Event is skipping conditional branch...

[Frostlord_Icy]

Not sure what's going on with this event. The only page higher is a self-switch which is triggered at the end of page 5. This page is just a loooong bit of dialog, no switches or variable modifying, and no common event hogging up the used variable either. However, the problem is, when I have the variable at the value I need for it to trigger, it just completely bypasses the conditional branch and ends.

 

[akoniti]

Where is the Player Pick variable set?

Are you 100% certain it's set to ≥1 somewhere prior to the branch?

 

[Frostlord_Icy]

Yes, an event prior to this one gives an option for an extra little bit. And I forgot to mention when I playtest the game, I can set the variable I want and it'll still skip it.

 

[gstv87]

This page is just a loooong bit of dialog

.......drop the dialogue and simplify the flow then?

it's hard to see the fault when you can't see the code, and you won't see the code if you have to scroll past a wall of text.

 

[Andar]

the computer cannot skip a conditional branch if the condition is true - not unless the entire engine code is completely broken and non-working. And that would show with other problems.

so no matter what you think, at that moment when the event skips that show text, the variable is not >=1, and there is a simple way to proof that:
add a show text above the conditional branch that displays the variable value with a textcode.

now the reason why the variable is different than you think is what you need to find, and there are several possible causes.
most likely cause is a plugin you forgot to configure, resulting in the variable being used and set by that plugin. Followed by a double use of the variable in events like already mentioned above.
Or it could be that you have two variables with the name "player pick" and mixed them up.
And if you add the show text and that does not happen, then you broke your playtest by deploying into your project folder and need to repair your project folder.

 

[Frostlord_Icy]

@Andar OMG, you are amazing. Did the text box, debug added value needed and realized something outside was modifying it. Searched and it turns out, a parallel event to refresh a door was set to activate at that that same level, and to turn itself off; it subtracted 1. Guess I ended up a little unfocused and completely forgot about that lol.

And, when I do any deployment, I'm keeping that folder as far away from the project folder as possible.