Topic: My Hotspots are not working!

[d0gskin]

  I am simply going through the tutorial and cannot get my hotspots to interact whatsoever... it must be extremely simple haha.  I tried the FAQ's and stuff.. I'm just missing it!  please laugh and help thanx!
-d0gskin

[Scorpiorus]

Can you elaborate, what you've done etc... ?

Make sure you're drawing a hotspot and not a walkable/walkbehind area.

What code/commands did you use on interact the hotspot?

[d0gskin]

okay, I was simply following the tutorial and I have drawn the hotspots, and I'm sure that they are hotspots and not walkable/walkbehind areas.  I followed the script to the "t" as far as code/commands go.  But I'll make a step by step detailed summory of what I did:

I first clicked on "hotspot" in the dropdown tree under areas.  I then made a name "door" for my hotspot.  Then I clicked "interactions"  and double clicked on the "pick up hotspot" flag(I have also used other hotspots to try and see if the error was consistant.. and it was), then in the dropdown tree I clicked "Game- Display a message" and then Edit message.  Then I clicked new message and simply typed a cheesy line in the text box, and then clicked okay without checking any boxes, and so on and so forth.. 

did I miss something??.. thanx for the help!

[Wretched]

You probably want 'interact hotspot'  not 'pick-up hotspot'.

[Khris]

I first clicked on "hotspot" in the dropdown tree under areas.  I then made a name "door" for my hotspot.

Did you actually draw the hotspot?

[Mr Flibble]

...I have drawn the hotspots, and I'm sure that they are hotspots and not walkable/walkbehind areas...

[d0gskin]

You probably want 'interact hotspot' not 'pick-up hotspot'.

Well I tried that... and it still isn't working.  I've programmed a message now to technically pop up anytime I click on my hotspot. 

[Nathan23]

Ok, ok there is something you pass out
first: do you define any type of cursors? like interact, look, walk mode???
if you don't refer to the manual for that then put in pratice the part of the hostpots

[d0gskin]

I'm sorry Nathan, I don't really understand what you mean.  I think I may just start from scratch again and follow the tutorial once more.  I have followed it as well as I know... unless I'm skipping over something or not understanding.  I would assume that before I try and re-download it.  I just don't understand how its just not working!!!  :... although, maybe you could explain what you mean by "defign cursors".  I have assigned messages to pop up and such.  thanks so much everyone

[Nathan23]

although, maybe you could explain what you mean by "defign cursors".  I have assigned messages to pop up and such.

In the tutorial of AGS, read the part 9 about how create cursors, you will notice that for click over a hostpot you will need the interact cursor and image linked with that.

Follow the tutorial once again, step by step and I'm sure it will work , antoher thing you can do is begin with a default game (or you already did that).