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Deadline: 25 Jamuary
VOTE NOW OR UNTIL February 1st:

And the moment that we waited comes to the fore!

First I need to thank everyone who participated in this competition.
You accepted the challenge to hunt your "thing" and I'm sure that was
one more enriching and funny experience in the wonderful adventure
that is dive into your own "dark" depths.

What came to light was much more than a drawing of a "terrifying creature" ...
Each participant emerged to the surface many traits and words full of memories,
preferences, fears, desires, and a plethora of information about yourself and
your steps.

Perhaps more than would have imagined...



Someone have said "God is in the details" ...
I feel that "God" is not alone inside of us...

We can find a myriad of names to call everything that we extracted here...
Maybe ART is the one that best fits, because not exclude any other possibility.

Thank you, my friends ...
You tattooed my humble soul with memories that will be unforgettable for me!

Floating Foam - by Castro Alves

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Era por uma dessas tardes, em que o azul do céu oriental — é pálido e saudoso, em queo rumor do vento nas vergas — é monótono e cadente, e o quebro da vaga na amurada do navio — é queixoso e tétrico. Das bandas do Ocidente o sol se atufava nos mares "como um brigue em chamas"... e daquele vasto incêndio do crepúsculo alastrava-se a cabeça loura das ondas. Além... os cerros de granito dessa formosa terra da Guanabara, vacilantes, a lutarem com a onda invasora de azul, que descia das alturas... recortavam-se indecisos na penumbra do horizonte. Longe, inda mais longe... os cimos fantásticos da serra dos à"rgãos embebiam-se na distância, sumiam-se, abismavam-se numa espécie de naufrágio celeste. Só e triste, encostado à  borda do navio, eu seguia com os olhos aquele esvaecimento indefinido e minha alma apegava-se à  forma vacilante das montanhas — derradeiras atalaias dos meus arraiais da mocidade. É que lá, dessas terras do Sul, para onde eu levara o fogo de todos os entusiasmos, o viço de todas as ilusões, os meus vinte anos de seiva e de mocidade, as minhas esperanças de glória e de futuro:... é que dessas terras do Sul, onde eu penetrara "como o moço Rafael subindo as escadas do Vaticano;"... volvia agora silencioso e alquebrado... trazendo por única ambição — a esperança de repouso em minha pátria. Foi então que, em face destas duas tristezas — a noite que descia dos céus, — a solidão que subia do oceano —, recordei-me de vós, ó meus amigos! E tive pena de lembrar que em breve nada restaria do peregrino na terra hospitaleira, onde vagara; nem sequer a lembrança desta alma, que convosco e por vós vivera e sentira, gemera e cantara... à" espíritos errantes sobre a terra! à" velas enfunadas sobre os mares!... Vós bem sabeis quanto sois efêmeros... — passageiros que vos absorveis no espaço escuro, ou no escuro esquecimento. E quando — comediantes do infinito — vos obumbrais nos bastidores do abismo, o que resta de vós? — Uma esteira de espumas... — flores perdidas na vasta indiferença do oceano. — Um punhado de versos... — espumas flutuantes no dorso fero da vida!... E o que são na verdade estes meus cantos?... Como as espumas, que nascem do mar e do céu, da vaga e do vento, eles são filhos da musa — este sopro do alto; do coração — este pélago da alma. E como as espumas são, à s vezes, a flora sombria da tempestade, eles por vezes rebentaram ao estalar fatídico do látego da desgraça. E como também o aljofre dourado das espumas reflete as opalas rutilantes do arco-íris, eles por acaso refletiram o prisma fantástico do entusiasmo — estes signos brilhantes da aliança de Deus com a juventude! Mas, como as espumas flutuantes levam, boiando nas solidões marinhas, a lágrima saudosa do marujo... possam eles, ó meus amigos! — efêmeros filhos de minh'alma — levar uma lembrança de mim à s vossas plagas!... São Salvador, Fevereiro de 1870 CASTRO ALVES

