[Lua] Error in script

[aseroth]

First off, all credit goes to Maven/Deathdude for the base script itself (the random casting script) on ***********

Okay, so I edited a random casting boss script to fit an NPC I made in-game. However, whenever I try to load up the script, I get the following error:

"scripts\BOSS-Jon_CJG.lua:1: unexpected symbol near 'n' "

I'm not sure what I'm looking for here since I am a noob when it comes to scripting of any kind, so I will post the entire script for you guys to look over.

--Written by Maven (AKA Deathdude or Maven01)

--[[REMEMBER THIS FOR EDITING
pUnit:GetRandomPlayer(0) = Targets Random Player
pUnit:GetRandomPlayer(1) = Targets Player in Shortrange
pUnit:GetRandomPlayer( 2) = Targets Player in Midrange
pUnit:GetRandomPlayer(4) = Targets Player in Longrange
pUnit:GetRandomPlayer(4) = Targets Player with Mana
pUnit:GetRandomPlayer( 5) = Targets Player with Rage
pUnit:GetRandomPlayer(6) = Targets Player with Energy
pUnit:GetRandomPlayer(7) = Targets any player that is not Main Tank
pUnit:GetMainTank = Targets Main Tank
pUnit:GetAddTank = Targets Offtank
]]


local NPC_ID = 70070

local Spell_1 = 47610 --For Boss_1
local BuffSelf = 48932 --For Boss_2
local Spell_2 = 59172 --For Boss_3

local MessageBegin = "You humiliated me! You made me shut down everything! Now you will pay!"

function Boss_OnCombat(pUnit, Event)
Phase = math.random(1,3)
if Phase == 1 then
pUnit:SendChatMessage(12, 0, "You humiliated me! You made me shut down everything! Now you will pay!")
pUnit:RemoveEvents();
pUnit:RegisterEvent("Boss_1", math.random(1000, 30000), 0)
end
if Phase == 2 then
pUnit:SendChatMessage(12, 0, "I am everything you ph33r!")
pUnit:RemoveEvents();
pUnit:RegisterEvent("Boss_2", math.random(1000, 30000), 0)
end
if Phase == 3 then
pUnit:SendChatMessage(12, 0, "Death to the fanboys, death to the living!")
pUnit:RemoveEvents();
pUnit:RegisterEvent("Boss_3", math.random(1000, 30000), 0)
end
end

function Boss_1(pUnit, Event)
local plr = pUnit:GetMainTank()
if (plr ~= nil) then
pUnit:FullCastSpellOnTarget(Spell_1, plr) 
pUnit:RemoveEvents();
pUnit:RegisterEvent("Restart_Over", 1000, 0)
end
end

function Boss_2(pUnit, Event) --Makes Boss Buffself
pUnit:CastSpell(BuffSelf) 
pUnit:RemoveEvents();
pUnit:RegisterEvent("Restart_Over", 1000, 0)
end

function Boss_3(pUnit, Event)
local plr = pUnit:GetMainTank()
if (plr ~= nil) then
pUnit:CastSpellOnTarget(Spell_2, plr)
pUnit:RemoveEvents();
pUnit:RegisterEvent("Restart_Over", 1000, 0)
end
end

function Restart_Over(pUnit, Event)
local Phase = math.random(1,3)
if Phase == 1 then
pUnit:RegisterEvent("Boss_1", math.random(1000, 45000), 0)
end
if Phase == 2 then
pUnit:RegisterEvent("Boss_2", math.random(1000, 45000), 0)
end
if Phase == 3 then
pUnit:RegisterEvent("Boss_3", math.random(1000, 45000), 0)
end
end


local MessageEndCombat = "I won't beat around the bush, this was just a minor setback."
local MessageOnDied = "I will have my....revenge...!"
function Boss_OnLeaveCombat(pUnit, Event)
pUnit:SendChatMessage(12, 0, MessageEndCombat)
pUnit:RemoveEvents()
end
function Boss_OnDied(pUnit, Event)
pUnit:SendChatMessage(12, 0, MessageOnDied)
pUnit:RemoveEvents()
end
RegisterUnitEvent(NPCID, 1, "Boss_OnCombat")
RegisterUnitEvent(NPCID, 2, "Boss_OnLeaveCombat")
RegisterUnitEvent(NPCID, 3, "Boss_OnDied")

Sorry for my noobiness =/ I want to learn to script stuff eventually but thought I'd start out with just a basic guideline I had found. Any help is appreciated.

