First person point and click adventure, is it possible?

[Starcat]

Hi folks !

I've just joined the AGS Forum and I hope this question isn't too stupid.  
I'm planning to do a first person point and click adventure (a bit like Myst, just with traditional point and click puzzles) and I was wondering if this is possible with AGS ?

For example I would not need a player character walking around. Is it possible to "hide" the player character and still keep walk activated ? And at the same time, turn the walk command into a "go to different room" instead of walk to position ?

I hope you understand what I'm trying to say. Any help would be very welcome. Thanks.

[Moox]

I made one a while back, make completly transparent sprites for char walk or just check the button that says hide player character. Instead of walk I used arrows to move, but you could use walk by just creating hot spots

[Scummbuddy]

This question, as well as others are covered in the ags beginners faq.

[Starcat]

Hi !

Thanks for the replys.

Scummbuddy, could you please post a direct link to the tutorial that you mean ? There were a few tutorials in the AGS docs section, that had "beginner" in the name, but ended up with broken links I think.

Regards, Lars.

[Moox]

Theres a manual built into ags, just hit help

[InCreator]

- Open AGS
- Open Room Editor
- Check that box labelled as "Hide player Character"
tada!

[TerranRich]

In the "READ FIRST" thread in this very forum, as well as the "RULES" thread, there are links to the Beginners' FAQ, created and maintained by yours truly. Look at Question #10 under "Graphics and Characters".

[Starcat]

Hi !

I have spend some more time working on my own GUI and I have found another problem. My gui is a 320x240 picture with a transparent "window" in it that would be the actual playfield. However I have two problems with this.

1) The window isn't transparent somehow even though the graphic thumbnail itself is displayed correctly the way it should be. any ideas ?

2) The top and bottom of the gui are cut off even though I run 320x240 as game resolution. Even setting it to higher resolutions doesn't solve this. X/Y pos are set to 0, so I think it *should* work, but doesn't.

Another question to LostTraveler....

You said this could also be done using hotspots, but in "hide character" mode I do not have the walk button anymore. Is there a way to activate hotspots without the walk command ?

Regards, Lars.

[Starcat]

Hi !

Ok, I figured out how to use the hotspots by click, but I still haven't found a solution to the other problems.

Regards, Lars.

[Scorpiorus]

1) The window isn't transparent somehow even though the graphic thumbnail itself is displayed correctly the way it should be. any ideas ?

Are you sure that window's transprent area is filled with a transparent color - RGB(255, 0, 255) i.e. bright pink in hi-color mode.

2) The top and bottom of the gui are cut off even though I run 320x240 as game resolution. Even setting it to higher resolutions doesn't solve this. X/Y pos are set to 0, so I think it *should* work, but doesn't.

Could you please post a screenshort to demonstrate the problem?