Question about strings...

[Vincent]

I was wondering if you can put text in a string. like in the beginning there's a question like what is your name, and that becomes the main character's name.

Vincent

[ratracer]

I nvere tried it but I think this should work:


string name;
InputBox("What is your name?", name);

character[CHARID].name = name;

[Vincent]

I tried what you said, the inputbox works. but I don't get how you can display the name after you put it in the string..

[Scummbuddy]

Display
Display (string message, ...)

Displays a message to the screen. It will be displayed in the standard message box, and centred in the middle of the screen. You can insert the values of variables using "%d" and "%s" in the message. To insert the value of an integer variable, use %d, to insert a string use %s.
Example:

str maincharname;
Display ("Your name is %s.", maincharname);

[Vincent]

I tried it, but it only worked within an conversation.
But I want that the game asks at the beginning what my name is.
And then uses it trough the whole game.


Vincent

[Dorcan]

If you want to have the player's name written on the top of the screen for exemple, you can make a gui with a Label inside, format a string with the player's name, and display the string in the Label.

Exemple :

First Room script (the one that the game start with)


function GetPlayerName(){
string name;
string S;

  InputBox("What is your name?", name);
  StrCopy(character[EGO].name,name); //!! You can't do : character.[EGO].name = name;  Use StrCopy() instead.

  Display("Welcome in my game, %s",character[EGO].name);

  StrFormat(S,"Player's name is %s",character[EGO].name);
  SetLabelText(0,0,S); //I assume that it's GUI 0, and the LabelText =#0
  GUIOn(0); //Display the GUI with the player's name inside
}

function object0_a() { //The player try to open a door
  // script for object0: Interact object
  Display("Sorry %s, but you don't have the key...",character[EGO].name);
}


function room_a() {
  // script for room: First time player enters screen
  GetPlayerName();
}

[ratracer]

Dorcan, I believe what you say but why can't you use character[EGO].name = name; to change the name?

[Dorcan]

It's a specification of the engine... It doesn't work well when you try to do string1 = string2.

Now, recent versions of the engine report this error when trying to compile the game (except character[EGO].name=name, but it does return nothing, and character[EGO].name has then no value)

[Suicidal_Rabbit]

Is it possible to use this name string in a dialog??
Please answer with the code