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Beginners' Technical Questions / Re: AGS based game stopped working...?

« on: 30 Jun 2009, 20:05 »

I have a similar problem when I debug a 800x600 AGS game I'm making. It'll freeze the game's screen, but it will flash between it and the current screen. It happens when my laptop is unplugged as well.


~Trent

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Beginners' Technical Questions / Re: Clicking on items in second inventory

« on: 25 Jun 2009, 03:56 »

The most basic way to handle this is to set the player character to the dummy, but this can have ramifications such as changing the room, but can also be easily worked around. A very easily solution is to use the same view for both characters.

Guy: InvWindow.GetAt can be done with GUIControl.GetAt and .AsType. You could even script and extender if you plan on using it often.



~Trent

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Beginners' Technical Questions / Re: SayAt() not working right? Or just me? [WORKAROUND]

« on: 25 Jun 2009, 03:49 »

Terran, I like your idea of using .Say and .Speaking. I probably would've suggested overlays as well, but you are such a genius!

~Trent

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Beginners' Technical Questions / Re: Accelaration and deccelaration

« on: 18 Jun 2009, 01:25 »

Then read the instructions of use in the module's manual (usual contained in the module's script header, so that you can read it in AGS)

~Trent

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Beginners' Technical Questions / Re: Script "Rules"

« on: 15 Jun 2009, 23:26 »

I've never used DisplayAt, but you can best solve your problem with this:
[code]DateTime *dt = DateTime.Now;
String time=String.Format("The time is: %02d:%02d:%02d", dt.Hour, dt.Minute, dt.Second)
DisplayAt (700, 400, 370, time);
[/code]

As for your other questions, I don't have time right now to answer, but someone else will, or you can check out the Scripting tutorial in the manual.


~Trent

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Beginners' Technical Questions / Re: SayBackground integer dilema

« on: 15 Jun 2009, 21:09 »

You can only do that when the parameter is a const string like in .Say, so for SayBackground use
[code]
    cChar1.SayBackground(String.Format("try %d", tries));
[/code]
Slightly confusing, but easy to solve.


[Edit]: So I might be wrong about the const string thing... but I  know it's related. Either way, String.Format will solve your problem.


~Trent

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Adventure Related Talk & Chat / Re: MISSING LINKS

« on: 11 Jun 2009, 22:34 »

But as in the thread Tosh linked, many of the links are recently broken because of BfS is down. When that gets back up, or a replacement, I think a proactive link fixing operation can be done (especially in prep for a new design)


~Trent

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Beginners' Technical Questions / Re: Disabling key presses in a room

« on: 11 Jun 2009, 18:23 »

I'm agreed with you Snake, ClaimEvent wasn't part of my scripting vocab for a long time. My favorite use of it is actually with the on_event rather than key_press or mouse_click.

Question to the scripting masters: What functions will it actually claim? The manual mentions only key_press and mouse_click, but I'm guessing that it works for all functions listed on that page, right?



~Trent

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Beginners' Technical Questions / Re: Follow Character still appearing

« on: 11 Jun 2009, 16:00 »

Put the lines Guy has pointed out in the room_leave scripts of the last rooms that are 'followable'.

For example, say a wolf is following Little Red Riding Hood through the woods. Once she gets inside the house, she won't be followed anymore. So in the room outside the house, put cWolf.FollowCharacter(null) in the room_leave script. You may also want to put a cWolf.FollowCharacer(player) in the room_afterfadein so that when you come back to the room.....


If you have to do this with a large number of rooms, I suggest reading up on Custom Properties and the on_event function. It's not hard scripting, but we're here to answer questions you may have about it.



~Trent

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General Discussion / Re: JJ Abrams Star Trek Movie and Beyond...

« on: 11 Jun 2009, 00:07 »

Saw it today and it absolutely blew me away. Loved it through and through.

Personally, I feel the movie did an excellent job of incorporating the Star Trek shows into it. It didn't retcon, but rather allowed both to exist and still tell its own story. And I've never liked Star Trek, but I knew enough characters to enjoy it--which a original sci-fi could not do.


~Trent

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Beginners' Technical Questions / Re: Disabling key presses in a room

« on: 10 Jun 2009, 23:56 »

I beg to differ.

Hi,

Can I deactivate a key then activate it later on in the game?

Can I deactivate a key then activate it later on in the game?

~Trent

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Beginners' Technical Questions / Re: Disabling key presses in a room

« on: 10 Jun 2009, 22:32 »

Haven't you asked this twice before?

~Trent

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Advanced Technical Forum / Re: AGS 3.2 beta 2 - Curry Edition

« on: 10 Jun 2009, 18:58 »

@Jp: Hahaha, you linked a thread where I quoted Dualnames from this very thread!

@CJ: Woohoo-Curry! DLing now.

@Dave: Glad to help, but did you see Pumaman's reply to your question? It's smack in the middle of his big post above.


~Trent

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Beginners' Technical Questions / Re: Mouse over Object

« on: 10 Jun 2009, 18:54 »

You can also use Custom Properties in conjunction with this to do some powerful stuff.

I checked for something modulised but couldn't find anything.

I must be crazy then. Oh well.


~Trent

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Beginners' Technical Questions / Re: Script not quite right (on_key_press function)

« on: 10 Jun 2009, 18:51 »

That gives me the error saying I can't use the change room command within non-blocking events such as the repeatedly_execute_always one.

A-hah. Well, I didn't have the manual in front of me at the time... but Christian has come and save the day.


~Trent

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Beginners' Technical Questions / Re: getting 2 different responses to the same interaction [urgent]

« on: 10 Jun 2009, 18:48 »

Ways to use your existing code:
1) Add an else if to the second if statement (like Guy's first block of code)
2) Remove the second if and replace it with an else (like Guy's second block of code)
3) Add a return command at the end of the first if statement, which terminates the rest of the script

Also, the only time you need to use the object[] array is in the global script. Otherwise, you can just use it's script name (oespelho).

Another thing of mention, you can format sections of code (like above) by putting it between [ code ] [ /code ] brackets (minus the spaces).


~Trent

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Beginners' Technical Questions / Re: Script not quite right (on_key_press function)

« on: 10 Jun 2009, 00:51 »

I'm thinking that your Wait(4) for 120 loops may be blocking the keypresses. Try adding this to your room:

[code]function repeatedly_execute_always() {  //the always means that this runs even during blocking events
  if (IsKeyPressed(eKeyReturn)) {
    player.ChangeRoom (2, 130, 120);
  }
}[/code]

Not sure, but try it.
[Edit]:Oops, that's what I get from being lazy and copy-pasting.
~Trent

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Beginners' Technical Questions / Re: A little animation

« on: 09 Jun 2009, 21:51 »

Glad to help. Besides, it's good for everybody (not just the OP) to discuss other ways of solving problems. Makes you a better scripter.


~Trent

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Beginners' Technical Questions / Re: Semi-Transparency

« on: 09 Jun 2009, 21:50 »

mouse.Mode=eModePointer;


~Trent

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Beginners' Technical Questions / Re: Is changeRoom the ONLY way to change a characters' room?

« on: 09 Jun 2009, 21:45 »

There was a recent thread dealing with moving the character on screen instantaneously (solution being to change the xy values directly) in which someone suggested using ChangeRoom to the same room. Perhaps that would fix your second problem?


~Trent