Bad Parameter ! box

[JustStupid]

Hello,

I have a message box which pops when I run my code, but it doesn't look like a
error with my code, its a smaller warning sign message box saying "Bad
Parameter" I haven't put a alert box like this anywhere in my code. My code is
using a shockwave 3D sprite and connect to shockwave multiuser server on local
machine. What do you think this error could be? A bug with director? or with a
Xtra? I'm using havok, and 3DPI as well.

Cheers for any replies

[Roofy]

besides creating message boxes of your own, Diretor will spit out errors in a
message box if there is any errors in your scripts, depending on if you are in
author mode or runtime mode, When you get an error in athouring mode, and you
get an error, this means there is a peice of code that Driector does not
understand at all. For example, lets say you wanted to move a sprite on the
stage 5 pixels down the stage. The correct dot syntax to do so is like so....

sprite(1).locV = sprite(1).locV + 5

... but lets say you made a mistake and typed this in...

sprite(1).locV = sprite.locV + 5

doing this and after you press the compile button or close the script window,
you would get an error window that looks simular to as you calling the alert
handler stating...
"Script Error: Operator expected"
sprite(1).locV = sprite.?locV + 5

In addition, you can also have errors at run time. An example of this would be
somthing like so...

lets say we still want to move this sprite 5 pixels down, but this time you
want this to happen when you call a custom handler. Now the correct way of
doing this can be something like this...

on beginSprite
pTimer = the milliseconds
end beginSprite

on exitFrame me
if (the millseconds - pTimer) = 1000 then
moveMe(me)
pTimer = the milliseconds
end if
go to the frame
end exitFrame

-- Note the code below is the custom handler that needs to be inside the same
script or else you will get an error at runtime
on moveMe me
sprite(me.spriteNum).locV = sprite(me.spriteNum).locV + 5
end moveMe

... now if you did not have the moveMe custom handler inside the above script
then at runtime you would get the same error window stating this


"Script error: Handler not defined
moveMe(me)

#moveMe"

So what I am saying is, your error is a script error that Director is spiting
out because there is something wrong with your code, and we can not help you if
you do not post your script in here.