Map won't play when I add a globals block

[DaFatalGigabyte]

Seriously. It works without the globals block. When I add a globals block to the custom script

globals
integer Base = 0
endglobals

it doesn't work. When I test the game, it goes to the main screen immediately.

 

[DrEvil]

Do you have JNGP (Jass NewGen Pack)?
That allows the extension for vJASS (global blocks)

 

[DaFatalGigabyte]

Indeed, I do. When I ran NewGen, I needed a shopping list of other stuff to get syntax checking to work. Is there anything else I need to install?

I just made a new map, and put in an empty function that previously would have an error thrown by JassHelper, which was that at line 7118, a real couldn't be converted to an integer, and line 7118 is blizzard's script. Anyway, I didn't get that error, but now I have this code:

globals
integer Base = 0
endglobals
 
function testFunc takes real paramInput returns string
endfunction

and I get these errors:

Line 33: parse error
Line 33: Statement outside of function
Line 33: Statement outside of function
Line 34: Statement outside of function
Line 34: Statement outside of function
Line 34: Statement outside of function
Line 34: Statement outside of function
Line 34: Statement outside of function
Line 35: Statement outside of function
Line 35: Statement outside of function
Line 37: Missing return

 

[DrEvil]

Line 37: Means that it won't parse as you specify the return type is a string, and nothing will be returned.

About the other errors... I'm really not sure, maybe add a scope?
Just seem like weird errors for global blocks.

 

[DaFatalGigabyte]

haha I always forget that pesky return.

Even if I add it, the globals block still won't work.

 

[DrEvil]

Have you tried just leaving an empty globals block?

 

[DaFatalGigabyte]

globals
endglobals
 
function testFunc takes real paramInput returns string
return ""
endfunction

Line 33: parse error
Line 33: statement outside of function
Line 33: statement outside of function
Line 34: statement outside of function
Line 34: statement outside of function

 

[WaterKnight]

Which tool is it that displays the error? It sounds like you had not enabled vJass. Do other features of vJass work?

 

[DaFatalGigabyte]

Good call, thanks! I forgot I had disabled script optimizer and vJASS syntax because it threw an error before over Blizzard's script about a real being converted into an integer. Now it's successfully compiling with a globals block.