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Ok I have a small problem with my game. At one point you have to get past a ghost by playing a little game with him. He turns away from you and only then you may walk...if you walk when he faces you he will notice that you're moving and you have to restart. That thing works but i can't figure out how to solve it when the character isn't moving. here's the code i've got so far

(The timer starts from the global script after a dialog has ended where you choose if you want to play the game with him or not)

function room_RepExec()
{
if (IsTimerExpired(1))
while (cEgo.Moving) {
cChar27.FaceLocation(cChar27.x + 10, cChar27.y);
 cEgo.StopMoving();
cChar27.Say ("Hah you're moving");
cChar27.Say ("You have to start over");
dGhost2.Start();
}
The part below doesn't work at all and I've probably just overlooked something

else if (IsTimerExpired(1)) {
                                             // on this line I guess i want a code  like "If character is not moving" kind of thing
cChar27.FaceLocation(cChar27.x + 10, cChar27.y);
 cChar27.Say ("You're good. Let's continue");
(here i'd like to set a different timer so the intervals between the ghost won't be exactly the same. the first timer from the global script is 400 so the second could be 300 then 100 and maybe a last one at 200)
}
 }
 
Hope anyone can help

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If you think it's good enough I was thinking about maybe doing a small tutorial about it. It was very easy when i noticed that my idea of doing it worked well. (Yeah I think it's ok but maybe it's not )

I KNOW I'm no expert at all so don't rub it in haha, and there are many many great animators here. But I thought it might be useful for people like me who don't consider themselves as very good and find animating a major pain in the ***

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http://www.datafilehost.com/download-8bb3af77.html

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http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?gmzygbzr2gm

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Thanks!

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cEgo.LoseInventory(i5goldcoins);
cEgo.AddInventory(i4goldcoins) ;  ?

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Thanks!

Here's the idea for the small cave i've made


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Yeah maybe I'm stupid but it's better to ask to get it confirmed right? Is it possible to disable a repeatedly execute function? I have this gnome running around on one of my backgrounds picking up stuff from the ground and talks to himself...you're supposed to be a able to catch him but if you do that and remove him from the room the repeatedly execute function still runs and everything locks. The player can't move at all etc. So...if it's not possible to disable that function do you have any ideas how to get this to work? I looked in the manual but didn't find anything...
EDIT: Here's the code for it

function room_RepExec()
{
int ran;


     // MOVE - Character is has finished animating, start him on his journey
     if (GnomeState==MOVE) {
          GnomeState = MOVING;
          ran = Random(7);
          if (ran==0) cChar5.Walk(633, 377);
         else if (ran==1) cChar5.Walk(200, 350);
         else if (ran==2) cChar5.Walk(427, 287);
         else if (ran==3) cChar5.Walk(127, 500);
         else if (ran==4) cChar5.Walk(600, 300);
         else if (ran==5) cChar5.Walk(127, 500);
         else if (ran==6) cChar5.Walk(312, 375);
         else cChar5.Walk(72, 418);
     }

     // MOVING - Character is moving, wait for movement to stop
     else if (GnomeState==MOVING) {
          if (!cChar5.Moving) GnomeState = ANIMATIE;
     }

     // ANIMATE - Character has just stopped walking so now start the animation
     else if (GnomeState==ANIMATIE) {
          GnomeState = ANIMATING;
          cChar5.LockView (19);
          cChar5.Animate (1, 3);
          cChar5.UnlockView();
           int buk = Random(8);
    String sentence;
    if (buk == 0)
    {
      sentence = "Not enough, need more";
    }
    if (buk == 1)
    {
      sentence = "It's a shitty job but someone's gotta do it";
    }
    if (buk == 2)
    {
      sentence = "I'm getting tired of this";
     
    }
     if (buk == 3)
    {
      sentence = "This is so goddamn boring";
     
    }
     if (buk == 4)
    {
      sentence = "I want to sleep now";
     
    }
     if (buk == 5)
    {
      sentence = "Damn Howard, making me do this on my day off ";
     
    }
    if (buk == 6)
    {
      sentence = "I'm gonna complain to the union";
     
    }
     if (buk == 7)
    {
      sentence = "Is there no end to this?";
     
    }
    if (buk == 8)
    {
      sentence = "I wish I was home now";
        }
       
    cChar5.SayBackground(sentence);
}
               

     // ANIMATING - Character is animating, wait for animation to stop
      else if (GnomeState==ANIMATING) {
          if (!cChar5.Animating) GnomeState = MOVE;
     }
   

     
     // DEFAULT - Default state is MOVE
     else {
          GnomeState = MOVE;   
    }
if (cChar5.IsCollidingWithChar(cEgo) == 1)
                   cChar5.SayBackground ("Out of my way you tall bastard");}
                   

Ok here´s my little problem. I have a small gnome on one of the pictures and i want him to walk around the screen and pick up stuff here´s the code but he doesnät walk...the only thing that happens is that the gnome stands still on the same place and plays the picking up animation over and over again a little help would be appreciated here´s the code i made

function room_RepExec()
{
int ran=Random(7);
if (ran==0)
{cChar5.Walk(633, 377);
cChar5.LockView (19);
cChar5.Animate (1, 3);
cChar5.UnlockView();
}
else if (ran==1)
{cChar5.Walk(200, 350);
cChar5.LockView (19);
cChar5.Animate (1, 3);
cChar5.UnlockView();
}

else if (ran==2)
{cChar5.Walk(427, 287);
cChar5.LockView (19);
cChar5.Animate (2, 3);
cChar5.UnlockView();
}
else if (ran==3)
{cChar5.Walk(127, 500);
cChar5.LockView (19);
cChar5.Animate (1, 3);
cChar5.UnlockView();
}
else if (ran==4)
{cChar5.Walk(600, 300);
cChar5.LockView (19);
cChar5.Animate (2, 3);
cChar5.UnlockView();
}
else if (ran==5)
{cChar5.Walk(127, 500);
cChar5.LockView (19);
cChar5.Animate (1, 3);
cChar5.UnlockView();
}
else if (ran==6)
{cChar5.Walk(312, 375);
cChar5.LockView (19);
cChar5.Animate (1, 3);
cChar5.UnlockView();
}
else
{cChar5.Walk(72, 418);
cChar5.LockView (19);
cChar5.Animate (2, 3);
cChar5.UnlockView();}
}

Ok. This is the first time I have ever done anything at all with AGS so please be gentle
The game starts in grampa's attic. You're there to clean up after he passed away. The character starts looking around and soon enough (If you don't get stuck hehe) finds a magic book...he´s very skeptic about it but for fun he reads one of the spells and disappears into another world where the evil queen Josephine has gone mad with power. What will happen to our hero? Why don't YOU find out? Here are a few screenshots.

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