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The ability to get and set the inventory x & y hotspot via the script would be handy!

I originally posted this in the wrong thread!

One odd glitch I'm noticing. If my computer has been on for a very long time (say, I leave it on overnight) and then I compile and run my game, the game will not accept ANY keyboard input. No escape, no press-key-to-advance-dialog, no nothing. I can't even type in names for save files. The only input it accepts is the mouse button. Rebooting my computer fixes the problem every time.

This could be an issue with my computer, but it's a problem that only surfaced with AGS 3.4.0. As a test I switched over to to a game compiled with earlier versions (before I rebooted, obviously) and they accepted keyboard inputs just fine.

Bit of an update regarding this. It turns out the problem was completely on my end. It had to do with using the Steam plugin under a VERY specific set of circumstances. I spoke to Michael Rittenhouse about it and he has fixed the plugin for me.

This looks kind of amazing. I'm going to play with it later today!

Ditto! Thanks CW!

I adore seeing these!

Edit: Found it! I could swear I never saw this before.

Well, it was added only earlier this year.

Oh. PHEW.

Downloading new build now!

Is... that new? Have I been doing it completely wrong this whole time?

I can't seem to find any setup panel within the editor. Where is it?

Edit: Found it! I could swear I never saw this before. Is "Software driver" the correct choice? I don't see an option for OpenGL.

I've been encountering an odd problem. I've been distributing beta builds that are set to use the OpenGL driver, but when the users unzip the game and run it on their computer, the game is set to Direct3D by default. I do include the agsetup.cfg file inside the zip. This is a big problem lately because of all the Direct3D issues that people have been having with Windows 10.

Is there any way of avoiding this?

I'm using Windows 10, but I had that problem in previous OSes as well.

I've heard of that workaround, but it doesn't seem to work for me.

Congrats! I remember seeing this at AdventureX in 2013 or so. Cool to see it finished!

I know GOG wraps the games in WINE, which isn't something I really know much about. Which is why it's available exclusively on GOG.

Very often, a tooltip remains on the screen and won't go away. Like this:



Usually if I just go back to the script or module that the tooltip came from, the tooltip disappears. But as my project grows I often have 10-20 scripts open at once, so it takes while before I find the right one. And if I close all the scripts using "close all", then it never goes away at all unless I close and restart AGS.

Is there any way to prevent this from happening? Or if not, is there a quicker/easier way of getting rid of the permanent tooltips when they appear?

Thanks again in advance!

Devstream #4!

Randomly clicking onto middle of the video, watching how character is tying a red ribbon between two objects. Remembering a puzzle from intro scene where you have to do similar thing to a wire.
Is this a game about connecting things together?

In the sense that MOST adventure games are about putting objects together, yes!

Congratulations, Cat!

That said, now I'm an unrepentant OpenGLer. It works BEAUTIFULLY on everyone's system (so far)! I'm never going back!

So are you using this on production builds now? If so I may switch to this version even if it's technically a beta

Probably not the best idea, but it will be a long time before my game is done, so I assume 4.1 will be made final (or close to it) before that. In the meantime, I want to take advantage of the new features. So here I am.

Devstream #4!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkY8hgNLO7k

Heh. Resonance had the same issue. Ed spent 90% of testing in his boxer shorts.

edit: What we eventually did was add a keyboard command that changed the character's view number to the correct one. It helped when creating screenshots and things!

So the player character gets a SHIRT eventually. Good to know!

(also: lovely work!)

How. Did I. Not see this. Before now.

This would have saved me so much aggravation. Downloading and experimenting with it now!