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ha, got it!
apparently the default cursor on the new hotspots was set to interact rather than look, which is why they weren't coming up. all good now!

Unless I'm misunderstanding you, I do have them linked there?

Here's hNotepad to show my hotspot properties (all of them are set up this way, including the ones that work):

i'm running into a couple of problems.

1) So originally, I had a handful of hotspots with Look interactions that worked fine. I tried to add some objects but ultimately decided I didn't need them as I'm not utilizing any inventory system, removed them from the room/script, and switched to putting them in as hotspots drawn into the background (since the only thing I need from them is the "look" function with displaying some flavor text). But now only a handful of them will work.  Specifically, the first 4 work fine, and all after that don't? I'm not sure if I'm hitting some hotspot limit there or not. Here's my code (don't mind my filler text):

Code: ags

function hStank_Look()
{
 Display ("this is text i cant believe im redoing this");
 gSaveGame.Visible = true;
}


function hBrochure_Look()
{
 Display ("hi");
}

function hNet_Look()
{
 Display("hi again");
}

function hDress_Look()
{
 Display ("boo");
}

function hTank_Look()
{
 Display("BIG TANK");
}


function hNotepad_Look()
{
 Display("stuff here");
}


function hPic_Look()
{
 Display ("pic");
 
 }

function hBooks_Look()
{
 Display("boo");
}


function hBox_Look()
{
 Display("nothing");

}

function hScepter_Look()
{
 Display("who knows");
}

I also have a code running to make the cursor switch automatically when hovering over hotspots in repeatedly_execute-

Code: ags

  int mm = mouse.Mode;
  int nm;  // new mode
  Hotspot*h;
  Object*o;
 int lt = GetLocationType(mouse.x, mouse.y); // what's under the cursor?
 
  if (mm != eModeUseinv) {
  if (lt == eLocationNothing) nm = eModeWalkto;
  if (lt == eLocationHotspot) {
        h = Hotspot.GetAtScreenXY(mouse.x, mouse.y);
        nm = h.GetProperty("def_curs");
    }
        if (lt == eLocationObject) {
        o = Object.GetAtScreenXY(mouse.x, mouse.y);
        nm = o.GetProperty("def_curs");
    }
     if (lt == eLocationCharacter) {
  nm = eModeTalkto;
  }

2) I'm using Sierra-style with background for dialogue, however I have one line that's set to lucasarts using speech.style=eSpeechLucasArts; - however, her talksprite keeps popping up in the middle of her text anyway. i didn't think talksprites displayed with lucasarts style, so maybe that's just a misunderstanding of the functionality on my part, but is there a way to temporarily disable her talk sprite?
(you can see why it's a little awkward: )
ha! nevermind, got it, sorry!
thanks,
-e

thank you so much! i have it working now

the manual is a little dense/hard for me to process so I thank you for the links/code example.

yup, that was it, thanks so much!

edit: alright, I don't want to doublepost, so I'll add this question in here:

So I'm trying to set up a little back and forth between two characters that uses the player character as the messenger, so to speak.
Ideally, it'd go like this:


Character A: If you see Character B, tell them I want to talk to them.

Character B: [if you haven't talked to Character A] oh hi
Character B: [if you HAVE talked to Char A] Did I do something wrong?

Character A: [If you talked to Character B]: Why would they think that?

two catches: I'm trying to run the player character as silent, which I've been doing so far by writing dialogue with blank option 1 (so they're just talked at), as I don't need choices/dialogue trees. But HasOptionBeenChosen would require me to have an option in that case, so..
the second catch - in an even more IDEAL situation I would like Character A to have a make player character option become available, but AFTER that A/B exchange. (And piggybacking onto that, because I've been checking the manual but haven't been able to find it-- would it be possible to set that up as a dialogue choice, like "Become Character A?" in order to trigger the switch?)

Thanks,
-e

Hey all,

I feel a bit silly about this but I'm trying to set the STATUSLINE GUI to popup modal, but I don't have that option under visibility?
Here are the choices I have:

I want to disable the GUI and script the cursor to change automatically.
Thanks,
-e