Dialog Basics

NemesisRogue99 · Mon 09/02/2004 00:20:48

I have read the manual, I guess I am still stumped, I don't learn too well by text, either, but I'm determined to learn this....

Basically my question is...I'm learning the basics, and I have two characters in a large empty space that is all walkable (so I can get the basics down)

I'm learning how to just move a character in the back on its own without having to rely on a specific action with little success.......but right now, I'm trying to learn dialogue...

I'm starting from scratch....how do I get a small conversation happening between my player character and the other character....

Thanks for your patience..

rtf · Mon 09/02/2004 00:42:28

RTFM

hahahahahahahahaha

sorry about that.

here's the link:

http://www.agsforums.com/acintro8.htm

NemesisRogue99 · Tue 10/02/2004 00:50:38

That helped quite a bit, thank you....

Would you be able to tell me how to add a small animation in the middle of the dialogue?

rtf · Tue 10/02/2004 01:57:25

Quote from: NemesisRogue99 on Tue 10/02/2004 00:50:38
That helped quite a bit, thank you....

Would you be able to tell me how to add a small animation in the middle of the dialogue?

I might have an idea.

You could do this:

@1
EGO: Wait, I need to animate for a second...
stop
//run your anumation
RunDialog(x) //x being your topic number
//etc...

I dont know if it will work, but you might as well try it.

It probably wont fit into your situation, because that would stop the dialog compleatly.

oh well

Takara · Tue 10/02/2004 02:04:18

Or how about...

In the dialog:
@1
EGO: "I'm off to do a dance..."
run-script 1
EGO: "That was fun"

In the global script:
function dialog_request (int parameter) {
if (parameter==1) { // run-script 1
// EGO does a dance
}
}

Hope that helps

Takara.

NemesisRogue99 · Tue 10/02/2004 03:37:56

I don't think I quite understand..I thought I did...but I keep getting parse errors...

My animation is my character's Loop 4...the character's scrip name is JOSH...

function dialog_request1
//Josh gestures
AnimateCharacter(JOSH, 4, 0, 0);

I did this...it told me unexpected Animate..so I'm trying to figure out what to do, if I even did it right....

But yeah, can you tell me what I did wrong?

strazer · Tue 10/02/2004 04:53:24

Use Takara's script.

Takara · Tue 10/02/2004 16:11:00

Remove what you just put into the global script and then copy this directly into the global script:

Code: ags


function dialog_request (int parameter) {
  if (parameter==1) { // run-script 1
    //Josh gestures
    AnimateCharacter(JOSH, 4, 0, 0);
  }
}

Takara