My online-hosted Quest game won't load anymore (the Edit button opens the new window, but it never finished loading)

[Michael23985]

This is all I get now:

What happened is I turned on DevMode, and then I enabled both the initial script (but didn't yet add an initial script) and start at a specific room, and then I saved it. Now I can't edit it again. Thank you for any help in getting it so I can continue to work on it.

[Pertex]

Could you plz download your game and post it here or on the discord server?

[Michael23985]

Yep, here you go! Thank you!
game.zip

[KVonGit]

When I click "Select another starting location for the player", this happens immediately:

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And the game will no longer open for editing.

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This game attribute getting set seems to be the issue: <devmode_changepovpos />

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Uncaught TypeError: refreshTreeSelectElement is undefined
    initialiseElementEditor https://quest.textadventures.co.uk/Scripts/GameEdit.js?c=413940291:242
    initialiseTree https://quest.textadventures.co.uk/Edit/Game/386687:144
    jQuery 10
    initialiseTree https://quest.textadventures.co.uk/Edit/Game/386687:142
    jQuery 11
    selectTreeNode https://quest.textadventures.co.uk/Scripts/GameEdit.js?c=413940291:1223
    initialiseTree https://quest.textadventures.co.uk/Edit/Game/386687:152
    jQuery 21
    initialiseTree https://quest.textadventures.co.uk/Edit/Game/386687:121
    <anonymous> https://quest.textadventures.co.uk/Edit/Game/386687:62
    jQuery 4
GameEdit.js:242:9

[KVonGit]

(This isn't helping you quite yet, Michael23985, but please bare with us.)

[KVonGit]

DEBUGGING NOTES

This works with no issues in the desktop version of Quest.

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The editor controls:

CoreDevMode.aslx L861-L875

    <control>
      <caption>[EditorGameDevModeChangePovPos]</caption>
      <controltype>checkbox</controltype>
      <attribute>devmode_changepovpos</attribute>
      <mustinherit>devmode</mustinherit>
    </control>


    <control>
      <controltype>expression</controltype>
      <simple>[EditorGameDevModePlace]</simple>
      <simpleeditor>objects</simpleeditor>
      <attribute>devmode_povpos</attribute>
      <onlydisplayif>game.devmode_changepovpos</onlydisplayif>
      <mustinherit>devmode</mustinherit>
    </control>

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EDIT

Selecting the option to change POV from DevMode has the same issue online.

I'm wondering if the WebEditor app can handle <simpleeditor>objects</simpleeditor>

[Michael23985]

No problem. Thanks in advance for your help. Michael

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[Michael23985]

I don't have the desktop version or a Windows laptop to run it on at the moment. Can you fix it so I can edit it online again?

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On Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 4:00 PM K.V. ***@***.***> wrote: DEBUGGING NOTES This works with no issues in the desktop version of Quest. ------------------------------ The editor controls: CoreDevMode.aslx L861-L875 <https://github.com/textadventures/quest/blob/master/WorldModel/WorldModel/Core/CoreDevMode.aslx#L861-L875> <control> <caption>[EditorGameDevModeChangePovPos]</caption> <controltype>checkbox</controltype> <attribute>devmode_changepovpos</attribute> <mustinherit>devmode</mustinherit> </control> <control> <controltype>expression</controltype> <simple>[EditorGameDevModePlace]</simple> <simpleeditor>objects</simpleeditor> <attribute>devmode_povpos</attribute> <onlydisplayif>game.devmode_changepovpos</onlydisplayif> <mustinherit>devmode</mustinherit> </control> — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#1430 (reply in thread)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/BPMFCF3CZDCAGGM47QPBRKT2PKFJJAVCNFSM6AAAAABW4Q2DKGVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43URDJONRXK43TNFXW4Q3PNVWWK3TUHMYTEMJVGYYDQNI> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[KVonGit]

I can't do that myself, but the site admin most probably can. He usually isn't active until about 6 hours from now, though.

[alexwarren]

I've removed the DevMode options from your game so this should work again now.

[Michael23985]

Thank you so much! It worked. So going forward, should I just not use DevMode at all in the browser? I'm trying to test my game, and looking for a way to not have to manually work my way through all the puzzles and options to get to the place (later on) where I want to test. (Thus the reason I was trying to set a starting room and initial script.) Thank you, Michael

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On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 2:29 AM Alex Warren ***@***.***> wrote: I've removed the DevMode options from your game so this should work again now. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#1430 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/BPMFCFY7YZ7S5I5PGXGKTRT2PMPBRAVCNFSM6AAAAABW4Q2DKGVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43URDJONRXK43TNFXW4Q3PNVWWK3TUHMYTEMJWHAYTEMI> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[alexwarren]

@KVonGit has contributed a code fix for the underlying bug in the editor, but I haven't deployed it yet. So for now maybe avoid DevMode but this will be fixed shortly.

[Michael23985]

Awesome, and thank you both! Please thank @KVonGit for me as well. Michael

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On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 7:12 AM Alex Warren ***@***.***> wrote: @KVonGit <https://github.com/KVonGit> has contributed a code fix for the underlying bug in the editor, but I haven't deployed it yet. So for now maybe avoid DevMode but this will be fixed shortly. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#1430 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/BPMFCF56UUEQRG2MS2Y5LP32PSY4TAVCNFSM6AAAAABW4Q2DKGVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43URDJONRXK43TNFXW4Q3PNVWWK3TUHMYTEMJYHEZDCNI> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>