simple: "if" staement syntax

[WalkAmongUs]

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Hello, nice piece of programming here. Im just beginning to work my way into this language, my previous experience being with a simplified form of C used to program NPC AIs for Neverwinter Nights. Luckily I keep two videogame addictions for when I burn out on one of them

Anyways, my point:
Ive hit a wall in my initial script attempts here with what seems like a simple thing; my if statements are not being parsed. Ive compared them to other statements in the Hunter.bot I am modifying, but my syntax looks like existing syntax, so I don't understand why I am getting the "Unable to Parse" error at my own code.

The following is what Ive tried to write. It is just a modification in the hunter.mac in the part that chooses the target. Instead of a random one by name, I want to choose the nearest target of a calculated level range based off of my own toon's level:

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|Check max level of mob
|Compare to own level
   /varset OwnHp $char(level)
/echo @OwnHp
   /varset MobHp $target(level)
/echo @MobHp
   /varset MaxMob $calc(@OwnHp-2)
/echo @MaxMob
   /varset MinMob $calc(@OwnHp-6)
/echo @MinMob
   
   if n $int($calc(@OwnHp-2))<@MobHp /goto :Aquire
   if n $int($calc(@OwnHp-6))>@MobHp /goto :Aquire

The variables seem to be declared correctly and echo back just fine. Its the if statements where I am getting the error. Thanks in advance for any help.

[WalkAmongUs]

um, nevermind, I am a goob It might help if I put a slash at the beginning of the line. Thats ok, I also always forget the simicolons when im writing in C.

[Mckorr]

Seems to me you are doing this the hard way. You want to target mobs between 6 levels and 2 levels lower than you.

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/target npc range ($char(level)-6) ($char(level)-2)

That should target the nearest npc within those level ranges, without all the extra variables and calculations.

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:Acquire
/delay 1s
/target npc range ($char(level)-6) ($char(level-2) radius 250
/if $target()==FALSE /goto :Acquire

That loop should check every second for mobs between 6 and 2 levels lower than you, within a radius of 250 from your present location. If no target is found it loops and keeps looking. If a target meeting the criteria is found it targets the mob and continues on, presumably to your attack functions.

Better values btw, in terms of exp, are 4 and 1.

[WalkAmongUs]

ooh thank you. Still getting used to what I can get away with in my coding and did not realize I could use a calculation in a target statement.