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After some months without a PC and Internet now I`m back with a new PC and LAN internet.

So I have a question - how I can test the speed of my internet connection?

I`m leaving for about 15 days. When I come back I will finish the new "Beginners Help" site for AGS and I will announce the new project of Slaveino Studios.
If somebody has to tell me something important he can email me - 35998914733@sms.globul.bg

http://www.slaveinostudios.com

Why me?

http://www.slaveinostudios.com

The site is under reconstruction, but I`ve uploaded the design. Do you like it?

I need one logo for the new design of Slaveino Studios. The size is 338x49 pixels. It should have one S made with a strange font and "Slaveino Studios" (without the quotes) next to it. Both should be in bright blue. (HTML #0088FF)

Does somebody know where to find a guide for compiling a Linux distribution, I mean Red Hat 9 or Lycoris?

Easier way to create the Lucas Arts status line by TK
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I posted this here beacuse those new AGSers who come to ask how to get the LEC statusline to work. The LEC GUI that comes with AGS uses scritp like this:

if (GetLocationType(mouse.x,mouse.y)>0) { // or whatever like that
GetLocationName(mouse.x,mouse.y);
//someting
SetLabelText(0,0,"Walk to...");
}

etc.

But I found an easier way. I dont know how many people have thought of this, and if this is allready posted somewhere in the forum, but anyway:

All the GetThisAt and GetThatName can be replaced with @OVERHOTSPOT@, right?

So, make a new GUI, put it where you want the statusline to be, create a label on it and set the size and position. (In this script the statusline is GUI 0 and the label is object 0.)

Then, put into the global script repeadetly execute function: (add teh stuff beween the line starting "function" and the last })

function repeadetly_execute() {
// the comment line here
if (GetCursorMode()==0) SetLabelText(0,0,"Walk to @OVERHOTSPOT@")
if (GetCursorMode()==1) SetLabelText(0,0,"Look at @OVERHOTSPOT@")
if (GetCursorMode()==2) SetLabelText(0,0,"Interact with @OVERHOTSPOT@")
if (GetCursorMode()==3) SetLabelText(0,0,"Talk to @OVERHOTSPOT@")
if (GetCursorMode()==4) {
string usinginv;
string useinvtxt;
StrCopy (useinvtxt, "Use ");
GetInvName(character[GetPlayerCharacter()].activeinv,usinginv);
StrCat (useinvtxt,usinginv);
StrCat (useinvtxt," with ");
StrCat (useinvtxt,"@OVERHOTSPOT@");
SetLabelText(0,0,useinvtxt);
}
}

Quote:
StrCat (useinvtxt,usinginv);
StrCat (useinvtxt," with ");
StrCat (useinvtxt,"@OVERHOTSPOT@");



Is because when there is no hotspot or char under the mouse, it says "Use XXX with ". This can ofcourse be changed very easy:

StrCat (useinvtxt,usinginv);
StrCat (useinvtxt," with @OVERHOTSPOT@");

Would make it say just the "Use XXX".

Sorry if I cause any trouble to ya all nice moderators, but this just popped into my head and I couldn't hold it all just by myself.

THIS CODE CAN BE USED BY ANYBODY WHO NEEDS, in case it works.

I have this table: (not real names)

id | username | password |  number
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1 | john           | password_j  |  43
2 | mary          | password_m | 453
3 | peter         |  pass_p |  4343
4 | ags           | pass_a  | 332

I know how to select everything and put in into one drop-down style listbox. Now I need a script that will get the 'number' value for the selected 'username' in the listbox.
Got it? Or no?
OK.
Example: The user selects the 'peter' value in the listbox for username. I want a variable - $number to be filled with the contents of the number column for the name peter, in this case it is 4343.
Another example: The user selects 'ags' and clicks the Submit button. Then the $number variable should be filled with the number 332 (in the 'ags' level, with the same id). Then a simple echo would be good for the $number variable.

Got it now?

Really need help for this thing.
Thanks in advance.

I need some votes about the forum of Slaveino Studios. The current one is here:
http://www.slaveinostudios.com/forum
And the new is here:
http://slaveinostudios.com/newb

Which is better?

An exception 0xC0000005 occured in ACWIN.EXE at EIP = 0x00471872; program pointer is +9902, ACI version 2.55.534, gtags (0,0)

Can you tell me where is the problem here? This started happening when I updated the Wine version.

I have just received a notice from my host that my account will be upgraded to unlimited space and 4 GB of traffic. I don`t know what to do with them?
Maybe I should start giving hosting packades? I need some opinions.

Allright, I need a new, simple logo for Slaveino Studios. It should contain:
1. One letter S, that size:  
========= From here.



