Unexpected symbol in word 'else'?

[Charliebailey03]

I'm not very skilled at writing code as you can probably tell.
Can anyone say what the problem is with this?
[Just to say, it's in the Step Event]

///Distance to sofa with views
if distance_to_object(ob_sofa) < 8 ;
{
view_visible[0] = false
view_visible[1] = true
}
else
{
view_visible[0] = true
view_visible[1] = false
}

 

[Electros]

Remove the semi colon after the 8 I think.

 

[TheouAegis]

A semi-colon ends a statement or expression.

if a //expression
b //statement

if a { //expression
b //statement
c //statement
}

if a; //expression + statement, the rest of the code is now outside of the if-conditional
b //this will run all the time now

if a; //expression + statement, the resf of the code is now outside of the if-conditional
{
b //this will run all the time now
c this will run all the time now
}


Note that in Game Maker you do not need a semicolon 99% of the time. The only time you need a semicolon is at the end of a variable declaration.

var a; a=0

or

var a = 0; //this works in GM:Studio, but not older versions of GM

 

[Charliebailey03]

A semi-colon ends a statement or expression.

if a //expression
b //statement

if a { //expression
b //statement
c //statement
}

if a; //expression + statement, the rest of the code is now outside of the if-conditional
b //this will run all the time now

if a; //expression + statement, the resf of the code is now outside of the if-conditional
{
b //this will run all the time now
c this will run all the time now
}


Note that in Game Maker you do not need a semicolon 99% of the time. The only time you need a semicolon is at the end of a variable declaration.

var a; a=0

or

var a = 0; //this works in GM:Studio, but not older versions of GM

Remove the semi colon after the 8 I think.

Thanks for the help! However, I tried it and it works, but when I leave the room and come back again it doesn't. Any thoughts on this?

 

[TheouAegis]

if it works and then later doesn't work, then your error is somewhere else. Considering you made one rookie error, odds are there is another rookie error somewhere else in your project.