Looking at item before picking it up [SOLVED]

[manta4ray]

Hi there,
Ã,  I am the new girl on the block and am very new to AGS and to scripting.Ã,  Just starting out with a game and was wondering if there is a way to have a character look at an item or hotspot before he/she is able to interact with it.Ã,  I have tried several different scripts (that I found in the forums), but none seem to be what I need.Ã,  Right now, all I have is a blank slate.Ã,  Any and allÃ,  help would be greatly appreciated...
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Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  Many thanks in advance

[limeTree]

There is already a face poition option,and depending the AGS version you are using,you can set that on the settings meanu.
But,meaby i misunderstood you.
What exactly do you want?

[manta4ray]

Thank-you for responding so quickly...

   If it can be done, I want to be able to have the player look at an item or hotspot using eModeLook before he/she actually can interact with it.  That way, the player can't just pick up items at random.

[Ali]

I think you need to define some kind of integer to store information about whether the player has looked at the hotspot. I'm no expert but I'd try something like this...

When the player looks at the hotspot/object:

cEgo.Say ("Oh look, a bucket of prawns");
LookPrawns=1;

And when they interact with the hotspot:

if (LookPrawns!=(1)) cEgo.Say ("I'd better look at them first");
if (LookPrawns==(1)) {cEgo.Say ("Mmm, delicious prawns!");
cEgo.AddInventory (iPrawn);}

You'd also need to define:

int LookPrawns;

I think in the Global Header, but I don't have AGS to hand so I can't check.

As I say, I'm no expert. Something like this should work, but I'm sure someone cleverer will correct any mistakes I've made here.

[Alynn]

You could do this a few ways...

One create a bool for each item
bool ItemOneLookedAt = false;
bool ItemTwoLookedAt = false;

and so on... once each item is looked at change the variable to true, and for the interaction check if it's true, and if it is, then allow it to be picked up.

The other way is to create a custom property for each item that bascially does the same exact thing. Fairly similar to what Ali said execpt it would be

if (PrawnLookedAt) {
cEgo.Say("MMM Prawns");
cEgo.AddInventory(iPrawn);
}
else Say("Maybe I should look at them first.");

Hope it helped

[manta4ray]

Thank-you both very much!!!

I tried Ali's suggestion and it worked perfectly!!!  Now, the game goes on...

[Ali]

I'm glad I helped, but bear Alynn's suggestions in mind for the future. They look a little more elegant than mine.