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[ottomadenedamotto]

So, I'm working on installing an NPC and I've run into a very strange problem.  To make a long story short, here's what I'm getting from the installer:

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[Aiden/Q!adn.d] PARSE ERROR at line 28 column 1-5
Near Text: ~ THEN BEGIN adnjoina3
SAY ~
syntax error

[Aiden/Q!adn.d]  ERROR at line 28 column 1-5
Near Text: ~ THEN BEGIN adnjoina3
SAY ~
Parsing.Parse_error
ERROR: parsing [Aiden/Q!adn.d]: Parsing.Parse_error
ERROR: compiling [Aiden/Q!adn.d]!
Stopping installation because of error.

And here's the bit of dialogue it's getting stuck on, beginning with line 27:

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IF ~~ THEN BEGIN adnjoina3
SAY ~So, may I join with you?~
IF ~Global ("adnjoina4","GLOBAL",0)~ THEN REPLY ~You said you were in Baldur's Gate not long ago.  What are you doing in Athkatla now?~ GOTO adnjoina4
IF ~Global ("adnjoina5","GLOBAL",0)~ THEN REPLY ~Who is that woman you were talking to?~ GOTO adnjoina5
IF ~Global ("adnjoina6","GLOBAL",0)~ THEN REPLY ~I've reason to suspect treachery from new acquaintances.  How do I know I can trust you?~ GOTO adnjoina6
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Very well.  I'll have you.~ GOTO adnjoinb1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I have no need of you at this time.~ GOTO adnjoinc1
END

So, as far as I know, starting a piece of dialogue with "SAY ~" is pretty standard.  I've got a whole mess of dialogue above it that starts exactly the same way and that's getting through the installer, so can anybody tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks in advance!

[Ipsissimus]

Errors are generally a line or two above the reported error line.

Also, why do you have so many join variables?

[ottomadenedamotto]

why do you have so many join variables?

They're meant to designate whether or not that path in the conversation had previously been taken. Removing them has no effect on this error.

Edited by ottomadenedamotto, 07 September 2010 - 05:11 PM.

[berelinde]

Can you post the block before this in the file?

[ottomadenedamotto]

Ah, I had a tilde missing there. Thanks.

Edited by ottomadenedamotto, 07 September 2010 - 08:17 PM.