Making an event trigger on a certain date

Santikun
Newbie

Posts: 27
Joined: Apr 2015

I'm trying to make an Actor load on a specific date, but I can't get it to work. Say I want an actor to load ONLY on Halloween (October 31st), so I have this:

LoadActor("2previewframe.png")..{

	InitCommand=cmd(draworder,99999999;x,SCREEN_CENTER_X;y,SCREEN_CENTER_Y;);

	SetCommand=function(self)

		if (DayOfMonth() == 31 and MonthOfYear() == 10) then

			self:visible(true);

		else

			self:visible(false);

		end

	end;

};

However this doesn't seem to work. What can I do?

Last edited: 31 October 2016 3:28pm

~Santikun

Kyzentun
Kyzentun

Posts: 925
Joined: Oct 2013

Basic information gathering: If you print the number returned by MonthOfYear() to the log file or on the screen, what value do you see?
Try that, and you'll probably figure out why your logic isn't doing what you expect.

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Santikun
Newbie

Posts: 27
Joined: Apr 2015

Basic information gathering: If you print the number returned by MonthOfYear() to the log file or on the screen, what value do you see?
Try that, and you'll probably figure out why your logic isn't doing what you expect.

I don't think I understand what you mean. How do I "print the number to the log file"? Also, sorry if this sounds bothersome, I recently started learning lua and most of the useful doc websites were shut down.

Last edited: 5 November 2016 9:44pm

~Santikun