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I still work on my "Wheel of fortune" game and I am in the following situation: I activate a GUI with consonants. Each consonant is a button. But I want that the consonants that was already used to be not active. So I will use something like a a string in which I store the fact that a latter was used or not and based on that, I will enable or not the button.
Example:
in the string consoane_folosite I store the following information: position B is corresponding to B, position 1 to C, etc. If B was used, then consoane_folosite[0] became a '*', so that in the gui I will use the sequence:

if (consoane_folosite.Chars[0]=='*') {
btn_B.Enabled = false; }

Until now I was able to use successfully the sequence in the script allocatted to the button. But that means that I HAVE TO PRESS FIRST the button, and after that it became "disabled".
I wish to run the sequence automatically, when GUI is activated, so that the corresponding buttons are already deactivated, if the case. In my example, if B was used already, I want the button B  (btn_B) to be disabled before clicking on it.

How can I run my sequence automatically when activating the GUI ?

Thank you !

I need to use some more "deep" function concerning the string isues (my child like a lot the wheel of fortune game, so I try to make one).
1. I want to have the possibility to search a  consonant  inside a string called SENTENCE. For that, I have imagined that I can use the function "substring"
if (list.Substring (i, 1) == "S")
than do somenthing or something, inside a cycle (while i< 10.....i++).
But I obtain error, when I try to use that "indexed" use of i.
How can I solve this, inside a cycle ? I can do it the hard way, an "if" for each letter in the sentence, but I imagine there can be something less brutal
2. More, I like to have the letter to be searched stored in a string variable, like TO_BE_SEARCHED. Is that possible ?

If I can solve this 2 issues in some "indexed call" mode, the things will me more easy later.
Thank you !  

PS I am using the last version of AGS

I search in the game section but i did not found a scooby doo game. is there anybody from here created something laike this ?

Something very strange. For drawing pictures I am using gimp (linux / win). I have a common picture (xcf is the standard for gimp). Then i save it as bmp. then I open again the first picture and modify it, and save it as anither bmp. I have 2 files that shoul be practically identical from technical point of view. But when I want to use them a s backgroud for a room and for another supplementary image for animating backgrounds, i receive a message telling me that the background is 16 bit colour and the animating background frame opicture has only 8 bit !!!! How is possible that ? Practically, the images are the same !!!!!!

Thank you

I like to play a sound (mp3 or midi) while the main character is moving/walking.
I try to use in the repeatdeley execute rutine the code

if (cEgo.Moving) { 
PlayMP3File ("sound7.mp3");
}   

where sound 7 is the sound. But it start to play without stopping.
I a using an ancient AGS (2.71).

Help please !

Thank you.

Do you know, has anybody make an adventure game based on lazy Town  series ?

I need a freeware (or shareware, but not limited in time, only in functions) program that can ensure me the conversion of JPG in GIF files. I try to use programs as abc, graphic-converter or imgconvert, but they make me from 200 k file jpg a 2 Mb file gif. The artgem program is limited for 30 days. Please help me !
Thank you all !

It is legall to use music as:
1.Clasic musicians (Bach, Beethoven, etc ) ?
2. Actual bands (Nightwish, Beatles, Queen, etc )?
What if I convert their songs in midi format ?

what must i do for running my game under linux ?
I try to find in forum but it was not very clear to me... consider this a beginner question please.

I try to enter at "http://americangirlscouts.org/agsuploads/index.php" using-as is indictaed - the username and password from bigbluecup, but I am asked again and again for the usernaem and password. HELP !

How can I add a oicture (animated gif, for ex) to my Profile ?

If somebody post here a game, for example, or a demo. Is there a protection considering the author copywrights ? How can he /she be sure that somebody else will not use his characters name or story or something else ?

PS : I make a mistake and I post is also in the beginners forum. Sorry for the mistake !

If somebody post here a game, for example, or a demo. Is there a protection considering the author copywrights ? How can he /she be sure that somebody else will not use his characters name or story or something else ?

Is there possible to display the dialogs (what the characters say) in a gui instead of the background screen ? Ot to display the dialog on a predefined "paper" color, not only with outlining ?
Thank you.

I try to change the speech style from the general settings of the game, but nothing happend. Any sugestions ?

I want that when I look (use look icon) on an inventory item, something to happen - a message displayed, a GUI activation, etc. To be honnest, I did not find something like this in the help file. I try also to use the "interact" option on on the inventory  item, I put there "run script", in the script I put display message, and after that activate GUI, but none of them work.
What should I do ?

I think you already hit the next problem: I realise a dialod using the AGS. Of course, the last option is GOOD BYE. But after some time, I want to add some other oprions to the dialog. In this case, GOOD BYE will not be the last one ! If I delete or put something else there, then it seems that I must be very careful and change the whole script for the dialod, or even the general scrpt (if I have used some commands like "set dialog option"
Reading the help, I find only 2 solutions to that:
a) Use as first dialog oprion the good bye and set the "dialog option go upward on GUI". For me it is a little too late for that, I have a lot of dialogs. More, if I use this, some LATE options of dialog will appear in frot of the EARLY dialog options, so...I don't really like it.
b)Use a temporary godd bye option, and in the final, when I finish the dialog option for sure, I will add another good bye option and disable the first one.

Does anybody know a better solution for changing the order of dialod options ? Such an automatic change must also change the scripts automativcally, so I assume it is not possible....
Thank You

1.Do anybody knows if there is possible to have user-defined general variables ?
2. if I use a local variable, where must I define her ? In HELPO I see that it is to be defined in a specific room. But then it comes the next problem - see question 3.
3. Local variable: if I give a value to the local variable in the game and I get out of the room, when I return to the room, will I find the value that I expect to my variable or must I use a Global Variable ? I mean, I I have define a variable in the strat of the room, when I re-enter the room the variable will be reset. Or not ? What if I initialise the varible  (int my_counter = 4).
4. The SAVE command save also the values for local variables ?
Thank you all

In may game I use a coupleof global int's for marking different status of the objects: opne/closed, used/notused, and so on.
1. Is there a way to minimize the number of this variables ? can be used something different ?
2. I already use 40 globalint and there will be more. Is ther a limitation or bad impact on the program if there are so many GI used ?
Thank you.

Can anybody indicate me a good xml editor ? I want it to use it for the xml files of the walk cycle generator that I have downloaded from this site...