hello. sorry if this is posted before, but i have been trying this for several hours, and have searched with no luck. As you see this is my first post so please dont flame. I am very excited and have just discovered this remarkable tool.
I am in the process of making a really basic game, and a really basic function is what i cannot seem to get to work.
Basically, i have a scene with a raincloud, when my character walks underneath it i would like it to rain.
I have tried defining a hotspot for this area but my very limited knowledge of this scripting is not doing me any favours. I have scoured the manuals, tutorials and forums for an answer, so hopefully you can help me.
Thanks in advance,
Tamika
Look in the manual for 'Regions'. That should be what you're looking for.
thanks for your reply, but as i said I'm extremely new at this scripting lark... if possible can you throw me an example?
Quoteregion[4].RunInteraction(1);
will run the actions defined in the interaction editor for "Player walks onto region" for region 4.
what/where is the interaction editor and how do i define region 4
Which AGS-Version are you using? If it's 3.x then the interaction editor is obsolete..
it is 3.x...
if its obsolete how do i go about doing what i want. i have defined the region... this is where im stuck especially if im looking for an obsolete function
Via the panel on the right side you should access the room's script. There is a section for your created region. The interaction you want to happen should be placed in the player_walks_onto_region-section.
EDIT: When your room is viewed you can click on the [...] next to interaction at the right bottom as far as I remember. But you have to select "regions" in your rooms view first.
Unfortunately I can't use the editor at the moment and can't look the things up, so someone else should help you, but basically you have to do one of the following:
1. Create an object: "Cloud", if it's supposed to move.
2. Check, whether the character is within the x-coodinates of the cloud or not.
3. If he is, then start an animation for the cloud, the rain.
(2. and 3. have to be scripted in the repeatedly_execute function in your room's script)
or:
1. Just draw the cloud, if it's supposed to stand still.
2. Create a region beneath it.
3. In player_walks_onto_region start an animation, in In player_walks_off_region stop the animation. EDIT 2: You can either set the backgroundanimation here (every background can have 4 frames) or set an object visible (the rain).
But you should really go through the tutorials first and look up things like object(-animation), regions, views and interactions... ...and of course scripting...
The interaction-editor was just a little tool to avoid basic scripting, but isn't used in the latest versions anymore, which I think is good, because now you have to learn scripting right from the beginning, which is neccessary anyway.
thanks matti, between your help, and you pointing me in the right direction of the tutorial, i got it working.