goto
goto label
Operand types:
label: String
Type of returned value:
Description:
In script only: Go to given label.
Note: String argument is used here.
Be sure to use double quotes around label name in goto.
Define the label with #.
Example:
goto "Skip"
. these lines
. will be
. skipped
#Skip
Comments:
The search for labels always begins at the top of the script so that if there are multiple occurrences of a label the first occurrence will always be the one found.
Labels are not case sensitive, and for the avoidance of doubt later versions of Flashpoint do not require that loops using a goto contain a delay.
Whilst it is not required to include a delay in a loop, a loop without a delay can cause the script to slow down the game a lot, as the loop will be executed many times before the game engine interrupts the script. Edit: The above statement is incorrect. From much experimentation it is clear that the OFP engine will 'go away and do other things' between individual lines of code even when those lines of code are within a loop. What might cause the game to slow down is the use of loops that have been constructed with the forEach instruction. In those cases the OFP engine will complete the whole of the forEach instruction before going away to do anything else. So if the forEach instruction contains a complicated piece of code and a lot of array elements you may notice an effect in the performance of the game. Creating a loop using a goto will have no such effect. This is no reason to avoid the very powerful and very useful forEach instruction. If you have less than several hundred array element you will notice nothing. If you make a lot of use of forEach with several hundreds of array elements then separating them with a small delay would be helpful.
Deciding whether to use a script with a loop or a trigger or an @ statement is a complicated matter and should be subject to experimentation.
As there is clearly also some confusion over whether labels are case sensitive or not I encourage doubters to run the following script:
goto "SKIP"
hint "Labels are case sensitive"
exit
#skip
hint "Labels are not case sensitive"
exit