Question about text-input

[maron5466]

Hi!

I am trying to have the player insert a number in the text_input in Dialogic 2 so that the player can receive the money he is asking. The sommaprestito variable is not recognized as a number, and I get the error E 0:00:12:0901 subsystem_expression.gd:36 @ execute_string(): Invalid named index ‘sommaprestito’ for base type Object
<C++ Error> Condition “p_show_error” is true. Returning: Variant()
<C++ Source> core/math/expression.cpp:1507 @ execute()
subsystem_expression.gd:36 @ execute_string()
subsystem_expression.gd:44 @ execute_condition()
event_condition.gd:27 @ _execute() But I am not sure how to use it, I think maybe text_input only takes strings. How can I have the player insert a float instead?

[Jowan-Spooner]

Actually this looks like the right way to do it. TextInput event will always return a string, but you should be able to convert it to a float just like you tried to.
Which dialogic version are you using? I just did a quick test, and it seemed to work for me (on the main branch)

[maron5466]

I am not really sure, I know it is Dialogic 2, but I downloaded it a few months ago. the error is still E 0:00:23:0382 subsystem_expression.gd:36 @ execute_string(): Invalid named index 'sommaprestito' for base type Object
<C++ Error> Condition "p_show_error" is true. Returning: Variant()
<C++ Source> core/math/expression.cpp:1507 @ execute()
subsystem_expression.gd:36 @ execute_string()
subsystem_expression.gd:44 @ execute_condition()
event_condition.gd:27 @ _execute()
I jus got the elif "It is not a real number, I cannot lend you anything." even if before it showed me a sommaprestito = 10, after I entered 10. If enter letters, it shows sommaprestito = 0. I add here a text editor screenshot too.

[Jowan-Spooner]

Yeah tbh, I can't really help you with older versions of dialogic. I'd recommend giving the main branch a go (preferable after having commited or stashed all your current changes ;).

[maron5466]

I am sorry, what do you mean with the main branch?

[CakeVR]

The main branch means the Dialogic GitHub repository's branch named main. It contains the latest changes.

If you need further help: https://docs.dialogic.pro/getting-started.html#-how-to-install-the-latest-wip-version-

Always back up your changes, preferably with git version control.

[maron5466]

Thank you very much, I finally solved the problem: the problem was that elif was not complete. Now it is elif {sommaprestito} == 0: and everything works. Still, there is something I do not understand. Whatever I do, Godot refuses to let me change the global.nave1.gold. It recognizes its value (global is the name of a singleton I am using), but it refuses to change it, even if I tried set {global.nave1.gold} += {sommaprestito}. Is there something I am missing in Dialogic 2 and the use of singleton variables?

[Jowan-Spooner]

@maron5466 what is this nave1 value? If it's a dictionary, dialogic only allows accessing dictionaries with the dictionary["key"] format not dictionary.key right now.
Otherwise Idk.

[maron5466]

I am sorry. nave1 is an object from the class "nave" I declared in the singleton global, and gold is one of its properties.

[Jowan-Spooner]

Then it should work. Damn. Not sure if you are still using an older version. I'd try updating to Dialogic 2.0 alpha 14. If it's not working in that version, feel free to open a bug report issue.

[maron5466]

In the end, now it works. I updated to alpha 14. Can I ask a last question? After the text_input, and my variable global.sommatotale, I wanted to active a function called global.chiedere_prestito(banchiere), which needs the variable sommaprestito and the variable banchiere I was planning to set. But I am not really sure how I should call the function in dialogic 2. How should I do?