Spoiler SOUNDTRACK A JANGADA http://youtu.be/QFg6ljzC1r4 Composition: Alberto Nepomuceno Lyric: Juvenal Galeno Singer: Anna Maria Kieffer Piano:Achille Picchi MIDI: http://goo.gl/qX0dr6 [close] It was by one of those afternoons where the blue of the eastern sky - is pale and wistful where the wind's rumor in the vergas and is monotonous and cadent, and the break of the wave on the gunwale of the ship - is complainant and lugubrious From the west side the sun penetrated in the seas "as a brig on fire" ... and the vast fire from the dusk spreaded by the blond head of the waves. Beyond ... the granite hills of this beautiful land of Guanabara, fearful, fight against the invader wave of blue, coming down from the heights ... clashing undecided in the  horizon's gloom. Far away, even further away ... the fantastic peaks from the saw of "Orgãos" soaked by the distance, disappear, launched in a sort of heavenly wreck. Lonely and sad, leaning against the ship's edge, I followed with eyes that undefined evanescence and my soul clung to faltering form of the mountains - the last watchtowers of the tents of my youth. It's there, in these Southern lands to which I had led the fire of my full enthusiasms, the luxuriance of my full illusions, my twenty years of lifeblood and youth, my hopes of glory and future: ... these lands of the South, where I penetrated "as the young Raphael climbing the stairs in the Vatican," ... now returned silent and broken ... bringing only one ambition - the hope to rest in my country. Then, in the face of these two sorrows - the night that descended from heaven - the loneliness that rising from the ocean - I remembered you, Oh my friends! And I felt sorry for remember that will soon nothing would be left from the pilgrim on this hospitable land where him had wandered; not even the memory of this soul, that whith you and for you lived and felt, groaned and sing ... Oh wandering spirits on earth! ! Oh full sail on the seas ... Ye know how much ye are as ephemeral ...  - passengers that you drag into the dark space, or in the dark oblivion. And when - comedians of infinity - hiding in the backstage of abyss, what's left of you? - A belt of foams ... - flowers lost in the vast ocean's indifference. - A handful of verses ... - floating foam in the life's wild dorsum...! And what are really these my songs? ... As the foams, that are born from the sea and sky, from the wave and wind, and are children of Muse - this breath from the high of a heart - this pelago of the soul. And as the foams, sometimes are the dark flora of the storm, and sometimes fracture in the fateful crackling from the doom's whip. And as well as the the golden moisture of the foams reflects the rainbow's glittering opal, it's reflected by chance the fantastic prism from the enthusiasm - these bright signs of God's covenant with the youth! But like the floating foams carry, floating in the sea loneliness, the longing sailor's tear...I wait, Oh my friends! - Ephemeral childrens of my soul - that send a souvenir from me to your shores ...! São Salvador, February, 1870 CASTRO ALVES

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In 4th and 5th place!

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The Scary Cylon Centurion THING [imgzoom]http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww258/Cassiebsg/Misc/jam25.png[/imgzoom] I've been doing just what you've done / Now I can dig your cup of mu tea We let our moments become, become / What they really had to be...

FROM THE DEPTHS OF Cassiebsg

SCORE: Vote From April [ 10 pts ] From Mandle [ 05 pts ] From Pindo [ 05 pts ] Extra Twlight [ 10 pts ] Banner [ 5pts ] Track [ 10pts ] _________________ TOTAL: 45 points

The HAZE THING [imgzoom]http://i.imgur.com/sFR2nFJ.png[/imgzoom] FROM THE DEPTHS OF Soxbrooker SCORE: Vote From Bsp [ 10 pts ] From Cassie [ 10 pts ] From Mandle [ 10 pts ] From April [ 05 pts ] From Selmiak [ 05 pts ] Extra Twlight [ 10 pts ] Banner [ 0 ] Track [ 0 ] _________________ TOTAL: 50 points

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In 3rd place!

