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Hi all,

A few months ago I started up an RPG (I have several thread about it lying around on the forum, so you might have noticed ) and I'm having a bit of trouble on drawing trees. So I ask your help once again.

Here's my tree (with an example of the sprites I use next to it):

1x


2x


Is there anything odd about it? Does it look unnatural? Should I change some colours?

I'll be awaiting your reply!

Cheers,
~Yurina

Hi all,

I'm having a bit of a problem making a heath meter in AGS. See, I need to get something like this:



I have a max. health int that indicates the current maximum of health that can be reached. The int that is displayed is named currentheath

What I want to know:
1. This bar has to indicate how much health a character has left. Is this possible
2. If the health increases, is it possible to get a different value in the same bar without any resizing?
3. Can I give the bar a colour? If so, is it possible to change it when the int reaches about 50% and at 25% of the maxhealth int?

I don't have a clue on what to do...

Thanks in advance,
~Yurina

Hi all,

again I'm asking for something that seems impossible to me: how can I make a character sprite reflect itself in water?

Some interesting info:
- the game uses 20x20 tiles
- the water has little wrinkles on the sides which'll be used in the final animation (the background will have 3 frames)
- I prefer the reflection transperant (50% visible) unless this is impossible
- The game uses 320x240 as resolution and 32-bit for the colours.

I thought of something like letting AGS copy the sprite and turn it upside-down while making it transperant. But I don't know how I can get it displayed in the right way (the feet of the reflection and those of the character need to touch eachother).

Is this even possible to do? I don't know how to copy and flip the image of the sprites needed upside-down, and I don't know anything about how to get the reflections at their place either. Can someone help? If not, I'll leave those out of the game.

Thanks in advance,
~Yurina

Hi all,

I'm very busy on a new game, which is tiled. So far, I'm busy on my second background, and I could use some C&C about a fountain I made.

This is the fountain I'm talking about:


Does it need more mist? Isn't the animation to slow/quick? Or should I improve womething else? Tell me all about it!

Thanks in advance,
~Yurina

EDIT1: I made the water flowing in the right direction. (downwards.) The outlines aren't changed yet.

Hi,

while I'm using keyboard control in most of me games, I'd like to ask if there is/will be a list of all keyboard-keys in numbers. I really need those for my games...

If someone knows anything about this, please respond ASAP.

Thanks in advance,
~Yurina

Hi folks,

Since my last midi-expiriment I have been trying to get something more nice. But I do need advice on this midi.

It's supposed to be for a village. A calm and maybe a bit passionate village. I'm not sure I'll use it, it's not that good yet. And this time a bit more melody.

What do you think?

~Yurina

(EDIT: or maybe a main menu, I don't know yet.)

Hi all,

I'm having this really diffivult problem here.

I'm making a game which uses tiles. So far, no problems. But I'm having this issue: Is it possible to make a background in two layers, in a way that one of those layers will dissappear or become transperant.

Myself, I thought of using objects, but I have reasons to find alternatives:
- Large objects take up a lot of memory to use.
- There is a limit of objects you can use in a game.

If I leave these layers out, it looks like the main character is indoors, but I want to prevent that illusion. If this problem can only be solved using objects, can I get some advice for making the backgrounds look less like indoor backgrounds?

Thanks in advance,
~Yurina

Hi all,

since I'm making RPG's with AGS, I wanted to ask some questions about this enemy I designed.

It represents a water elemental (elementals are creatures based on and build up from one element if I'm right):



And yes, I know the lines are a bit... thick... but if I didn't make them a bit thicker, the picture would have been destroyed when I resized it.

My biggest problem: I don't have a single idea on what colours to use for her... >.<

Anyways, I'd love to hear what I can improve.

~Yurina

Hi,

Well, I'm using this module (from Bernie) to get my character to walk when you press the up, down, left and right buttons. But I ran into several problems:

1] I want my character to only walk north, south, west and east. So not diagonal. How can I get my characters to walk that way? Also: If the player-character walks to an object to examine it, can it be done with cursors in a way so the character walks only in my preferred directions (N,S,W,E and NOT diagonal)?

2] I also want other key functions to be done:
a} Talk/interact/examine an object/person/place when I press the "x"-button when I'm standing next to it (Do I have to use hotspots or regions?).
b} Is it possible to confirm an action with the "x"-button and cancel an action with the "z"-button?
c} How do you make buttons selectable by moving a cursor controlled by a keyboard (like in the Anna game) when you have a GUI opened?

Thanks,
Yurina

P.S.: If you know the answers: I do have to say I use AGS 2.7. A lot of people gave me codes for earlier/later versions, so I say this again.

Hi all,

This time, I made a base of a chibi character. It's a recource character, so if you think it looks good, you may use it yourself.

