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A topic by spidernest created Oct 15, 2019 Views: 442 Replies: 6

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spidernest5 years ago

Hey there! I was just wondering if anyone else has come into issues when using ENUMs at all? Any part I try to update that contains an enum field, I always get back an error along the lines of this:

[live][1:52:26 PM] obj_profile:Draw_0[L8,c89] Enum `playerdatastorage` does not contain field `totalessence`

I generally will just comment out ENUM sections when use GMLive to layout UI stuff, and then just cut them back in when I know the layout is all good and I've shut off GMLive. I figured it may be worth a shot however to see if anyone else has had this issue.

For the record as well - it isn't just that Enum value - it's pretty much any/all. And I can confirm that "playerdatastorage" does contain that field as well.

Thanks very much - other than this minor issue this extension has been a major help!!

Thanks again!

drindilica5 years ago

Hi!

I don't have that probem, because I have all enums in separate script.

So, I dont scatter macros and enums all across the code, but keep them in two scripts "macros" and "enums". I could also put them together in one script.

And you don't have to call those scripts anywhere, because enums and macros are set by a pre-processor. When compiler kicks in, your macros and enums are already set.

If you reorganize your project like this, you won't have this issue.

Hope it helps.

spidernest5 years ago

Hi Drindilica - I actually have all my enums/macros declared in one init script called at the start of the project. I'm not setting enum in this case, I'm only trying to reference them :)

drindilica5 years ago

Ah sorry!

Just to test it I put one usage of an enum value into one Draw event which has live_enabled. It works for me. I don't get any errors on saving the file:

I'm using the latest stable GMS2 IDE and the lastest runtime. (2.2.4.459 / 2.2.4.366)

spidernest5 years ago

Yeah - it hasn't always been the case, I had it working just fine at the start, it's strange how it's started recently.

Although, my enum/macro init script is close to 900 lines now, as the project is very large. It shouldn't be the issue though - I'm trying to replicate with new project so I can establish more details around what could be causing it.

YellowAfterlifeDeveloper5 years ago

Hello! I'll need a small sample project to reproduce this

spidernest5 years ago

No problem, - let me try and pull things out and see if I still have the issue in a new project and send it over. Thanks!

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