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The HÖRNED THING [imgzoom]http://selmiak.bplaced.net/stuff/imgsm.png[/imgzoom] sÉ¥dɐɹƃoʇoÉ¥d ÊŽuɐɯ 'ÊŽuɐɯ 'ÊŽuɐɯ Êžooʇ ǝʍ FROM THE DEPTHS OF selmiak SCORE: Vote From Cassie [ 15 pts ] From Pindo  [ 10 pts ] From Sox [ 05 pts ] Extra Twlight [ 10 pts ] Banner [ 05 pts ] Track [ 10 pts ] _________________ TOTAL: 55 points

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In 1st and 2nd place!

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The match for the first place was really hard!
April and Mandle tied with 85 points each!

The criterion used to break the tie was consecrate as winner
the competitor with the most nominations for 1st place.
And the result was ...

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Wow!
A DRAW!
Both received 3 nominations for the 1st place!



So i adopted a second criterion to break the tie.
The winner will be the competitor with the most nominations for 2st place ...
And the result was ...

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What!!??
ANOTHER DRAW!?
Both received the same number of
nominations for the 2nd place!


So i adopted a third criterion to break the tie.
The winner will be the competitor with the most nominations for 3st place ...
And the result was...

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ANOTHER DAMN DRAW!!!??
Both received the same damn number
of nominations for the 3rd place!!!??


So i adopted the last and more mortal criterion to KILL the tie !

The winner will be the competitor who could drink 1 LITER of damn vodka in less than 5 minutes,
wearing a damn frufru and create damn contemporary steps for the ballet piece "Damn Lake" ...

And the last and mortal result was ...

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MAN, THEY ARE VERY GOOD!
You should have seen ...
It's impossible to choose a winner like that! 

So I appealed to the game of penny <--- ZOOM IT, PLEASE !!!! 

Curiously the small coin seemed to be more drunk that this two warriors,
because during his maze dance inexplicably it turned even in the reverse direction!

Things happen ... mystical !!!

CLICK IN THE COIN TO SEE WHO WAS THE WINNER:

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FINAL RANK

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                            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D91NH1lKTHc

THINGS CHALLENGER

The CTHULHU THING CLICK in the picture to view only the sprite[imgzoom]http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c201/Mandle/THINGFINAL03_zpsf7e744e0.png[/imgzoom] Cthulhu sleeps in his house in R'lyeh, dreaming simple dreams that will come true, Perhaps they will show you nothing,nothing, but a shade of ZUUL! FROM THE DEPTHS OF Mandle SCORE: Vote From Selmiak [ 15 pts ] From April [ 15 pts ] From Pindo [ 15 pts ] From Sox [ 10 pts ] From Bsp [ 05 pts ] Extra Twlight [ 10 pts ] Banner [ 5pts ] Track [ 10pts ] _________________ TOTAL: 85 points and one cent

The SAUSAGEé­š THING é­š (sakana/sacana) = Fish And very carefully where and to whom you will say "Linguiça Sacana" here in Brazil ... [imgzoom]http://i.imgur.com/aI0Er8Y.png[/imgzoom] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qORYO0atB6g FROM THE DEPTHS OF AprilSkies SCORE: Vote From Bsp [ 15 pts ] From Mandle [ 15 pts ] From Sox [ 15 pts ] From Selmiak [ 10 pts ] From Cassie [ 05 pts ] Extra Twlight [ 10 pts ] Banner [ 5pts ] Track [ 10pts ] _________________ TOTAL: 85 points

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OPENING

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Hail, friends!

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This is the first contest that I get the opportunity to create and how this is the kind of event that only happens on every 1000 years you will have the chance to participate in something truly unique in this lifetime. 

All kidding aside...
I'm actually very happy and I can say from my heart that will be a real honor receive your art and creativity!

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+ Genesis + 1: 20-21

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And God Said, "Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky."

And when He turned his back, the Japanese monsters taken the opportunity and emerged stealthily and made
a hubbub in the world TV shows.

Amém!

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From the depths... imaginary creatures, fantastic beings and dreams, the unreal real emerge!
Sometimes they are reflections of our ignorance and fragility towards nature and the unknown.
Sometimes express our deepest respect to the mysteries that surrounding the world and our mind.

In this SPRITEJAM! you will bring from the depths of your imagination the unexpected!
Therefore immerse in yourself or in the folktales books, tickle the beast with short pole
and swim as fast as you can towards the surface.

