2 Q´s

[Best]

I have 2 questions:

1. How to use the run-script x function from dialog properly? I red t manual, but dont understand it. Please help.

2. What is the maximal limit of TIMER?

Thanks

Best Willis

[Ishmael]

1.

In dialog script, when you want to, say, run script number 1, which usually is the first script to be run, when starting to use the dialog_request, just put:

run-script 1

in the dialog script. Then, in the Global Script, make a new function, dialog_request, and set it up with an if-statement to check which script is meant to be run, like:

function dialog_request (int xval) {

// first, the if to check which number was passed with run-script as the script number to be run.

if (xval == 1) { // if it was 1...
// ... run the script placed here
}

}

[Kweepa]

1. First, put "run-script 5" in your dialog.
Then, go to the "Script" menu and select "Edit global script".
Then, find the dialog_request function and type this code into it:

if (xvalue == 5) {
 // replace this code with whatever you want to do in the dialog
 FaceCharacter(EGO, NARRATOR);
 DisplaySpeech(EGO, "I can hear you breathing.");
}

If you can't find the dialog_request function, maybe you don't have one yet - and if you started the game from scratch, that will be the case - so in the global script, right at the bottom, type this in

function dialog_request (int xvalue) {
 if (xvalue == 5) {
   // replace this code with whatever you want to do in the dialog
   FaceCharacter(EGO, NARRATOR);
   DisplaySpeech(EGO, "I can hear you breathing.");
 }
}

< edit - I seem to be following TK around >

2. If you mean how long can a timer run for, it's an int, so I think its maximum value is about 2,000,000,000 game ticks, which is 50,000,000 seconds, or about 580 days. That should be enough for most games