Using screenshots in game

[Jackpumpkinhead]

So I am working on an idea for a game and one of the characters items is a camera. I thought that within the game you could take pictures of things in the game and look at these pictures to assist in solving puzzles. So my question is if it is possible to take a screenshot in the game and recall it to look at it later in the game?

[Khris]

Sure:
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/manual/DynamicSprite.CreateFromScreenShot.htm

Just make sure the array of DynamicSprites is global.

Example:

Code: ags

// GlobalScript.asc

DynamicSprite*photo[100];
int photo_count;

// on_key_press

  if (keycode == eKeySpace && photo_count < 100) {
    photo[photo_count] = DynamicSprite.CreateFromScreenShot();
    photo_count++;
  }

[Ghost]

There was a RON game once that boasted a fully functional camera for Mika, wich was also implemented that way IIRC. It was great fun, but unfortunately limited to one photo- as soon as you took another one the old one was replaced, so I really suggest you use an array.

A digital camera comes to mind, incorporated as a GUI that allows quick browsing.