Hotspot descriptions SOLVED

[JRock]

I checked thru the manual and I can't find anything on this and I tried everything I could, but I cant figure it out:

How do I make it so that the name of a hotspot or object will appear on the screen when the cursor is over it?

I know it has something to do with the GUI labels or something, but Im stumped.

If anyone could help me, that would be awesome!

Thanks a bunch!!!

[strazer]

If you need a quick, simple solution, try Gilbot's OverHot script module.

[JRock]

lol sorry.  that wont work cuz I dont have internet on the pc I am using ags on.  i cant download the module.

Anyone else have a solution?

thx 

[strazer]

- Create a new GUI, name it "MOUSEOVER"
- Remove its "Clickable" checkbox
- Put a label on it
- Set the label's text to "@OVERHOTSPOT@"
- Go to menu "Script" -> "repeatedly_execute" and put these two lines in:

Code: ags

function repeatedly_execute() {

  gMouseover.x = mouse.x; // move GUI to mouse position
  gMouseover.y = mouse.y;

}

You could've easily found something like this searching the forum.

[Ishmael]

Here's a bit I did as a test some time ago. Retrieving the hotspot name with script was proven to be better than using @OVERHOTSPOT@ some time ago. Anyway, if you find this bit too hard to implement, strazer's code works just fine, and is much easier to put in

GUI is called "Ovh" and the label in it is "Overhp".

Beginning of global script:

string buffer;
int width;

function UpdateStatus() {
Ã,  GetLocationName(mouse.x, mouse.y, buffer);
Ã,  Overhp.SetText(buffer);
Ã,  width = GetTextWidth(buffer, Overhp.Font);
Ã,  Overhp.Width = width + 1;
Ã,  gOvh.Width = width + 1;
Ã,  gOvh.X = mouse.x;
Ã,  gOvh.Y = mouse.y;
Ã,  if(gOvh.X>(320-width)) {
Ã,  Ã,  gOvh.X=(320-width);
Ã,  }
}

And then in repeadetly_execute just add:

Ã,  UpdateStatus();

The stausline will behave a bit better when close to the right screen edge. Correcting it's behaviour near the bottom edge is easy too, but for my project it wasn't neccesary so I haven't put it into the code.

[JRock]

thanks guys!Ã,  with your help, i figured it out!Ã,  Ã,