All AGS Versions Depository?

[AndreasBlack]

Please share the working AGS source on google drive or dropbox. I'm a bit interested too! 

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Hey AndreasBlack!

Please share the working AGS source on google drive or dropbox. I'm a bit interested too! 

Here is the original Platformerius archive by 2ma2 made in AGS v.2.5.1. - https://www.dropbox.com/s/60oznzea6r00ee4/platformerius-the-ninja-incident.zip?dl=0

And this is the same game re-compiled in AGS v.3.5.1 - https://www.dropbox.com/s/59064rnbgc6is3e/platformerius.zip?dl=0

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Hey Crimson Wizard!

That is correct. You may notice that arrow keys still work in game regardless of the system language.

I've changed the key value from 83 to 32 in line 218 of the global script:

Code: ags

  if ((character[ESTAR].room == -1) && (keycode==32))  if (stars > 0) {PlaySound(2);stars--;anim(EGO,4);} else DisplaySpeechBackground(EGO,"Dammit, no more stars!"); //throwing stars!

Now the character throws stars when Spacebar is pressed. And I reassigned taking snapshots from A to Tab.

However I reassigned key value for the sword from 68 (D) to 16 (Shift), and this doesn't work. Probably, the thing is in the animation or the code section above that deals with cutting. I am not that skilled to figure out the reason on my own.

How do I make sword swinging work when Shift is pressed?

Thank you!

[Crimson Wizard]

However I reassigned key value for the sword from 68 (D) to 16 (Shift), and this doesn't work. Probably, the thing is in the animation or the code section above that deals with cutting. I am not that skilled to figure out the reason on my own.

How do I make sword swinging work when Shift is pressed?

Before 3.6.0 and the "new key handling" mode the modifier keys did not work in on_key_press. The only way to test them was IsKeyPressed when used in repeatedly_execute* kind of functions.

Related articles in the manual:
https://adventuregamestudio.github.io/ags-manual/Globalfunctions_Event.html#on_key_press
https://adventuregamestudio.github.io/ags-manual/RepExec.html

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Hey Crimson Wizard!

Before 3.6.0 and the "new key handling" mode the modifier keys did not work in on_key_press. The only way to test them was IsKeyPressed when used in repeatedly_execute* kind of functions.

I don't understand this. I added to the global script:

Code: ags

function repeatedly_execute() { 

if (IsKeyPressed(eKeyD))
  {
    cEgo.LockView(1);
    cEgo.Animate(6, eForwards);
    cEgo.UnlockView();
  }
}

to replace this:

Code: ags

if (keycode==68) {PlaySound(6);anim(EGO,0);}

and nothing happened - pressing D causes the character do nothing.

Also I wanted the key button for the sword be left Shift, not D. I tried to insert IsKeyPressed(eKeyModShiftLeft) and IsKeyPressed(eKeyShiftLeft), but the Editor considers this as an error and doesn't identify eKeyModShiftLeft or eKeyShiftLeft at all 

What am I doing wrong?

Thank you!

[Crimson Wizard]

Also I wanted the key button for the sword be left Shift, not D. I tried to insert IsKeyPressed(eKeyModShiftLeft) and IsKeyPressed(eKeyShiftLeft), but the Editor considers this as an error and doesn't identify eKeyModShiftLeft or eKeyShiftLeft at all 

These constants were only added in 3.6.0. In previous versions you would have to use numbers for mod keys:
https://adventuregamestudio.github.io/ags-manual/Keycodes.html

Left shift is 403, and so on.

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Crimson Wizard,

Left shift is 403, and so on.

This does not seem to change anything: I wanted pressing Shift cause animation view 1, loop 6 happen:

Code: ags

if (IsKeyPressed(403))
  {
      cEgo.LockView(1);
      cEgo.Animate(6, 0, eOnce, eNoBlock);
      cEgo.UnlockView();
  }

Nothing happens when I press Shift in game.



Thank you for your advice!

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Hey Crimson Wizard,

In previous versions you would have to use numbers for mod keys:

Does the piece of code from my previous message here make any sense? Currently the global script looks this way - https://www.dropbox.com/s/xgvott4wyimesjw/Global%20script.asc?dl=0

The piece of code in question starts in line 105. Although I put it inside function repeatedly_execute like you said, Shift is not assigned to sword swinging whatsoever.

What could the reason be? I tried to figure that out on my own, but the character ignores this control key.

Thank you!

[Crimson Wizard]

The piece of code in question starts in line 105. Although I put it inside function repeatedly_execute like you said, Shift is not assigned to sword swinging whatsoever.

Have you tried another key that worked before? If it does not work too, then this means that the code itself is not doing what is intended.

The best way to test if certain condition works (like, key press in this case) is to place a Display command under it. Like

Code: ags

  if (IsKeyPressed(403))
  {
      Display("hello");
  }

If the message does not appear, that will mean that the key code does not work. If the message appears, that will mean that the animation logic is not correct.


EDIT: following code works if I insert it into 2.72 version of the game, in repeatedly_execute:

Code: ags

if (IsKeyPressed(403)==1) {PlaySound(6);anim(EGO,0);} //sword!

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All Hail Crimson Wizard! The Tower won't stand.

EDIT: following code works if I insert it into 2.72 version of the game, in repeatedly_execute:

Code: ags

if (IsKeyPressed(403)==1) {PlaySound(6);anim(EGO,0);} //sword!

You're genius! This worked in 3.5.1!!!  Now all former game controls except the arrow keys are re-assigned: Spacebar for throwing stars, Shift for the sword and Tab for snapshots. Here is the current build - https://www.dropbox.com/s/2kcu08p6tlabgie/Platformerius%203.5.1a.zip?dl=0.

I woundn't have come up with that piece of code alone. Too advanced stuff.

Crimson Wizard, I noticed one thing. When you press Esc, this pops up:



What file or code specifies such interface? I mean the way it looks and functions.


THANK YOU!

[Snarky]

That quit GUI is built in. It appears when you call QuitGame(1). You can't modify its appearance or behavior. (I'm not sure you can even translate it.) If you want it to be different you would have to make an alternative one of your own from scratch.

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Hey Snarky,

That quit GUI is built in. It appears when you call QuitGame(1). You can't modify its appearance or behavior. (I'm not sure you can even translate it.) If you want it to be different you would have to make an alternative one of your own from scratch.

I see. What will be the command that I can call that new GUI with? Will it still be QuitGame(1) or IsKeyPressed again?

Thank you for your reply!

[Snarky]

If you make your own GUI, you need to display it just like any other GUI you make, by setting GUI.Visible. You can do this from any function. If you want it to be in response to a keypress, then on_key_press() is the most sensible place. (I believe that by default there is a call to QuitGame() in on_key_press() under the Ctrl-Q case.)