[Kiev]

Line 1 = The comment on who it is.

Try and remove that line, and see what happens.

[aseroth]

Tried doing what you said, but still ended up with the same error.

I've looked over the code and even tried making sure segment that needed to be spaced out was only spaced once (if that could affect it) but still had no luck. =/

[Kiev]

Take away all the comments, and just leave the bits that are visibly needed, and then see what it returns.

[aseroth]

still giving me some trouble even though I removed all the unnecessary stuff in it

local NPC_ID = 70070

local Spell_1 = 47610 --For Boss_1
local BuffSelf = 48932 --For Boss_2
local Spell_2 = 59172 --For Boss_3

local MessageBegin = "You humiliated me! You made me shut down everything! Now you will pay!"

function Boss_OnCombat(pUnit, Event)
Phase = math.random(1,3)
if Phase == 1 then
pUnit:SendChatMessage(12, 0, "You humiliated me! You made me shut down everything! Now you will pay!")
pUnit:RemoveEvents();
pUnit:RegisterEvent("Boss_1", math.random(1000, 30000), 0)
end
if Phase == 2 then
pUnit:SendChatMessage(12, 0, "I am everything you ph33r!")
pUnit:RemoveEvents();
pUnit:RegisterEvent("Boss_2", math.random(1000, 30000), 0)
end
if Phase == 3 then
pUnit:SendChatMessage(12, 0, "Death to the fanboys, death to the living!")
pUnit:RemoveEvents();
pUnit:RegisterEvent("Boss_3", math.random(1000, 30000), 0)
end
end

function Boss_1(pUnit, Event)
local plr = pUnit:GetMainTank()
if (plr ~= nil) then
pUnit:FullCastSpellOnTarget(Spell_1, plr) 
pUnit:RemoveEvents();
pUnit:RegisterEvent("Restart_Over", 1000, 0)
end
end

function Boss_2(pUnit, Event) --Makes Boss Buffself
pUnit:CastSpell(BuffSelf) 
pUnit:RemoveEvents();
pUnit:RegisterEvent("Restart_Over", 1000, 0)
end

function Boss_3(pUnit, Event)
local plr = pUnit:GetMainTank()
if (plr ~= nil) then
pUnit:CastSpellOnTarget(Spell_2, plr)
pUnit:RemoveEvents();
pUnit:RegisterEvent("Restart_Over", 1000, 0)
end
end

function Restart_Over(pUnit, Event)
local Phase = math.random(1,3)
if Phase == 1 then
pUnit:RegisterEvent("Boss_1", math.random(1000, 45000), 0)
end
if Phase == 2 then
pUnit:RegisterEvent("Boss_2", math.random(1000, 45000), 0)
end
if Phase == 3 then
pUnit:RegisterEvent("Boss_3", math.random(1000, 45000), 0)
end
end


local MessageEndCombat = "I won't beat around the bush, this was just a minor setback."
local MessageOnDied = "I will have my....revenge...!"
function Boss_OnLeaveCombat(pUnit, Event)
pUnit:SendChatMessage(12, 0, MessageEndCombat)
pUnit:RemoveEvents()
end
function Boss_OnDied(pUnit, Event)
pUnit:SendChatMessage(12, 0, MessageOnDied)
pUnit:RemoveEvents()
end
RegisterUnitEvent(70070, 1, "Boss_OnCombat")
RegisterUnitEvent(70070, 2, "Boss_OnLeaveCombat")
RegisterUnitEvent(70070, 3, "Boss_OnDied")
end

Here is the original script with nothing edited to it

--Written by Maven (AKA Deathdude or Maven01)

