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Iron Sky?

Mandle: But there is a sequel to Half-Life!

and so she hired

Would it have ended differently in bright daylight?
Was the mother blind?
Did she want to kill a human?
Did she plan the murder for a longer time?
Did she hope to accomplish something else than getting rid of the person with the murder (e.g. heritage, to make an event happen...)?

Is the murder weapon relevant to this case?
Was the mother in her right mind, when she did it?
Has the mother taken any drugs?
alcohol?
inhaled any chemicals?
Has the mother any mental illness?

Did she kill him with a knife?
Did she shoot him?
Did she suffocate him?

Did she know she would kill her son before she did it?
Did she think it was her husband?
Did the son look somehow like the man she intended to kill?
Was her son completely under the blanket when she killed him?

The skeleton was wearing a diving suit with air tanks, and the explanation is that he was diving in a lake when a helicopter came to scoop up water to put out the forest fire, accidentally grabbing him with it (and then he was dumped over the forest, of course).

That's absolutely right. Just a snack for the riddle-hungry audience

[Case #8It was a strange sight for the detective as he got to the remote body recovery site in a sparsely grown part of an old wood. The dead body must lie here for years. But he knew in an instant what happened. Do you?]

Case #8
It was a strange sight for the detective as he got to the remote body recovery site in a sparsely grown part of an old wood. The dead body must lie here for years. But he knew in an instant what happened. Do you?

Yes
Was the body decomposed?
Was it a skeleton?
Was the body human?
Was there clothes on the body?
Was the reason why this is a "sparsely grown part" of the woods related to the reason for the death?
Was it the only skeleton they found?
Had there been a forest fire?
Was the victim wearing anything made from foamed neoprene?
When you say he knew "what happened", does that refer to how the person died (as opposed to e.g. why their body was found now)?
Was the victim participating in a hobby a shortish time before they died?
Was the victim wearing any large metal cylindrical objects?


No
Had the body fallen from a tree?
Was the body found on a “body farm“ (not sure if this is the right expression, I mean a place where scientists put bodies to watch and record the process of decomposition)?
was there a bullet found near the body?
Was there a hole in the skull?
Was the head separated from the body?
Was there an unopened parachute?
Was the body a girl/child?
Were there clothes near the body?
Was the body that of an old person (pre-decomposition)?
Was it an restricted area after a nuclear catastrophe?
Was there a plane crash?
Is this a victim of the crash?
Was a tree trunk spread across the body? (such as the tree had fallen on him)
Was there a cross nearby?
Was the body buried? Had the body been buried at one point?
Did the detective killed this person? 
Did he/she die in winter?
Was he/she a skier?
Had there been an avalanche?


Unanswerable/Irrelevant
Was the reason of death easy to see without further investigation? (Depends on the experience one has, doesn't it?)
Was the body a woman?
Was the body male?

[Case #8It was a strange sight for the detective as he got to the remote body recovery site in a sparsely grown part of an old wood. The dead body must lie here for years. But he knew in an instant what happened. Do you?]

Case #8
It was a strange sight for the detective as he got to the remote body recovery site in a sparsely grown part of an old wood. The dead body must lie here for years. But he knew in an instant what happened. Do you?

Yes
Was the body decomposed?
Was it a skeleton?
Was the body human?
Was there clothes on the body?
Was the reason why this is a "sparsely grown part" of the woods related to the reason for the death?
Was it the only skeleton they found?
Had there been a forest fire?
Was the victim wearing anything made from foamed neoprene?
When you say he knew "what happened", does that refer to how the person died (as opposed to e.g. why their body was found now)?
Was the victim participating in a hobby a shortish time before they died?
Was the victim wearing any large metal cylindrical objects?


No
Had the body fallen from a tree?
Was the body found on a “body farm“ (not sure if this is the right expression, I mean a place where scientists put bodies to watch and record the process of decomposition)?
was there a bullet found near the body?
Was there a hole in the skull?
Was the head separated from the body?
Was there an unopened parachute?
Was the body a girl/child?
Were there clothes near the body?
Was the body that of an old person (pre-decomposition)?
Was it an restricted area after a nuclear catastrophe?
Was there a plane crash?
Is this a victim of the crash?
Was a tree trunk spread across the body? (such as the tree had fallen on him)
Was there a cross nearby?
Was the body buried? Had the body been buried at one point?
Did the detective killed this person? 


Unanswerable/Irrelevant
Was the reason of death easy to see without further investigation? (Depends on the experience one has, doesn't it?)
Was the body a woman?
Was the body male?

Mandle just gimme the damn answer

[Case #8It was a strange sight for the detective as he got to the remote body recovery site in a sparsely grown part of an old wood. The dead body must lie here for years. But he knew in an instant what happened. Do you?]

Case #8
It was a strange sight for the detective as he got to the remote body recovery site in a sparsely grown part of an old wood. The dead body must lie here for years. But he knew in an instant what happened. Do you?

Yes
Was the body decomposed?
Was it a skeleton?
Was the body human?
Was there clothes on the body?
Was the reason why this is a "sparsely grown part" of the woods related to the reason for the death?
Was it the only skeleton they found?


