so the game was working fine yesterday and today many of it's commands give errors like 'you can't do that'
Some are fine and some are broken. When i open a save file from yesterday it still works fine but todays file that i worked a lot on has this problem.
I checked the code but i can't find what is the problem. am i doing something wrong?
If it worked yesterday but doesn't today, after you have made changes. Then yes, you have done something 'wrong'.
It could easily be something very simple, but it's hard to tell without seeing the code. I'll happily take a look at it, if you want? Would be best to compare it with the previous version (that worked) too. If that would be useful, then feel free to email to s t r i d e n t u k @ o u t l o o k . c o m (you'll need to remove the spaces)
I'll let 8bitAG check it for you if you like, but here are some general tips:
Very sorry you are having these issues. Hope you can find a resolution soon.
there is no error message. some commands don't work anymore no matter how many timesi delete/rewrite/change them. like there is a "talk oldman" command which must work when you are in a specific room. but now even if i delete the whole lines about talk oldman and rewrite them in a new way(like accepting the command any where) it still says "you can't do that"
I had a similar problem yesterday. I'm sure I saved my file before going to bed the night before. I got home last night, did some changes (without loading the saved code), ran the code and the previous night's changes had been lost. So where is the browser's code cached? Should I always reload the previous saved file before I start working on it again?
I've been using Adventuron for over two years now and I've never lost changes that I have saved with ONE exception:
If you save in incognito mode then the changes will not be saved. Make sure that Adventuron is always loaded in non-incognito mode. It requires access to the web data store, but in incognito, this is removed when the incognito tab is closed.
Saving a backup is always recommended, hence the save-file option.
I always save out my file during (and at the end) of every session, and clear the editor and reload in from that save file when I start a coding afresh.
Changing the version number, as the last thing you do, is always a good idea... as you can spot if your changes have been lost.
(This isn't the issue that Pixelman was talking about, btw)
It happened again. I just opened my browser, checked the code and the most recent changes weren't there. I followed 8bitAG's advice, cleared the editor and opened the previous night's saved file and everything was hunky dory. I'll be doing this from now on.
Apparently, this is not a new problem. Richard Pettigrew reported it in a Facebook post over a year ago, so I wouldn't be surprised if this is what happened to thepixelman.
The moral of the story? Always start from a saved file, not the browser's cached version.
