Infinite loop interaction between special action and invalid next action in CCS
It looks like I was wrong about where this is getting into a loop.
Current investigation suggests that it loops if the first action is "special action" and the next action is invalid ( I have tried both skills I can't perform and items I don't have. It's not exhaustively "all invalid actions").
It doesn't matter what the special action is (none, pickpocket, and restore MP all had the same result), but it must be first.
If there is a valid action between special action and the failed action (e.g. special action/skill sing/item opium grenade), then it fails with an error message, but without it, (e.g. special action/item opium grenade), it loops infinitely calling the same sequence that outputs "Darwinlet executes a macro!".
Note that "Darwinlet executes a macro" tries to run the next line without reporting it, which seems sorta suspicious to me, and probably why it's not testing for failure. It's like it merges the special with the next one.
--- Original post ---
Per the docs:
This is my custom combat script, copied from the editor.
I am not getting an abort. I have over 100 repetitions of "Round 1: Darwinlet executes a macro!" in the session log for the same adventure. Eventually, I bring up the relay browser and just hit the thing and it let me get past it.
This is not location or item specific and it doesn't matter if it's an item that gets expended on use or not.
Because I am paranoid about my own changes, I duplicated this on 20482 as well as my sandbox.
View attachment session and debug combat macro item issue.txt
It looks like I was wrong about where this is getting into a loop.
Current investigation suggests that it loops if the first action is "special action" and the next action is invalid ( I have tried both skills I can't perform and items I don't have. It's not exhaustively "all invalid actions").
It doesn't matter what the special action is (none, pickpocket, and restore MP all had the same result), but it must be first.
If there is a valid action between special action and the failed action (e.g. special action/skill sing/item opium grenade), then it fails with an error message, but without it, (e.g. special action/item opium grenade), it loops infinitely calling the same sequence that outputs "Darwinlet executes a macro!".
Note that "Darwinlet executes a macro" tries to run the next line without reporting it, which seems sorta suspicious to me, and probably why it's not testing for failure. It's like it merges the special with the next one.
--- Original post ---
Per the docs:
Code:
[B]item [I]name[/I][/B]
Uses the specified item. If you have Ambidextrous Funkslinging, another of the item will be used (if you have at least two of them, and it's not something that's only meaningful to use once), or a reusable combat item will be chosen for you. [I]Combat is aborted if you don't have the item.[/I]
Code:
[ default ]
special action
item opium grenade[I][COLOR="#FFA500"]-- I added this to test another item and to check other locations...[/COLOR][/I]
skill saucecicle
[ haunted bathroom ]
special action
item rock band flyers
skill saucecicleI am not getting an abort. I have over 100 repetitions of "Round 1: Darwinlet executes a macro!" in the session log for the same adventure. Eventually, I bring up the relay browser and just hit the thing and it let me get past it.
This is not location or item specific and it doesn't matter if it's an item that gets expended on use or not.
Because I am paranoid about my own changes, I duplicated this on 20482 as well as my sandbox.
View attachment session and debug combat macro item issue.txt
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