried the following and this did not work:

if (roomname==outside) {run=true}
if (roomname==inside) {run=false}

Please fix the code so it works as I want.

Hi and welcome to the GMC!

When you type outside or inside, you're not using strings, but room indices, which are numbers.
However, room_get_name does return a string, not a number.
As a result, your comparisons won't work.

There are a couple of fixes.
The best one being this:

if (room==outside) {run=true}
if (room==inside) {run=false}

A slightly worse one being this:

roomname = room_get_name(room);
if (roomname=="outside") {run=true}
if (roomname=="inside") {run=false}

 

[jef]

I will try thanks for all the help.