Let's put the "Thing" to come out... 

In order to make the hunt more interesting and fun
i established some rules, awards and a scoring system by vote.

Each forum member will chosen 3 "Things" in order of interest and also choose the best EXTRA POINTS in each category.

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Be indicated in first worth 15 points.
Be indicated in second worth 10 points.
Be indicated in third worth 5 points.

Each competitor can earn extra points if complete the bonus challenges (optional).


EXTRA POINTS

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Banner: Create a banner on the back of the airplane and WIN
5 extra points.

Twilight: The most beautiful twilight WIN 10 extra points.

Track: Draw something in the scene that makes reference to the
lyric of the song and WIN 10 extra points.
*You need to create a legend with the passage of the song in the comments just below the scene.

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MATERIALS FOR CONTEST

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Lyric and Music: (if necessary)

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NàŠGA (PHOTOGRAPH BLUES)
By GILBERTO GIL - 1971

The Acoustic Version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StYsZqLkuPI
or the Original Version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDtD2tcNxfs

Lyric:

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Nêga
You spent so blissfully
The last few days with me
Nêga
I spent so nicely too
The last few days with you

When I met you, it was so fine
I didn't talk a lot to you
I only mentioned your smooth hair
You made a speech about shampoo
We took many, many, many photographs
Downtown
As we passed through

Nêga
You spent so blissfully
The last few days with me
Nêga
I spent so nicely too
The last few days with you

You've been going just where I've gone
All my people you have seen
I've been doing just what you've done
Now I can dig your cup of mu tea
We let our moments become, become
What they really had to be

Nêga
You spent so blissfully
The last few days with me
Nêga
I spent so nicely too
The last few days with you

Develop our photographs
As simple dreams that will come true
Perhaps they will make you laugh
Or make you sure about we two

Develop, baby, our photographs
Perhaps they will make you sure
Perhaps they will show you nothing
Nothing, but a shade of blue.

In Brazil "Nêga" is the tender term to designate the black-skinned woman, but is also commonly used by Brazilians (especially those born in Bahia) to refer the beloved woman independently of her ethnic origin. "Nêga" has a similar context to "Honney" "My Sweet" and etc ...

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Mask For Twilight (if necessary):

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Background on a smaller scale (if necessary):

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This background was provided generously
by Chicky®!Thanks partner!
[imgzoom]http://i.imgur.com/v8kIPsE.png[/imgzoom]
Attention only to the issue
of banner-extra-points.
Cause it gets a little bit more difficult.

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RULES

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Colors:
Creativity is the key word!
Use colors that your heart say!

Requirements:

• The "Thing" must emerge from the sea in the midle of the whirlwind indicated
  by the red band in the image displayed above.


• The "Thing" can not exceed the limits of the background's area.


• The "Thing" can not overlap the plane/banner, the statue and
  more than 50% of the buildings and sky.


• Do not do anything that the AGS would not accept.

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STIMULANTS

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Images

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Text

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A MOUNTAIN was once greatly agitated. Loud groans and noises were heard, and crowds of people came from all parts to see what was the matter. While they were assembled in anxious expectation of some terrible calamity, out came a Mouse.
Aesop.

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Just arrived directly from japan
this beautiful New Yorkers t-shirts!

All signed none other than: ã,´ ã,¸ ラ

WE HAVE ALL SIZES:
CLICK AND CHOOSE
[imgzoom]http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c201/Mandle/Souvenir09_zps7863faa2.png[/imgzoom]

Was separated a small lot to be
distributed free to the competitors
of this contest.


So what you waiting???

Send your "Thing" to us
and receive now your NY's t-shirt!

The other members may
purchase for a trifle:
Only 10 bucks!

_________________________________________________________

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All the trophies and souvenirs were provided generously by MANDLE®! Thanks partner!

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I would like to ask for a little help with the issue of characters.
When I use the command to animate and make the move does
not appear the VIEW selected but only the blue cup.

