need help with ags snow

Chicky · Thu 01/01/2004 20:06:31

i didnt know wether to post this in the begginer forum or the technical but hey, here goes.

im trying to get the ags snow plugin to wrok but it wont, i extracted the files into te ags folder, but the two applicattion extention files wernt there, but thats cus they're aplication extentions right?

newayz i loaded my game went to plugnis, ticked the ags snow plugin box then saved. so that means i extracted it propally.

Then i extracted te two files it says to, into my game/compiled folder. right.

im not sure wether idid this propally but this is my main problem. I dont understand how you atachally activate the rain and how to set it in the script.

please help

-a chicken

Scorpiorus · Thu 01/01/2004 20:20:03

So were you able to run your game with the plugin ticked? If you were then it's installed correctly. Next, you need to draw some raindrops and set up a view. Have you run the snow/rain demo game? Look in it and see how the snow/rain script attached. Yes, you need to write some script commands in order to make snow/rain plugin work. Look in SnowRain20.txt file for the related script functions.

on player enters room:

srSetRainAmount(500);

How progressing?

Chicky · Thu 01/01/2004 20:22:44

err, unable to load snow rain pluggin.dll ??

- a chicken

Scorpiorus · Thu 01/01/2004 20:26:32

To run the demogame copy alleg40.dll into SnowDemo\Compiled folder.

Chicky · Thu 01/01/2004 20:27:07

Ahah, the files were hidden

im still working on it tho

- a chicken

Scorpiorus · Thu 01/01/2004 20:28:52

Quotebut the two applicattion extention files wernt there, but thats cus they're aplication extentions right?

Ah, yes DLLs are always hidden. By default Windows hides them as system files.

Chicky · Thu 01/01/2004 20:32:34

right, soo i put the dll file into the snow demo's compiled folder ... right

but it isnt working it has the same message??

- a chicken

Chicky · Thu 01/01/2004 20:41:14

err now problem, i got it ot work, went on test game the window loaded nd then it had a big error message.

soo im still trying

-a chicken

Scorpiorus · Thu 01/01/2004 20:43:24

hmm, strange. What versions of AGS, snow/rain plugin and Windows respectively?

Just in case, the files should go as follows:

in AGS\ two files:
SnowRain201.dll
alleg40.dll

in AGS\SnowDemo\Compiled:
alleg40.dll

Chicky · Thu 01/01/2004 20:48:55

umm windows 98, ags 2.55 dunn about snow rain plugin.

- a chicken

Chicky · Thu 01/01/2004 20:52:36

im downloading ags 2.6 now ... can you convert game files? atachally thinkin about it u probally can.

-a chciken

Scorpiorus · Thu 01/01/2004 20:54:59

Look it in SnowRain20.txt, it should be either ver2.0 or ver 2.01. If it's 2.01 you need the latest AGS v2.6 I am afraid. If you can't upgrade AGS then download an older version of plugin (2.0) from here.

Chicky · Thu 01/01/2004 20:57:13

aweet, i jus finished the ags2.6 download nd reinstalled it, and it works

if i have any other problems then i'll post them here

Thanx a lot scorpiorus

-a chicken

ps when i finally finish my game u'll b one of the first to know