This is the walkcycle from the right:


Thanks in advance,
~Yurina

Hi all,

I finally downloaded a musicprogram which I like (Noteworthy composer). After some minutes full of confusion I cooked this up:

A titlescreen midi!

It's made for using in titlescreens mainly, but I don't know or it is any good...

Some good old C&C is appreciated!

~Yurina

Hi all,

I'm making this tiled RPG in which I want the player to be able to jump. I mean jumping so she really jumps. So not only animated! I don't know or I need a 3d plugin or module for this, but I want to know.

My situation:
- I have a character which is able to move in 8 directions which I want to change into 10 (1 extra for jumping, 1 for falling).
- I do not yet have a 3d plugin/module/thingy.
- My backgrounds are TILED so NO GAPS between walkable areas.

So I have some questions:
- Can I even do this in AGS? (I think I can't but it would be awesome if it's possible).
- Do I need a plugin/module/etc. for this for z coordinates? If so, which one?
- Can I combine it with the movement module?
- How much scripting will it take, and of which level? I'm very new to this...
- Is it possible to make the player character hang with her hands on a cliff?

If I really can't make my character jump I'll leave it out of my game.

Thanks in advance,
~Yurina

Hi all,

you did see my other thread, right? I've just finished another character which I also want to get commented. The previous one and this one are 2 of the 3 main party characters, so I'll ask advice on the third too if you don't mind.

Again, no direct image. So click here.

Well?

~Yurina

EDIT 1:

I'll keep a list of all characters already made and uploaded here:
- Kairi (Kingdom Hearts, critisiced in the other thread)
- Hina Ichigo (Rozen Maiden)
- Toya (Ayashi No Ceres/Ceres Celestial Legend) *new*

Hello folks!

As you moght have noticed, I have started quite a few games already, but I won't bore you with a list and comments. This is the main character of an RPG I'm working on. I want some good old C&C about how I made her.

I prefer to keep the main body shape this way (or else I'll have to adapt my sprite bases, which is a nightmare to me), but I won't bite if it's no good.

Well,
here she is.

I'm awaiting your reply!

~Yurina

Hello,

For my RPG, I'm also working with accuracy, so your attack could miss. In general I thought of 95% chance to get hit, 5% chance to deal no damage.

I know this can be done with bools, but how do I make it depend on percents what the outcome is?

~Yurina

Hello folks,

I have a question:

What are strings, vars and ints exactly? For what functions are they used? I never got what they resemble, but since I'm using AGS and programme my own game, I'm very interested in how I use them. I just can't get what they mean. >.<*

I'd like a description of every function and how to apply it in a script.

For now I'm forced to use invisible inventory items to trigger events, and I'm sure there is a better way of triggering. So...

Sorry is this sounds very n00b, but I really want to know what/how/why.

~Yurina

Some of you may have noticed the thread I dedicated to my AGS school project in the Adventure related Talk and Chat board.

I *already* finsihed 5 inventory items I want to have commented.

Here's the link.

Description: (from the left to the right)
a book - chewing gume - wrapped chewing gum - scissors - water-resistant marker (or whatever it's called in English)

For the template I assume a game at 320x240 will be created (at least the backgrounds I add will be that tall).

Let me know what you think.

~Yurina

Hello folks,

For my subject Computer Sience (Dutch translation: Informatica) I want to make a game template for the programming practise. (I'm in my pre-graduation class)

Since this template will be used by 1rst and 2nd year students, it has to include some basic stuff for making an adventure.

I want to know a few (more) things about what to include in my planned game template.

This is what I'm planning to include:
- About 5-8 backgrounds
- Some characters to talk to
- Music and sound, if I ever manage to compose some midi's (Yes I have a midimaker programme (shareware), no I don't have talent. This explains why I always need help with the music of my own games...). The sound will be downloaded from websites.
- About 10-15 inventory items.

If someone has suggestions, please post those.

The game template will be downloadable from my website.

~Yurina

And again I have a problem.

How do I script globalInts, like text speed?

The manual didn't give any clear options, so I ask here.

I want to make a GUI which gives the player the opportunity to change the text speed, the brightness of the screen and the position of the portraits of characters.

How do I do this?

Thanks in advance,
~Yurina

Hi all,

Because it's pretty hard to draw walkable areas in AGS, I decided to make them in MSPaint. I've finished them (they are black (R=0, B=0, G=0) with blue (R=0, B=255, G=0)).

But the manual isn't clear enough to tell me what to do with them.

I have different questions about this:
- Can hotspots, regions and walk-behind areas also be imported as a mask?
- What kind of .bmp do I need to let the mask work properly?

And something different about walkable areas:
- How can I assign a walkable area to a character?

Thanks in advance,
~Yurina