Getting a non-player character to follow you into a new room

[Bender86]

At this point in the game, there are 2 characters available to control. When one character enters a certain room, I need the one which isn't being currently controlled to also enter that room. I tried using:

if (GetPlayerCharacter()==2) {
   character[0].room =6;
   NewRoomEx(6,75,162);
   } 
else if (GetPlayerCharacter()==0) {
   character[2].room =6; 
   NewRoomEx(6,75,162);
   } 
}

In the rooms 'player enters screen (before fadein) script. This produced a black screen. I then tried it in the 'player enters screen' script, which made the room flash between black and normal...kinda crazy... The character however was not to be seen. I'd appreciate some help on this one, thanx ^_^

[Ishmael]

See FollowCharacter and FollowCharacterEx commands in the manual, they might help you.

[stuh505]

1) You are trying to use character[CHAR].room as a function to change the character's room.  This is only a variable that records what room the character is in...changing it won't actually move the character.  You are also using this function incorrectly; you need to put the character's script name in the brackets.

2) if you set follow, they will follow through room transitions.  this could work for your situation.  I am also curious if there is a way to directly move a non-player character from one room to another

3) Why do you have the same line (NewRoomEx) repeated in both conditional statements?  It could be written only once

[Gilbert]

1) Actually changing that character[...].room variable is a valid way of moving a non-player character to another room (use NewRoom(Ex)() for player character to ensure the room change), and refering to a character with number is okay also, though using the script names is a cleaner and better way for it (in case the numbers are changed for some reasons).
2) Just alter the character[...].room variable

Bender:
Actually I don't quite understand why you'd put this in "character enters screen (whatever)" interactions, as it's strange that you want a room change immediately after entering a room, UNLESS that part of script is put in room 6 itself (which I had guessed).
In that case the problem was with your NewRoomEx() lines, as you put them in "character enters screen (whatever)", it will go on an infinite loop of re-entering forever. If you're already in room 6 you don't need the NewRoomEx() lines anymore, so comment/delete these troublesome lines:

if (GetPlayerCharacter()==2) {
Ã,  Ã, character[0].room =6;
Ã,  // NewRoomEx(6,75,162);
Ã,  Ã, }Ã,  
 else if (GetPlayerCharacter()==0) {
Ã,  Ã, character[2].room =6;Ã,  
Ã,  // NewRoomEx(6,75,162);
Ã,  Ã, }Ã,  
}

[Bender86]

Thanx guys ^_^ The follow character command works just fine and..as for those new room comands in my script..god knows why they were there. I think I forgot to delete em after a copy n paste.  Anyways..thanx for the help, its all workin dandy now.