Reference Sheet of Script Commands

mysticjim · Wed 29/11/2006 01:08:12

Ok, I'm really new to AGS, am trying to learn the scripting. When I get stuck, which is pretty often, I have to consult a manual, where invariably I can't find what I'm looking for, I do a previous forum search, where I more often than not find an old thread with a link promising the answer - that usually always seems to be dead, or a link to the AGS Wiki, which I sure has almost everything I need but is so vast that I often can't find exactly what I want, or trawling through endless pages of stuff I'm not even close to understanding.

Is there a single, definitive list of scripting commands, broken down into useful and logical groups? And if so, why is it not somewhere really obvious!!! The tutorials page on the website would be the ideal place.

So far I found this:

http://americangirlscouts.org/agswiki/Scripting

which was really helpfull on a lot of things, but I can not find anything on dialogue script specific commands.

Is there somewhere where I can search for a specific command and actually find a reference for it right away, without having to initiate a full scale search effort across multiple pages and forums, and thus avoiding the conclusion I've reached here, which is post a dumb question on the forum!

So far, I'm loving the AGS program, its a revelation - the basic tutorials were great and useful, and even my gentle introduction to basic scripting has been ok, the forums are useful and probably contain all sorts of things I'll find useful later on, but right now I seem to be in some sort of limbo between knowing the bare minimum and actually being able to competently use AGS, where finding something out seems to be a matter of slow and tedious detective work or complete pot luck. I'm sure this must frighten off a lot of would be keen users of AGS.

Scummbuddy · Wed 29/11/2006 05:46:09

Well, I reopened this, as to bring up this old beauty.

http://www.lucasstyle.com/media/AGSquickref2page_v101.doc
Forgive me for not remembering who created this quick reference.

Maybe it's time to update the ol' quick reference sheet for everyone.

But seriously, if you can't be bothered to use the search ability in either the AGS Manual or AGS Wiki, how much energy are you going to put into your game?

One thing you may want to do, is get into the IRC chatroom. You can ask minor AGS questions to anyone in there, but don't expect full on coding answers and examples. Or you can post in the 'requesting help' sticky thread in the adventure related talk and chit chat forum asking for a mentor.

Gilbert · Wed 29/11/2006 06:23:58

Unfortunately that list wasn't updated to V2.7+ yet, but I agree with Scummbuddy that searching in the manual is quite easy already.

Kweepa · Wed 29/11/2006 06:54:21

Quote from: Scummbuddy on Wed 29/11/2006 05:46:09
Forgive me for not remembering who created this quick reference.

As I recall it was SSH.
Perhaps there's a clue at the end of the doc?

SSH · Wed 29/11/2006 09:22:51

Sorry, I don't think I can muster the enthusiasm to update it, since I never use it myself

Khris · Wed 29/11/2006 10:16:44

Quote from: mysticjim on Wed 29/11/2006 01:08:12[...] but I can not find anything on dialogue script specific commands.

It's a bit hard to find on the Wiki-page.
http://americangirlscouts.org/agswiki/Setting_up_the_game#Conversations

Why don't you use the helpfile that came with AGS? Look through it once to get an idea what is explained where and you won't have to do detective work in the future. Or initiate full scale search efforts across multiple pages and forums.

Ishmael · Wed 29/11/2006 12:54:39

Quote from: KhrisMUC on Wed 29/11/2006 10:16:44
Quote from: mysticjim on Wed 29/11/2006 01:08:12[...] but I can not find anything on dialogue script specific commands.
It's a bit hard to find on the Wiki-page.
http://americangirlscouts.org/agswiki/Setting_up_the_game#Conversations

Why don't you use the helpfile that came with AGS? Look through it once to get an idea what is explained where and you won't have to do detective work in the future. Or initiate full scale search efforts across multiple pages and forums.

They're in the same place in the manual. Some things are in a place you probably first wouldn't look in, but after finding them the place seems logical. Having read almost through the manual helps a bit, but I guess not everybody has as much extra time and energy on their hands as I did :

mysticjim · Thu 30/11/2006 20:24:49

hehe, all sorted now, Ashen helped me get the manual built into AGS to work!

Without it, I found I was struggling to find anything online in any logical order, and as I pointed out to Ashen, the latest online manual doesn't actually have a direct link for newbies from anywhere in the site unless you find it in an old forum thread!

But all is well now, and another big thanks to Ashen.