Can't #import library

[fiendohell]

I can't access library scripts using #import. I have the compiled library between start and end lumps and I have it referenced in LOADACS.

This is how I have my files setup:
mapset.acs (library)

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#library "mapset"
#include "zcommon.acs"
......

BEHAVIOR

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#import "mapset"
#include "zcommon.acs"
...

LOADACS

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MAPSET
...

When I go to compile the behavior lump in doom builder, an error saying that map set was not found. I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.

[Demolisher]

try using

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#import "mapset.acs"

[XutaWoo]

Wait, why are you trying to import MAPSET...if it's already being loaded by LOADACS?

LOADACS will automatically add the scripts in the ACS file without them needing to be #imported.

[fiendohell]

MAPSET is a compiled file, so don't I have to use #import?

Wait, why are you trying to import MAPSET...if it's already being loaded by LOADACS?

LOADACS will automatically add the scripts in the ACS file without them needing to be #imported.

If i take out the import statement, it doesn't recognize any of my library defined variables or scripts.

[randi]

MAPSET is a compiled file, so don't I have to use #import?

MAPSET is compiled, yes, but you import the original source file, not the compiled file. This lets ACC find out what you have in there.

If i take out the import statement, it doesn't recognize any of my library defined variables or scripts.

If you don't need this library to be accessible from every map, including ones that you did not import it from, then you don't need to list it in LOADACS.

[Salad Viking]

MAPSET is a compiled file, so don't I have to use #import?

Wait, why are you trying to import MAPSET...if it's already being loaded by LOADACS?

LOADACS will automatically add the scripts in the ACS file without them needing to be #imported.

If i take out the import statement, it doesn't recognize any of my library defined variables or scripts.

LOADACS automatically loads an acs file whenever a map is started. It's used for mods that are playable on any mapset. A library, on the other hand, is an acs file that other acs files can reference.

It looks like you're doing it right, but you do need to add the ".acs" extension to your import statement. As for why it's not working, are you trying to compile in Doom Builder? That doesn't seem to work for me, so try compiling your SCRIPTS files in SLumpEd. That works fine for me.

[randi]

As for why it's not working, are you trying to compile in Doom Builder? That doesn't seem to work for me

Providing the proper path to the library's source file should be enough.

[fiendohell]

Ah, I see the error of my ways. I was under the impression that ACC could somehow read compiled files or something.

So in SLumpED, I put the MAPSET.acs (the library file) in my wad, compiled that, and used LOADACS lump to reference it like I did before since all the maps in the game need to initialize from it. In SCRIPTS.acs, I used #import "mapset.acs" and was able to compile it just fine now that ACC could read MAPSET.acs.

As for why it's not working, are you trying to compile in Doom Builder? That doesn't seem to work for me

Providing the proper path to the library's source file should be enough.

This is correct. I could only compile from doom builder using the full directory path to an external acs file.

[CodeImp]

Place the ACS file in the directory where your WAD is and it should work without path, or use a path relative to your WAD location.

[Salad Viking]

Place the ACS file in the directory where your WAD is and it should work without path, or use a path relative to your WAD location.

This works well (thank you!), but why can't Doom Builder compile when the library is in the wad already? As I previously stated, this works without fault in SLumpEd.

[CodeImp]

Because when you compile your script, it is not compiled from within your WAD, but as a separate file. I would have to seriously modify the ACC compiler to make it work with WADs and separate files mixed.