Question Regarding AGS Adventure Game Timing...

[WackyWildCard]

 

AGS Staff and Fellow AGS Forum Members:

I first want to say that this Adventure Game Studio is a radical program, and I am having hours of fun design my Adventure Game on it!

However, I was wondering if someone could give me some simple technical advice (for my simple mind) regarding Adventure Game Timing. What do I mean?

Y'know in certain adventure games where the hero is underwater and holding his breath, and only has a limited amount of time to reach the surface before he expires? Or perhaps he is confronted with a vampire or a werewolf (e.g. King's Quest II) and the hero has a limited amount of time to act quickly or the monster will kill him!

I want to be able to add those kind of features to my game, so the hero has a limited amount of time to act or (kkkeeech!!!)

Could someone in the AGS Staff orplease give me some step-by-step instructions for making time limites in AGS Games?


I would really appreciate it!

Thanks!

Wacky Wild Card

[monkey0506]

I'm kind of distracted at the moment (I'm actually about to go to bed), but you might want to look at these:

SetTimer
IsTimerExpired
repeatedly_execute (a little more than 1/2 way down)

Set the timer when the timed event starts (i.e., the player enters the room full of water), then check whether it is expired in repeatedly_execute (rep_ex) with something like:

Code: ags

// in rep_ex
if (IsTimerExpired(TIMERNUM)) {
  Display("ARG!  I've died!");
  }

[WackyWildCard]

Thank You for taking the time to give me some helpful advice!

I will find the information provided useful.

(Though I wish there was a feature in AGS that enabled Timer settings without scripting knowledge.)

[monkey0506]

Well, I've looked and I can't find any previously suggestions for this, so you can suggest it in the Technical Forum.  Just create a new thread with "SUGGESTION:" in the title.  Perhaps something like "SUGGESTION:  Interaction editor timers" or some such.

And I'm glad you found my suggestions helpful.