"Selected Graphic" for Inventory Items (Solved for now)

[Mugs]

I looked everywhere for a solution to my problem,  but I couldn't find one.  Anyways...


I want the graphic of an inventory item to change when it is selected.  This is so that the player knows which inventory item is selected (the game does not use inventory cursors). 

I don't know what details to provide,  but here are some details anyways:

iPencil =  Name of inventory item ("Normal" graphic slot is 46  -  The desired "selected" graphic slot is 48) 
cPlay = Player character (Note:  I plan to have many player characters in the game)

Please tell me if I am missing any necessary details.


Thank you in advance.

[AdamM]

Off the top of my head, do you see any problems with this?

Code: ags

function repeatedly_execute() {

 if (cPlay.ActiveInventory == iPencil) {
  iPencil.Graphic = 48
 }

 else {
 iPencil.Graphic = 46
 }

}

[Mugs]

Thank you very much.   I knew that the solution would probably involve iPencil.Graphic,  but it didn't work when I tried it on my own.

The code seems to be working fine, however, I might run into a problem later on.  Its kinda hard to explain. 

I'll post an update if ever I run into another problem.

[AdamM]

Oh, I can't believe I forgot the semicolons. I'm such an amateur!

[Trent R]

I'd suggest using some custom properties. Either use one in conjuction with the CursorGraphic property, or use two custom properties. Then you can call something like iPencil.Graphic=iPencil.GetProperty("Selected").

If you have 'handle inventory clicks in script' set to true, I believe you can take this further and have it do it all for you. Otherwise, you'd probably have to hardcode it all with a rep_exec like Adam posted.



~Trent

[Khris]

Since 3.1.2 there's InventoryItem.CursorGraphic.
I didn't test it, but I guess it'll still return the slot if "Use selected inventory graphic for cursor" isn't checked.