--[[  REMEMBER THIS FOR EDITING
pUnit:GetRandomPlayer(0) =  Targets Random Player
pUnit:GetRandomPlayer(1) = Targets Player in Shortrange
pUnit:GetRandomPlayer( 2)  = Targets Player in Midrange
pUnit:GetRandomPlayer(4) = Targets Player in Longrange
pUnit:GetRandomPlayer(4) = Targets Player with Mana
pUnit:GetRandomPlayer( 5) = Targets Player with Rage
pUnit:GetRandomPlayer(6) = Targets Player with Energy
pUnit:GetRandomPlayer(7) = Targets any player that is not Main Tank
pUnit:GetMainTank = Targets Main Tank
pUnit:GetAddTank = Targets Offtank
]]


local NPCID = NPCIDHERE

local Spell_1 = SpellIDHere --For Boss_1
local BuffSelf = SpellIDHere --For Boss_2
local Spell_2 = SpellIDHere --For Boss_3

local MessageBegin = "Enter Text Here"

function Boss_OnCombat(pUnit, Event)
Phase = math.random(1,3)
if Phase == 1 then
pUnit:SendChatMessage(12, 0, MessageBegin)
pUnit:RemoveEvents();
pUnit:RegisterEvent("Boss_1", math.random(1000, 30000), 0)
end
if Phase == 2 then
pUnit:SendChatMessage(12, 0, MessageBegin)
pUnit:RemoveEvents();
pUnit:RegisterEvent("Boss_2", math.random(1000, 30000), 0)
end
if Phase == 3 then
pUnit:SendChatMessage(12, 0, MessageBegin)
pUnit:RemoveEvents();
pUnit:RegisterEvent("Boss_3", math.random(1000, 30000), 0)
end
end

function Boss_1(pUnit, Event)
local plr = pUnit:GetMainTank()
if (plr ~= nil) then
pUnit:FullCastSpellOnTarget(Spell_1, plr) 
pUnit:RemoveEvents();
pUnit:RegisterEvent("Restart_Over", 1000, 0)
end
end

function Boss_2(pUnit, Event) --Makes Boss Buffself
pUnit:CastSpell(BuffSelf) 
pUnit:RemoveEvents();
pUnit:RegisterEvent("Restart_Over", 1000, 0)
end

function Boss_3(pUnit, Event)
local plr = pUnit:GetMainTank()
if (plr ~= nil) then
pUnit:CastSpellOnTarget(Spell_2, plr)
pUnit:RemoveEvents();
pUnit:RegisterEvent("Restart_Over", 1000, 0)
end
end

function Restart_Over(pUnit, Event)
local Phase = math.random(1,3)
if Phase == 1 then
pUnit:RegisterEvent("Boss_1", math.random(1000, 45000), 0)
end
if Phase == 2 then
pUnit:RegisterEvent("Boss_2", math.random(1000, 45000), 0)
end
if Phase == 3 then
pUnit:RegisterEvent("Boss_3", math.random(1000, 45000), 0)
end
end

local MessageEndCombat = "Enter Text Here"
local MessageOnDied = "Enter Text Here"
function Boss_OnLeaveCombat(pUnit, Event)
pUnit:SendChatMessage(12, 0, MessageEndCombat)
pUnit:RemoveEvents()
end
function Boss_OnDied(pUnit, Event)
pUnit:SendChatMessage(12, 0, MessageOnDied)
pUnit:RemoveEvents()
end
RegisterUnitEvent(NPCID, 1, "Boss_OnCombat")
RegisterUnitEvent(NPCID, 2, "Boss_OnLeaveCombat")
RegisterUnitEvent(NPCID, 3, "Boss_OnDied")

Not sure if that will help though.

[Kiev]

Can you please tell us if the error has changed at all?

[aseroth]

I'm afraid the error has not changed at all =/ I'm not sure what the problem could be in the code...

[Kiev]

So its still returning a error @ Line one? Have you rebooted the server?

[aseroth]

I'll have to try doing that once I've gotten this new DB installed since I'm trying to get one that does not crash as often

[Kiev]

The database probably isn't the cause for the crash, but an unstable core, try and update it (Aslong as you compiled it yourself)