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[faerieevenstar]

Happy birthday, faerieevenstar! May you receive many new adventure games to review on your blog.

Yes! Finally! Someone guessed it. Okay, great. Your turn.

Hmmm... some good guesses so far, but it looks like you could use another hint. Unfortunately, there's not that much more to the game.

[imgzoom]http://i.imgur.com/OtbUpkp.png[/imgzoom]

Based on a popular children's television programme.

Nothing.

There should be no major differences in the way AGS operates. It's Windows 7 compatible. You *might* run into some permissions issues if you're running it with an underprivileged account. That's about all I can think of.

The biggest changes you should expect are in Windows Explorer, which IMHO got a bit of a downgrade in usability going from Win XP -> 7.

Looks like 60s stuff. Is it one of those early Kurt Russell films?

Is the "DD" in the second screenshot a clue as to the name of the game?

Yes.

Spoiler

Hotspots?

[close]

Sorry, Mandle. Had to give it a try.

Here's another screenshot. Hopefully it's a clue. If you're still stuck, I have an even more obvious one

[imgzoom]http://i.imgur.com/0GYOd2K.png[/imgzoom]

Sorry to disappoint, but you're correct!

Very close! I can't even give a hint because you're so close.

No, not Digdug, Mandle.

[Excavate around Larry's godfather O (6)]

They're getting too easy. Here's an unnecessarily componentised one:

Excavate around Larry's godfather O (6)

Broken Age?

I think the second word is pirate too, Adeel. I was thinking scurvy for the first word, but that has six letters. Still no idea. :/

I'd recognise that low poly awfulness anywhere. (The public telephone helped.)

[imgzoom]http://i.imgur.com/R9uooJO.png[/imgzoom]

Simon the Sorcerer 3D?

Bill and Ted's Excellent Golf

Ego: "Hello!"
Woman: "Hi there."
return
@1

Woman: "Nothing much."
return
@2

Woman: "Wouldn't you like to know."
goto-dialog dWoman2
@3

Woman: "Goodbye."
stop

Ah, this looks fine. These translate into .Say() commands and should work fine with custom portraits.

I'm not sure why it isn't showing the right portrait for you.

If you're saying that you can see *A* portrait, but it's just not the correct one, double check the SpeechView setting of your character. The SpeechView will use whatever is in Loop 0 of that view.

If you're saying you still can't see any portraits, please see my example project above. Maybe seeing an example will give you a better idea of why it's not working.

EDIT: If you've set it up correctly, the editor for your character should look a bit like this: http://i.imgur.com/nhVilWy.png

Hrmmm... I'm not sure what's wrong. A couple of possibilities:

1. Does the speech show up above the character's head? If so, you might be missing the SpeechView setting for the character. AGS will keep using LucasArts speech until all of the settings are set.

2. What are you using to display the speech of your characters? If you are using the Display() command, it won't work for portraits. You'll need to use cEgo.Say() or whatever your main character is called.

If you like, I can attach a sample project with a speech view and Sierra speech set up.

Edit: Just in case it helps, here's a sample project. It uses the built-in key sprite as Roger's portrait. If you talk to Roger, he'll say "Hello There!" with a giant key next to his text.

You don't need to create an object for the portrait. You use an existing sprite to make the view. So if it's not already in your project, you'll need to go to the Sprites page and import it:



Right-click on Views in the Explore Project tree and choose New View:



Double-click on the new view you created. Click Create New Loop and then Create New Frame:



In the dialogue that appears, select the sprite for your character's portrait and click Use This Sprite:



Edit: Just in reply to the edit you made, don't use your character's walk view. Make a new view following the instructions above and set the character's SpeechView to the new view. Each view in your game can have a frame 0 and they shouldn't conflict with each other.