Question by wakkydude · Feb 24, 2014 at 11:40 PM · javascript if-statements noob if

If/else statements working one way, and not the other

This piece of code has been used in an earlier question about if statements - this is not a repost, it's a separate problem. This issue really only goes down to a small amount of syntax in a certain loop.

I currently have in my racing game two triggers. One of these opens up a door and the other starts a new lap. The trigger that opens the door simply opens the door with no questions asked and doesn't start a new lap. The new lap button does open the door as well as starting a new lap, and through looking at the syntax (and being new at Javascript) I cannot work out exactly what the issue is. This is the relevant snippet of code.

  function OnTriggerEnter(gameObject : Collider)
 {
 if(gameObject.tag == "NewLap")
 {
 lap += 1;
 if(lapTime<fastestLap)
 {
 fastestLap = lapTime;
 }
 lapTime=0;
 }
 else if(gameObject.tag == "DoorOpener")
 {
 Door.animation.Play("Door_Open");
 yield WaitForSeconds(5);
 Door.animation.Play("Door_close");
 }
 }

I would have thought the "else if" line says that if only if the tag is not "NewLap" will it open the door. The item tagged as NewLap is doing both. What have I done wrong in my formatting?

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tw1st3d · Feb 24, 2014 at 11:43 PM 0

Try changing

 } else if(gameObject.tag == "DoorOpener") {

 } else {

wakkydude · Feb 24, 2014 at 11:44 PM 0

The door's still being opened by the lap collider when I do that

tw1st3d · Feb 24, 2014 at 11:53 PM 0

Sounds like you have more than one script that is telling the door to open, or the two triggers are on top of each other, triggering them both.

wakkydude · Feb 24, 2014 at 11:59 PM 0

Ahh, I forgot about some lines I wrote back when I first tried to make the door open (it was one of the first things I did to my car script). I dug into the car script, found another thing that talked about the door and colliders, and now it's gone and the colliders are working again. Thanks.