Change background after period of time

[Suto]

Can anyone tell me how do put a time function in my game.  Here is the idea I want to be waiting/walking around in a room for about ten seconds or so and I want it to change to night, and the whole background changes not just the sky.  Is there a time related background change script?

[Darth Mandarb]

Look up, in the help file:

SetTimer & SetBackgroundFrame

You'll want to set up the background animation for the two different images.

Scripting:

// After fadein
// Set the timer for 400 ticks (about 10 seconds)
SetBackgroundFrame(1); // to avoid the background flickering between the two
SetTimer(1,400); // 10 seconds

// in the room's repeatedly execute
if (IsTimerExpired(1)==1) {
SetBackgroundFrame(2); // the night time background
}

That should be what you need.

~ d

DISCLAIMER: I'm not a scripting expert

[Suto]

thanks for the tick tip that realy helps

[Suto]

How would i go about adding a days of the week thing to this after every cycle, and add people in a different room, or change things in a different room, or have some things different on a special 8th day of the week.
And how would i make people move across the screan like out of one door and into another, when the day changes or like in the middle of the day Sorry for all the questions but you people are just so nice
Or mabye ill just ask one at a time later...

[Scorpiorus]

First, build up a timer like that:

//in the global script

int day=1; // current day
int hour=1; // current hour
int minute=1; // current minute
int loop=1; // current loop

// the next intervals affect the time duration:
int minute_time = 40; // [in game loops]
int hour_time = 60; // [in minutes]
int day_time = 24; // [in hours]

function repeatedly_execute() {
// put anything you want to happen every game cycle here
Ã, Ã, Ã, if (loop > minute_time) { // if loop timer has expired
Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, loop = 1;
Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, minute++;
Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, if (minute > hour_time) { // if minute timer has expired
Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, minute = 1;
Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, hour++;
Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, if (hour > day_time) { // if hour timer has expired
Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, hour = 1;
Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, day++;
Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, }

Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, }

Ã, Ã, Ã, } else loop++; // else increase loop timer

}

// at the end of the global script

export day, hour, minute;



// in the script header
import int day, hour, minute;



From now, to move a character MAN in a current room but only if say it's 8 o'clock on day 3 you can type-in:

in room repeatedly interaction (run-script):

if ((day==3) && (hour==8)) {

 MoveCharacterBlocking(MAN, 100, 100, 1);
}

~Cheers

[Suto]

From now, to move a character MAN in a current room but only if say it's 8 o'clock on day 3 you can type-in:

in room repeatedly interaction (run-script):

if ((day==3) && (hour==8)) {

 MoveCharacterBlocking(MAN, 100, 100, 1);
}

~Cheers

Does this mean its going to make it a lot more tricky to have keyboard movement?
will i have to write that for every direction.
I mean my game wont work now.

Atleast I cant move around, ill figure something out. THanks for all the help.

[Scorpiorus]

Oh, yeah it's a blocking command. For none blocking you can do:

if ((day==3) && (hour==8)) {

if (character[MAN].walking==0) MoveCharacter(MAN, 100, 100);

}