want player to be able to switch character using gui...

[evildustmite]

I want to be able to switch between two players using a gui, I've set up the buttons in the gui already, but don't know how to script them to actually change to the player. I would also like to have different texts display depending on what character is interacting with a particular hotspot.
I tried something like this:

Code: ags

// room script file

function hUmbrella_Look()
{
  int cID;
  cID == Character.ID;
  If cID ="1";
   then Display("It's an Umbrella,It has a tag on the handle.");
   Else Display("It's your Umbrella,It says so right there on the tag.);
}

but it didn't work,

[Crimson Wizard]

Hi, evildustmite.
Is your script example above a real script you typed, or just a "pseudo-code"?
If it is what you actually typed, then you are using completely wrong syntax and I would suggest you make yourself acquianted with the script syntax and other basics first:
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/wiki/Scripting_tutorial_part_1
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/wiki/Scripting_tutorial_part_2

AGS uses C/C++ - like syntax:

Code: ags

function hUmbrella_Look()
{
  int cID = player.ID;
  if (cID == 1)
    Display("It's an Umbrella,It has a tag on the handle.");
  else
    Display("It's your Umbrella,It says so right there on the tag.");
}

Alternatively, you may compare references, which is much cleaner:

Code: ags

function hUmbrella_Look()
{
  if (player == cTheFirstCharacter) // put here your actual character's script name
    Display("It's an Umbrella,It has a tag on the handle.");
  else
    Display("It's your Umbrella,It says so right there on the tag.");
}

//------------------------------------------------
To change the player character simply do:

Code: ags

cMyAnotherCharacter.SetAsPlayer(); // replace with your actual character script name

For this and other basic questions, there's a manual, which comes both in offline variant (called from AGS by pressing F1) and online variant:
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/manual/
I would advise to at least scan through script function names to learn what you can do in script.

[evildustmite]

Thanks for the reply, yeah that was code I actually typed. I'm not really familiar with any programming languages other than BASIC, which even that I don't know a lot of. So, yeah I guess i'll have to study the syntax a bit more.
I tried your sample code and that didn't work, says the last line before the closing bracket has an error: end of input reached in middle of expression.

I appreciate your help

edit: figured out the problem, there was a missing double quote at the end of the text string.

[Cassiebsg]

evildustmite, it's just a quotation's mark that is missing... get use to those error msg, you'll get see plenty of them, and figuring out what they mean will help you along the way.

The line should look like this:

Code: ags

    Display("It's your Umbrella,It says so right there on the tag.");

All text goes between " "...

[Crimson Wizard]

Oops, I copy pasted that line without noticing .

[evildustmite]

evildustmite, it's just a quotation's mark that is missing... get use to those error msg, you'll get see plenty of them, and figuring out what they mean will help you along the way.

The line should look like this:

Code: ags

    Display("It's your Umbrella,It says so right there on the tag.");

All text goes between " "...

thanks, I figured it out just before I saw your post.