========= To here.

2. And it should look: (size of S above)

      S
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   -------
      ---

Got the idea? The three lines should be symmetrical (each one smaller) and in colour bright green, HTML #02D310, RGB 2, 211, 16.
The 'S' should use an outline font and should be in the same green. The background should be white or transparent.

Thanks in advance.

:*) - the user is drunk
[:] - the user is a robot
::-) - the user is wearing normal glasses
8:-) - the user is a little girl
:-)-8 - she`s a big girl
:-[ - the user is a vampire
:'-) - the user is so happy that he cries
|-| - the user is sleeping
:-Q - the user is smoking
:-: - the user is a mutant
   - the user is invisible

Do you know any others? They are really funny.  ;D

ME!
I have a birthday today.

Motherboard: Gigabyte 7VA
CPU: AMD XP 2200+
RAM: DDRRAM 512 MB /266MHz
HDD: 60GB Western Digital /7200rpm
Videocard: GeForce 4 MX440SE 64MB

So, what do you think? You can give me some advice, if you want.
Thanks in advance.

Read my latest reply here.

After I have these drop-down style listboxes I want their content to be written in a mysql table, then the script should return the ID of the written data, this should be different for every user. How can I do this?

I will show you that AGS works under Linux, without using a special emulator, just a plain Wine. The screenshots are here:
http://www.slaveinostudios.com/agsgeneral.jpg
http://www.slaveinostudios.com/agsgui.png
http://www.slaveinostudios.com/agssprman.png

I`ve managed to create a game, that ran with the windows version. I wonder if this game can run under the Linux port of AGS, Shawn, what do you think?

How can I fill a drop-down style listbox with data from a MySQL table?
Thanks in advance.

Read below!

[Beginners Tutorials]

I will announce the new "Beginners page" when I come back from my vacation in the beginning of August.

Beginners Tutorials
NOTE: All beginners should check here before asking any questions. This FAQ answers most of the common questions generally asked by newbies. This FAQ has recently been updated and organized and will be added to constantly, with your help. If you feel you have a quesiton (and an answer) that needs to be added, since it is a common problem, then reply to this thread and tell us so.
The useful script functions pack contains things that you may need during your game developent.

Spoiler

UPDATED Online Beginners FAQ (hosted by terranRICH) (command questions answered, LOOK HERE FIRST BEFORE ASKING ANYTHING!!!)

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Currently down.

*to be added to the beginners FAQ* {Where can I find information on combining inventory objects?  Manual Contents->Reference->Interaction events->Inventory item interactions:
Use inventory on inv
occurs when the player uses another inventory object on this one. Add a "Conditional - if inventory item was used" check to determine which item they used. This event allows the player to combine items, and so on. For example, if they had picked up a laptop computer and a battery, seperately, then you could use this to allow them to insert the battery into the computer.


Useful tutorials for AGS (getting started, file input/output, creating a clock in your game, tips & tricks, little-known features, and more)
Offline version of the useful tutorials pack
Useful scripting tutorials (arcade movement, GUIs, idle animations, and more)
GAC Tutorials (save/load GUIs, smart scrolling, stats displays, cursor changing, and more)

Last updated: 18.Aug.2003

Useful script functions
Right Clicking on Inventory Window by Dorcan
Displaying Global Ints by Dorcan
Right-clicking on GUIs by Dorcan
Gabriel Knight Dialog system by Dorcan (direct download)
Display upto 290 GlobalInts with F8 while testing your game by ratracer
Save and display the Total time the game has been running by RickJ
Cutscene with Different Fading Backgrounds using Only One Room by Dorcan
If you want something to be added here just reply.

Here are some functions created by Dorcan that are added in AGS, but you may find them useful.

(AGS - Credits plugin by AJA) Scrolling text credits with fading backgronds - http://www.agsforums.com/yabb/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=3619
(In AGS - Show/HideMouseCursor) Hide Animated Cursors - http://www.agsforums.com/yabb/index.php?board=6;action=display;threadid=3347
(In AGS - build in engine) Stop characters walking into each other -http://www.agsforums.com/yabb/index.php?board=6;action=display;threadid=3711

Seven hundred years after the extinction of the human race on the desolate planet arrived a group of peaceful aliens and they maked a small village.
One day Sam Davidson, young pilot of the Burron race was flying over one unknow desert planet but suddenly he ran out of fuel. His ship crashed and the story begins here.
After some playing Sam will find the true: this desert planet is The Earth. What happened to the people? You will have to find...

This is my first serious game, made for one month. I hope you will like it.

Download here:
http://www.agsforums.com/games.php?category=6&action=download&game=178

Special thanks to all betatesters.