Adventure Game Studio

Hi all,

I've been reading most of the cursor threads and I am still struggeling with this one.

I've setup the Pointer to be always the active cursor unless I am on a hotsop or an Object - it's the only one with StandardMode = True.

Then on every hotspot I've added under : Mouse moves over hotspot  - this code :

mouse.SaveCursorUntilItLeaves();
mouse.Mode = eModeInteract; // or eModeLookAt...

So now, it changes to the proper cursor and comes back to my pointer when I leave the hotspot.

I also have a Repeat execute for my room objects.

function room_RepExec()
{
if (Object.GetAtScreenXY(mouse.x, mouse.y) == oBluecup) {
mouse.SaveCursorUntilItLeaves();
mouse.Mode = eModePickup;
 
}

and this also work.

My 2 issues :

1 -
When I select a Inventory Object and I want to place it on a Hotspot, the Inventory cursor will switch to the Pickup Icon because of the hotspot, or if I move the Inventory cursor on the edges of the screen, I move over an other hotstop and It also changes. I would like the eModeUseinv to override all the hotspot changes and to only change to pointer when I right click.

2 -
when I have a Hotspot that could have 2 different behaviors. ( Look and interact ) What should I do ?



Thanks

amuse

You'd have to expand the scipt a little.


function room_RepExec()
{
if(Mouse.Mode != eModeUseinv){
if (Object.GetAtScreenXY(mouse.x, mouse.y) == oBluecup) {
mouse.SaveCursorUntilItLeaves();
mouse.Mode = eModePickup;
 }
}


I don't understand what you want to do if you have 2 options. You can't display 2 cursors at a time...

Thanks for the reply - I guess I am still having issues when I try to apply this to different hotspots

I add the code line of the mouse.Mode to the hotspot code.

function hHotspot2_MouseMove()
{
if(Mouse.Mode != eModeUseinv){
mouse.SaveCursorUntilItLeaves();
mouse.Mode = eModeLookat;
}
}

And I am still getting the undesired cursor changes when passing over other hotspots.

For number 2 - the logic behind it was - being able to Look at a hotspot and also being able to interact at that same hotspot. ( or Talk and Look ) but like you said: How then?

Perhaps what I need would be this:

General Cursor Pointer when Not over any hotspot or GUI

Cursor changes over a hotspot to the normal multi cursor mouse wheel.

This way, the player could choose the task he wants to perform on the hotspots depending on what is available to him ( Interact hotspot, Look Hotspot, pick up hotspot,talk... ).

Is this possible ?

amuse.

Ok, I got number one to work with your code -

I had to change de default cursor. Having the Interact cursor instead of the Pointer cursor gives the proper behaviour now.

Thanks.

Ianic

Quote from: amuse on Thu 18/02/2010 17:32:14
This way, the player could choose the task he wants to perform on the hotspots depending on what is available to him ( Interact hotspot, Look Hotspot, pick up hotspot,talk... ).

Something like the Verb Coin interface found in CoMI? That is implemented in AGS as a standard GUI, so you should be able to extend it to your needs.