Pukename cannot pass strings to scripts as arguments

[Nash]

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script "Cheat_ChangeLevel" (str levelName) net
{
    PrintBold(s:levelName);
    _Level_Change(levelName, "");
}
 

When I try to invoke this script using PukeName, levelName will always be empty.

[EDIT]

Example WAD: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/473 ... t_test.pk3

ENTER script: works
Press the switch: works
From the console, pukename "Test" "test string": does not work

[Zhs2]

Since when have we been able to pass strings from anything else into ACS?

[Nash]

ACS_NamedExecuteAlways("Script_Blah", 0, "my test parameter"); perfectly works though.

In my example in the OP, the string is completely empty.

[NeuralStunner]

ACS_NamedExecuteAlways("Script_Blah", 0, "my test parameter"); perfectly works though.

From where?

[Edward-san]

Can you add the wad containing such script?

[Zhs2]

So far as I know, yes, strings created and indexed in ACS are perfectly capable of being referenced anywhere by ACS in the same session. However, it is not possible to pass along a string as an argument in DECORATE, and the only other valid location for strings are specialized line functions that take classnames as arguments (arg0str). I wouldn't believe the console has any power over the ACS string table either, considering the paradigm.

[Nash]

Added example file to the OP.

[Graf Zahl]

Moved to feature suggestions. This isn't really a bug.

[Nash]

Thanks! While this is being moved to feature suggestions, is it possible to allow passing string parameters to the script specials in UDMF? arg1str arg2str maybe?

[NeuralStunner]

arg1str arg2str maybe?

Might as well stringify all of 'em while we're at it. [wiki]ACS_ExecuteWithResult[/wiki] does use arg1 for the script name (and is useful on switches). And of course, full support for string arguments will need them, too.

[MartinHowe]

Isn't this ultimately a duplicate or near-relative of the one I posted a while back? Being able to set arg?str from a line?

[Nash]

Hey Graf why was this closed? You were the one who suggested it be a feature suggestion.

I'd still like this, if there's no other way to do it. I basically want to assign a line in the map editor whose the first string argument is the name of the map to teleport to...

D'oh I'm dumb, the other thread by MartinHowe is still open.

The thread tag confused me. Should've been [Duplicate]

[Graf Zahl]

That tends to happen when you do mass-cleanup...

[Rachael]

Fixed the tag.