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Well, I don't have time to rewrite your whole script, I was  trying to give you the idea, hence the etc. etc.

Also, are you saying your stuff now works? It's not clear. What is wrong if it doesn't?

I think you meant to post in the MultiResponse thread, but the answer is:

Code: ags

if (Multi.last) {
  // do stuff
}

If you install it in the same directory, it WILL overwrite, I think. CJ just meant that you CAN install it elsewhere...

Also, read the BFAQ, especially the bit on scripting

As I pointed out on my blog, there is actually a separate French-speaking AGS forum, and I think that's where most Frenchies hang out.

To make stuff like this non-blocking, you need to set everything up in a function, then set some kind of variable. Then, you check for that variable in repeatedly_execute and if it is set, you do the stuff where you need the Waits.

Code: ags

int signScrolling;
int signTimer;
int pixelsright;
int a;
int b;
int pixelsleft;
int xleft;
int xcompare;

function ScrollSign(String message, int scrollfromx, int scollfromy) {

  RawSaveScreen();
  DynamicSprite* ScrollingSign=Scrolling.TextOnSprite(message);
  pixelsright=ScrollingSign.Width-1;
  a=(ScrollingSign.Width-pixelsright);
  b=a;
  xleft=scrollfromx;
  xcompare=(scrollfromx-136);
  signScrolling=2;
  signTimer=signScrolling;
}

function repeatedly_execute () {
  if (signScrolling) {
    signTimer--;
    if (signTimer==0) {
      while (pixelsright!=0) {
        RawRestoreScreen();                                        //erase it
        RawSaveScreen();
        DynamicSprite* ScrollingCrop=Scrolling.TextOnSprite(message);
        a=(ScrollingSign.Width-pixelsright); 
        b=a;
        ScrollingCrop.Crop(0, 0, b, ScrollingCrop.Height);                //crop them
        RawDrawImage(xleft,scollfromy,ScrollingCrop.Graphic);      //draw it
        ScrollingCrop.Delete();
        xleft--;                                                           //move it left
        pixelsright--;                                                 //reveal another pixel's worth of message
        signTimer=signScrolling;
      }

ETC.

However, wouldn't it be easier to put the sprite on an overlay or GUI and then just move the overlayor GUI around?

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You can still create the XML in that bone version and export it back out to 1.10...

I have a new version in the works, but although stuff works better in some ways, a lot of this have got messed up and I may need to start again.

Can you try downloading v1.10 from the beginning of this thread, and then straight away without changing anything export the default animation and see if it works, please?

Surely the 3.02 suggestion thread now..

My favourite suggestions from this thread so far:

   * Ogg Theora video included
   * Widescreen support
   * Native Hi-res co-ordinate support (optional to maintain backward compatibility)
   * Game setup options configurable at runtime?
   * Non-blocking dialogs (toggle-able?)
   * PCX import
   * The compiler should barf if someone declares a variable or function in a script header as this is (I think) never what someone actually wants.
   * Group operations in view editor: copy, cut, paste, flip

And of course, the old biggies: functions being first class objects and pointers to structs being allowe dinside structs

Make sure you download the latest version

Presumably you've passed it on to Emerald, then...?

Only use it if you want to upset gypsys and other travellers...

The Dengvat module has a built in GUI for this kind of thing...

27 hour response too slow for you, eh?

You could add a function to the Dengvat module to iterate over the array(s) and write them to a file. I won't have time to do this in the near future, though.

Firstly, use [ code ] ... [ /code ] to put stuff in a code block.

Secondly, the general solution as to "walk-tos" being blocking is to do a bit of scripting in your on_click function so that the game remembers that you are walking somewhere for a reason, even though you do it non-blocking and then runs the processclick after you've stopped moving with your non-blocking walk.

Why not have a fullscreen GUI on top of everything with your all-white BG and then change the GUI's transparency?

Turn on font outlines. That puts an outline of a different colour around your fonts and so makes it visible on any background. This is what they do in subtitles in movies and TV..

Get a room, you guys