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Oh yes, this still happens! Join us! Still at approximately 2 PM London time, but we'll be waiting till a sufficient number arrive.

Hey, looking above (a piece of Game.agf xml) it's not stored if the alpha was made using leave-as-is, topleft pixel, no transparency, top right pixel... :/

Yes, that's what I was getting at above.

[1. Tabata]

Hmmmm

This is tough, but

1. Tabata -- Best incomplete sprite I've seen. You should be proud of how you captured her form under the translucent dress.
2. Glenjamin -- The goblins have a great "princess". I just wonder where they got the head from.
3. AnasAbdin -- Truly cosmic beauty and she looks very powerful.

As I noted in my post above, not all sprites keep their links. Sprites copied from clipboard and sprites imported using "tiled import" feature do not have links stored.

Also, nothing has its transparency status stored AFAIK. That 'replace sprite(s) from source' convenience feature uses whatever the dialogue box was last set to.

KyriakosCH, you use && to combine conditions with an 'and' in an if statement.

Combining Crimson Wizard's suggestion and your notes, you want something like this:

Code: ags

function hDoor_Interact()
{
    if(HasPlayerBeenInRoom(1) && HasPlayerBeenInRoom(2) && HasPlayerBeenInRoom(3) && HasPlayerBeenInRoom(4) && HasPlayerBeenInRoom(5))
    {
        player.ChangeRoom(6); // Or the room of your choice
    }
    else
    {
        Display("I don't feel like doing that.");
    }
}

I think the third has the best colouring. I'd go with that, but at high resolution, no window glow.

Let me get this straight, the audio was completely unrelated?
I think a similar thing can happen if you use a 0-frame view as a character's speech view.
I suspect there is a hole in AGS' error checking somewhere. This should probably be looked at.

[right]

You must have known what to think of the guy's activism when he likened Escape from Monkey Island to an "old school" "Sierra" game.

Not sure why you're putting old school in quotes. 2000 was the tail end, but it's definitely within the old school of adventure games. He gets the Sierra attribution wrong, but he's clearly not an adventure gamer, so I can forgive him for that.

Welcome to the forum, I guess :\
I assume Darth just edited out the image, but I'm still curious.

The worst part of all, is the hack attacks on my twitter account. Now almost every time I log on my twitter I'm asked to enter a verification code sent to my personal mobile number to make sure it is me. Not to mention the amount of hate mail and malware sent to me

I've mentioned it to Anas already, but I got a login attempt too. I haven't had any in all my years of Twittering. Very strange timing.

I wonder whether the attempts are from CBS or just fans intent on burying this like the single-post keyboard warrior above.

If I were in your situation, I would be really scared by all of these threats. I'm glad you're brave enough to stand up, but why shouldn't you be? I mean, it's your work. It's years of development. You're just one guy, but that doesn't make it right. They can't trample over your work like this. I hope you do continue to get the word out, Anas.

Love the new screenshot too, especially in animated form! I still think you animate water very beautifully.

also an arbitrary agitation

Thank you, Dan!

[Project CARS]

Sleep tight, spooky fish

Can you please put Project CARS in my halloween treat bag?

Thank you

Hold your fire, manifest. Darth hasn't confirmed the answer.

John Wilkes Booth

(honest John)

You can speed it up a bit by just working with the pixel you're interested in. Here's a proof of (Snarky's) concept:

Code: ags

int GetPixelAlpha(this DrawingSurface *, int x, int y)
{
  DrawingSurface *surface;
  DynamicSprite *test;
  DynamicSprite *white;
  int alpha;

  if(this.GetPixel(x, y) == COLOR_TRANSPARENT)
    alpha = 0;
  else
  {
    // Create a sprite from the pixel we're interested in
    test = DynamicSprite.CreateFromDrawingSurface(this, x, y, 1, 1);
    white = DynamicSprite.Create(1, 1, true);
    surface = white.GetDrawingSurface();
    surface.Clear(15);
    surface.Release();
    white.CopyTransparencyMask(test.Graphic);
    surface = test.GetDrawingSurface();
    surface.Clear(0);
    surface.DrawImage(0, 0, white.Graphic);
    white.Delete();
    // Obtain the alpha from the green channel
    // From the AGS source:
    // agscolor += ((grn >> 2) & 0x3f) << 5;
    // Green has the most precision
    alpha = (surface.GetPixel(0, 0) >> 5 & 63) << 2 | 3;
    surface.Release();
    test.Delete();
  }

  return(alpha);
}

This returns alpha, so 0 is transparent, 255 is opaque.

Yes, but it was just as insecure before Firefox told you so.

to warn Snappy of

Feelgood

more determined to find

It looks magnificent, Tabata. I like the rose motif and the shoe design is really pretty. And yes, this competition needs more entries!

Blondbraid, I don't think the shape is too specific. If we had the superhero shape, we can certainly have princesses.

If you wanted to, you could add a second shape. That's what people sometimes do to encourage diversity in the entries. Maybe have a large ball gown? I don't know, I think the current shape is great.

And now, I present to you...

Zahlia, Princess of Flames:

[imgzoom]https://i.imgur.com/tjUDL1x.png[/imgzoom]

Yes, her dress is impossible. Please don't ask about it.

forearms and an appetite