The command I'm using in the room is:

Code: ags

character[1].ChangeView(8);
cDgF.Animate(cDgF.Loop, 1, eRepeat, eNoBlock, eForwards);
cDgF.Walk(769, 314, eNoBlock, eAnywhere);  

Am I forgetting something?


Setting the character-not-player:



Thanks for any help!

Hi, AGS MASTER
                        (or not so Master) ...

Please could you help me to move one object in
different areas, using the Power of AGS Script?

If not abuse, you could share a way for the object take a slight pause before moving to another area too?


I try use this logic...

Code: ags

object[3].Animate(0, 1, eRepeat, eNoBlock, eForwards);
object[3].Move(747, 576, 4, eNoBlock, eAnywhere);
object[3].Move(747, 876, 4, eNoBlock, eAnywhere);

This...

Code: ags

object[3].Animate(0, 1, eRepeat, eNoBlock, eForwards);
object[3].Move(747, 576, 4, eNoBlock, eAnywhere);
object[3].Animate(0, 1, eRepeat, eNoBlock, eForwards);
object[3].Move(747, 876, 4, eNoBlock, eAnywhere);

And this...

Code: ags

object[3].Animate(0, 1, eRepeat, eNoBlock, eForwards);
object[3].Move(747, 576, 4, eNoBlock, eAnywhere);
if (object[3].y==576){object[3].Move(747, 876, 4, eNoBlock, eAnywhere);
}

But i...

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My compliments to you my honorable friend
You that i hope will share yours
AGS's Punches and Kicks Codes
with me!

Dômo Arigatô Gozaimas

I created a button and would like it take different actions
depending on the room in which it is engaged.

For example, if he is in the room 1 then when clicked
the player will go to room 2, but if he is in the room 2
then the player will go to room 3 or if you are in room 3
the player back to room 1 (or go to any other room that I indicate).



Always grateful for any help or information where
i find a solution for this question! 

Hello my friends!
Is there a command to apply transparency in a cursor?
I tried to use the conventional command ".transparency"
but i see that this function don't work to make it.

Some kind soul could help me ?
My poor soul would be grateful !

While some script commands do not correspond to our own reasoning logic... 

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And then you learn something new ... and suddenly ... 

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But... who knows how long the music will echo softly...

--> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCI18qAoKq4 <--

[Gui]

Hello!

I have some difficulty in a Gui that I created.

It will work as a panel of buttons:



In the properties panel I've added the buttons and also
selected the image to overwrite the button:



But the mouse cursor is appearing and covering image (cognomen:subcursor ):



I would like the cursor to stay invisible but still
working when over the panel:



Who can help me ... I give a pixel CAR!
And my gratitude ... of course!   

I've been looking for a way to put a description appearing on the screen
when the mouse cursor is over an element (hotspot / object)...



... but it seems that some things have changed over the versions
I ended up somewhat confusing that or maybe i have not been
able to understand their construction..

Could someone explain me or indicate a "step by step" of how to do it?

I created a new Gui and put a label on it ... but I am lost as to what to do now.

Thanks for your help!

[Dusko]

Hi! It's me ... the hard begginner!

When the cursor is over in the character I'd like to execute a transition
smooth and gradual transparency to a certain level (either higher or lower).

I search, find and put in the game the command that makes the character detect when the cursor
is over it and also not. I tried input a level of transparency like a fadein and
fadeout one by one, but the processing is very fast and did not make the slightest
difference.

Below is my attempt:

Code: ags

if (Character.GetAtScreenXY(mouse.x, mouse.y) == cEgo){
      cEgo.Transparency=(43);
      cEgo.Transparency=(53);
      cEgo.Transparency=(63);
      cEgo.Transparency=(73);
      cEgo.Transparency=(83);
      cEgo.Transparency=(93);
      }
      else {
        cEgo.Transparency=(80);
        cEgo.Transparency=(75);
        cEgo.Transparency=(70);
        cEgo.Transparency=(65);
        cEgo.Transparency=(60);
        cEgo.Transparency=(55);
        cEgo.Transparency=(50);
        cEgo.Transparency=(45);
        cEgo.Transparency=(43);
}

I even tried using the WAIT command, but it did not work ... 

