Moving the screen

[Nabeel]

Umm...I wanted to ask, how can you let the player move the whole screen?
Like in 6 Days Assasin when we were to shoot the Sniper...

[TerranRich]

Haven't played 6DA in a long time...do you mean scrolling backgrounds? If so, just make the background larger than the room size (320x200 for example). You'll need some scripting for using the mouse to move the screen, however.

[R4L]

You'll need some scripting for using the mouse to move the screen, however.

You'll need to use Viewport commands. Look in the manual for more info on them.

[Lt. Smash]

you could create hotspots but better would to check if the mouse is left/right or up/down.

you may use this code(not tested but should work):

Code: ags

game rep execute:

if(player.Room==Scrollroom)
{
  if(mouse.x<20) //or room rep execute from here
  {
    SetViewport(GetViewportX()-1,0); //increase -1 for faster scrolling
  }

  else if(mouse.x>300)
  { 
    SetViewport(GetViewportX()+1,0); //increase +1 for faster scrolling
  }
  
  else if(mouse.y<20)
  {
    SetViewport(0,GetViewportY()-1); //increase -1 for faster scrolling
  }

  else if(mouse.y>180)
  {
    SetViewport(0,GetViewportY()+1); //increase +1 for faster scrolling
  }
}

EDIT: fixed typo