No
Had the body fallen from a tree?
Was the body found on a “body farm“ (not sure if this is the right expression, I mean a place where scientists put bodies to watch and record the process of decomposition)?
was there a bullet found near the body?
Was there a hole in the skull?
Was the head separated from the body?
Was there an unopened parachute?
Was the body a girl/child?
Were there clothes near the body?
Was the body that of an old person (pre-decomposition)?
Was it an restricted area after a nuclear catastrophe?


Unanswerable/Irrelevant
Was the reason of death easy to see without further investigation? (Depends on the experience one has, doesn't it?)
Was the body a woman?
Was the body male?

[Case #8It was a strange sight for the detective as he got to the remote body recovery site in a sparsely grown part of an old wood. The dead body must lie here for years. But he knew in an instant what happened. Do you?]

Case #8
It was a strange sight for the detective as he got to the remote body recovery site in a sparsely grown part of an old wood. The dead body must lie here for years. But he knew in an instant what happened. Do you?

Yes
Was the body decomposed?
Was it a skeleton?
Was the body human?


No
Had the body fallen from a tree?
Was the body found on a “body farm“ (not sure if this is the right expression, I mean a place where scientists put bodies to watch and record the process of decomposition)?
was there a bullet found near the body?
Was there a hole in the skull?
Was the head separated from the body?
Was there an unopened parachute?


Unaswerable
Was the reason of death easy to see without further investigation? (Depends on the experience one has, doesn't it?)

[Case #8It was a strange sight for the detective as he got to the remote body recovery site in a sparsely grown part of an old wood. The dead body must lie here for years. But he knew in an instant what happened. Do you?]

Case #8
It was a strange sight for the detective as he got to the remote body recovery site in a sparsely grown part of an old wood. The dead body must lie here for years. But he knew in an instant what happened. Do you?

Yes
Was the body decomposed?


No
Had the body fallen from a tree?

Apo the Apocalypse knew

Thanks Cassie! That's actually a good alternative! I'll go with that.

But I am still curious. How do I check, if a speech text overlay is shown?

[Case #8It was a strange sight for the detective as he got to the remote body recovery site in a sparsely grown part of an old wood. The dead body must lie here for years. But he knew in an instant what happened. Do you?]

Let's squeeze this one in till a host is found

Case #8
It was a strange sight for the detective as he got to the remote body recovery site in a sparsely grown part of an old wood. The dead body must lie here for years. But he knew in an instant what happened. Do you?

[5 days]

Thanks guys for all your awesome entries so far! I already more than doubled the "sucess" of my last hosted coloring ball

I am giving this one another 5 days. Maybe someone else wants to participate and show me a great logo for the new thing, soon in store!

Let's do this!

Has he been pardoned for his crimes by a leader of his country?
If you say "rest of his life", did he have an illness and it was known, that he would die pretty short after he got out?
Did a change of the prison director or any other hierarchical change happen?

Btw and OT: Did you guys know, that prison break is not a crime per se and cannot be punished by law (e.g. in germany), but a "natural desire for freedom". Nevertheless this contradicts the juristical decision of a prison sentence. How paradoxical†‹:-D

[// would if (player.Speaking) work in this case?]

Is there a command to check if a speech text overlay is visible atm?
If not, do you guys see another solution for the followng problem?

Little prologue:
I have a TwoClickHandler game with a not automatic speech (click to continue, needed in my educational project). The player character can sit on a chair if I click left on the hotspot. While sitting, the character gets a new speech view and of course should not move. But the player can still look at things and talk about them or "use" a wall clock to wait for his appointment (which is the little puzzle).
If the player wants to stand upand walk around again, he can click with left on the ground and the character stands up.

I coded it like this:

Code: ags

//function hChair_Interact()
if (...)
  {
   player.Walk(335, 175, eBlock, eWalkableAreas);
   Wait(20);
   player.FaceDirection(eDirectionUp, eBlock);
   Wait(5);
   player.LockViewFrame(70, 0, 0);
   waitphase = true; //true if player sits.
   player.SpeechView = 78; //Sitting view
  }

//function rep_exec()
if (waitphase == true) 
{
 if (((mouse.IsButtonDown(eMouseLeft)) && (GetLocationType(mouse.x, mouse.y) == eLocationNothing))) //leftclick on the walkable area or 
 {
  player.ChangeView(9);
  player.SpeechView = 10;
  player.UnlockView();
  player.Walk(player.x, player.y+2, eBlock, eAnywhere);
  waitphase = false;
 }
}

Here is the problem with this setup:
When the char looks f.e. at a sign, he talks two lines of speech about it and if the player clicks away the last line of the speech while the cursor is on a walkable area, the char stands up. This is annoying because now the player needs to sit down the char once again before he can proceed.

What I want it to do:
The player should be allowed to click away the speech with both mouse buttons (standard with TwoClickHandler)
                                           +
At least one gameloop after the last speech overlay caused by the char instead of at the same time of the overlay disappearing, the game should recognize a left click on a walkable area.

My Idea:

1. if the player character talks while sitting (waitphase=true) // would if (player.Speaking) work in this case?
  --> Lock the "standing up" option in r_e_a // player won't stand up while clicking away the speech

2. if there is a player speech overlay happening and if "waitph ase=true"  // How to check the first condition?
  --> Start a timer in r_e_a that expires a very short time after the last overlay disappeared. //player won't stand up while clicking away the speech

3. if the timer is expired //second left click needed as intended
  --> Unlock the "standing up" option in r_e_a //player can click left and stand up again

How to code this?

Is the window at the ground floor of the building?