A little help... please...

Don't do for me... do it for Dusko!

                           (o)< - Quáx! <3
/\/\/\/\/\/\[  ]/\/\/\/\/\/\
Ooooh...Dusko say: "I Love You!"

Kidding!
Just to de-stress

My eternal gratitude to who suggest or indicate a solution!   

I will leave aside that attempt to align cursor and character on the screen.
The deadline for the contest "Dark and Cold" is near and to save time I will try another approach.

How could it be, since I am a beginner hard, I'm also struggling to find a way to make this new approach.

The idea now is to let the static character in the center of the screen. Is the mouse to control the movement of the background (scroll) ... but how do it?

Another illustration to help in the understanding of this new doubt  :

*http://s21.postimg.org/wvsojw43r/static.png

For those who are lost in darkness, any light gap is precious ...
Thank you!

[LW_BAS_V2.0]

A new question haunts me and here I am abusing your generosity. 

Well...
I used the LW_BAS_V2.0 Default from AGS
and I created an animated cursor and animated character:

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*http://s22.postimg.org/ddbke59z5/tela1.png

Scouring the "questions files" in this community I found
a command that makes the character following the mouse cursor:

GLOBAL SCRIPT

repeatedly_execute_always

Code: ags

{
 character[0].x=mouse.x+10;
}

So far so good ...

But when the cursor moves to the left of the screen it just out of alignment with the character.
And the misalignment is even worse when I move the cursor to the right of the screen. 

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*http://s24.postimg.org/a12njku4l/tela2.png

What I would ask is that someone help me with a command to that cursor and character keep up aligned.
The ideal would be to limit the display ends, forcing mouse cursor to stop as if there were an invisible wall
(Maybe using the EDGE function ?).

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*http://s16.postimg.org/lly1egvit/tela3.png

Here is a link to download the AGS file with the problem:

[--- http://www.filedropper.com/dusko ---]

In AGS file the size of the game is 320x240,
but in fact the original size is 800x600.

Thanks! 

[W.A+W.B+W.C]

Hi everyone!

Should be a sector in the forum called ULTRA BEGINNER to receive
my questions. Well, as there is, I can only ask right here...

I am having difficulty in AGS about the use of walkable areas.
Below a picture that illustrates the problem:


Ok. Now describing:

A room have 3 trails connected that form a unique single path:
W.A+W.B+W.C

In the Walkable Area A (id1) the character can see the Walkable Area C (Id3),
so far so good but if the player clicking in there with the walk.cursor the character
will go all the way (WA+W.B+WC) automatically until arrive in W.C

What i want is that while the character stay in W.A the W.C will be disabled to the walk.cursor.
The idea is to make the player to cross only by the W.B (Id2) to reach in W.C

I will be grateful to any help!

Sorry, if not this the right place but i need to vent this...
I just love this software! He's beautiful! Stimulant! Friendly!

It inebriate me!

I feel like I'm  4 years old and facing the colorful and magical playdough!
Thanks to its creator and all those who help in its development!
Thanks you for making it a freeware program!

This tool is an act of generosity and kindness and this feelings also inspired
in the people who use it and especially those who are here in this community!

Thanks! Me, my wife and my daughter love it!!!

Hi friends ...

This is my first question in the forum.
Usually i take solutions for my doubts searching other posts.
Unfortunately I was not able to find ( or understand ) a solution to my problem .

Every time I use a command like a:

Code: ags

function oIma_Look()
{
 Display("This is a beautiful doll.");
 Display("She can sing..."); 
 Display("AND WALK!");
}

I see that when the game run, this command lines create a break waiting for a mouse click to follow the next text.
But the mouse cursor continues to move across the screen. I would like to know what command I can put to the mouse cursor stay frozen, but that the buttons still working.

I'm a lover of adventures , playing since i was a child (probably like a 95 % of the members of this forum ).
I already knew about this wonderful tool , but only now i decided to make use of it.
I'm making a game with my daughter. She draws and I (try) programming. She has talent for pixel art... and i... we're having fun! 

Thanks for the help!
I just hope That my English does not seem so silly as my question...