Not a floating point value

myraneal · Post by **myraneal** » Sat May 03, 2008 9:22 pm

Hey there,
I've recently started having this issue with ZExpressions. If you can look at the following screenshot:
files/floatissue_241.jpg
You will see that the expression script system is complaining about -3.7 not being a floating point value. I think this only started happening since I've started using ZGameEditor on the Turkish-language Windows XP I have here. Is it possible that is the cause? Is there an easy way to fix it?

Thanks,
Yılmaz

Post by **VilleK** » Sun May 04, 2008 9:59 am

Yılmaz,

Please try some other values to help me find the problem:

3
-3
5.5
5,5

I often use ZGE on Swedish Window XP (where the default decimal separator is ",") and have not had a problem with this. Values in ZGE should always use "." as decimal separator.

myraneal · Post by **myraneal** » Mon May 05, 2008 2:50 pm

Hey Ville, I wish I could give you some concrete info here but I've been using ZGameEditor the last couple of days and only once or twice did I get this error, and restarting the application fixed the problem. One thing, that I think is remotely a pattern, is that it seems to happen when I get back to the open ZGameEditor screen and F9 to launch the game after a long period of doing other stuff. I don't think my keyboard language ever changes during that time but that might be it.
So not sure yet

-Yılmaz

Post by **VilleK** » Mon May 05, 2008 2:56 pm

Ok, I set the decimal separator to "." when application starts and that is probably not enough. I will change this in next release. Thanks for reporting!

myraneal · Post by **myraneal** » Fri May 09, 2008 11:11 am

I can confirm the following: When I have ZDesigner open and the project is working and compiling properly, and then the computer is locked (due to 15mins of inactivity or the WindowsKey+L combo), and I unlock it, when I try to run the project it gives me several of the same "Not a floating point value" errors, but when the game launches after I click OK on all those errors, it seems to work without any problems. If I shut-down ZDesigner and re-launch it, the problem goes away.

Thanks,
Yılmaz