Looking for new and original responces for unhandled events.

[fidodido]

I really tried hard, but I just couldn't find new sentences that the player character sais when you use an item on character/hotspot/object etc.

Do you have any more ideas, other than "that does'nt work", "you'd have to think of something else", "I can't do it" and all the rest of the banal responces?

[Minimi]

Well what I make is like, when you talk to a window, he says...

"For as far as I know, windows do not talk, but I could give it a try.."
"Hello, Window!"
"...."
"argh!"
"Nope they don't talk!"

So you can make a little talk around it, and I actually hope this is humor, because this is the kind of humor I use in my game

Using something on a object that does not work :

"Let me get my situation-guidencebook..."
"*searching...*"
"Well, it's not in the situation-guidencebook, I'll try something else!"

[auhsor]

Short messages are usually better, as the user will probably receive them often, so having to click through 3 text boxes would be annoying.

[Esseb]

I liked the responses in Chewy: Esc From F5.

"Not a chance, Lance"
"No way, Jose"

And a few other name rhymes I can't recall at the moment.

Edit: "No way, Hombre" it was, not Jose.

[fidodido]

I liked the responses in Chewy: Esc From F5.

I know it's off-subject, but about Chewy: Esc From F5 - do you have any idea how can I make it run in windows XP??? I've downloaded it from underdogs, but I can't play it (XP has no MS-DOS mode...)

[Minimi]

Right mouse click on the exe or bat file, and go to properties. Then go to compatibilities tab, and select Win95. Click OK to save... and now it should work!

[m0ds]

Just write each one induvidually. It's what I do. Therefore "That doesn't work" doesn't constantly appear. You don't walk around saying that kind of thing over and over

m0ds

[fidodido]

Just write each one induvidually. It's what I do. Therefore "That doesn't work" doesn't constantly appear.

But that will take YEARS: let's say there's a 30 rooms' game, each room has 8 hotspots, and 2 objects (average). Summing up to 300 hotspots/objects in the game.

Adding 25 characters, it's 325 'things' to interact with.

Now, let's say there are 25 inventory items.

25 times 325 equales 8,125!!!

Okay, my next game will be ready in November 2035...  

[m0ds]

"Well, that isn't going to work"

[Minimi]

Well you could make a random line going... like write 30 random sentences... and everytime you want one.. the game picks a random sentence.

[Evil]

"What? Are you some BEEPing retard? I said 'That doesnt work' and 'Sorry' like 100 times now! Just deal with it!"

"Damnit, your gonna break it soon!"

something along those lines?

[Esseb]

Fidodido: Well, it kinda works for me. It runs etc., but there's no mouse support. When I played it I was running 98. Music/voices work with VDMS but not sounds for some reason.

[Scavenger]

Here's my own (the things I would say if I were in a computer game. I have a mic and everything )

-No, no, and furthermore, no.
-I'm not going to demean myself for your enjoyment.
-My, what an interesting life you must lead.
-I can't do it. I see no way of doing it. So therefore, it can't be done.
-It's against my religion to do that.
-Uuh, no.
-Were you born stupid, or is it something you have to learn?
-I'll stop being sarcastic when you raise your IQ a few hundred points.
-Stupid.
-MISTAKE.
-Yes, you can do that. But it won't improve things.
-Try to think of things that actually work next time.
-What's that Lassie? Push player down a deep mine shaft?
-That is just nonsense.
-Try to put yourself in my position. Would you do that?

But I'm malevolent.

[Rincewind]

Hehe, Malevolent Dragon - I like those. That's the kind of things I'd like to hear as well.

I just can't enough of the one in Sam & Max, where if you continue to use the pick up-command on some item that can't be picked up, Sam starts crying... Brilliant...

My humble contribution:
"I assume that was some kind of joke from your side, so I won't perform that action."