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And who is 'johnatan;?

Oh well, best get on with life.

I have also had a negative comment from this guy. It seems he had a Trojan alert and about how it took 32 minutes to download my game.

Am I feeding a troll?

You can't expect to always get good comments so I guess I'll let it pass.

I split the GUI into 4 parts..

Cheers Khris,

That makes sense, I really should have seen it.

Anyhow, I now have it so I can play any of 4 DVD's.

Thank you

Hi,

I'm only working on one cylinder today.

I'm trying to use an inventory item hover over a button (Button28 is the slot for a DVD).

The inventory can be any one of 4 music DVD's.

This works but is not refined enough.

Not sure. Can you help me please?

Code: AGS

 
if (cspace.ActiveInventory==iswan &&  mouse.x>=81 &&  mouse.y<=121 && Game.DoOnceOnly("Swan"))
{
 if (Game.DoOnceOnly("swan_play"))
  a2001_theme.Play();
  cspace.LoseInventory(iswan);
  cspace.ActiveInventory=null;
}
}

EDIT: This is almost there with this way:

Code: AGS

if (cspace.ActiveInventory==iswan &&  mouse.x>=260 &&  mouse.x<=300 &&  mouse.y<=90 && Game.DoOnceOnly("Swan"))

Many thanks if you can offer the real way...

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Hi

I'm not sure what is causing this problem, things are generally ok.

It got to a point where I imported a fresh global, no changes what-so-ever. My room opens with a splash gui.

I did have it to just show interact and after when the splash screen was closed employ the rest of the modes. But none of the mouse modes worked.

When I did the above (import new global) and played the game again, I just got the walk mode, no other modes.

The room / global script has no references to mouse modes enable/disable.

Any ideas what the problem may be?

That appears to be the problem. Is there a work-around to allow mouse mode interacting with the transparent center area of the screen? 

Think view of a cockpit with window and controls.

EDIT: I have a full screen GUI with a transparent center. Obviuously it's clickable as it has buttons and stuff on therefore it is clickable.

Would it be better to make 4 individual gui's: Top, Bottom, Left and Right?


cheers

Grundislav

They look like some of the members here, did you pay them? 

Good stuff...

Sorry Iceboty,

I've since found the FloatingHotspot module on an old computer stashed away since 2010.

So all ok now.

I am referring if YOU have a GOOD FRIEND or RELATIVE that you could may a payment to and then collect the money from them when its all clear. Its just a way of getting your cash. Not the way things should work but at least you'll get some money. Paypal, owned by ebay, leave a lot to be desired.

I was a paypal member for 9 years.

Have you tried making a paypal payment to a friend?

Hi

There used to be a FloatingHotspot module that showed @OVERHOTSPOT@ on cursor. Is this still downloadable as I can't seem to find it and the file seems to have been deleted?

Cheers

Could it be AGS having issue with imported rooms?

I had this problem once. I deleted the problem room, re-imported it and it worked.

100% saved.

Well done Uziel.

Glad you enjoyed the game.

slasher

Using a Boolean true/false condition would be an idea.

Let's say I'm using a 10-frame long door animation. 3 doors in every room and 100 rooms in the game. Does AGS actually see that as 3,000 single pictures instead of just the 10 from the animation? (and does my question make sense?).

Just the 10 sprites used in the animation.

I think the record is 30... any taker's 

I believe:
Pointing to an animation just gives an 'instance' of that animation which could be used a 1000 times. It does not make copies that would add to file size. This applies to any character or object animation. If you have an object in your sprites folder you can use it as many times as you like and the above applies.

And selmiak: If that were truly the case we would all be in for a very heavy time indeed!

Food for thought though....

This may sound silly, but it has been done, have you actually entered any interactions into the objects events panel?

These interaction events (interact, look, talk etc) are built-in AGS functions and should NOT be just typed into the room script.

Process of elimination.

Had I known that it's just "effect" I would have just not taken any till the end when I need them.

Spoiler

Well, the effect obviously worked

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I don't think I will start over. I did enjoy it but it's disappointing to have to play from the beginning because of a flaw in the game design.

As I have said, not so much a flaw but an oversight which has now been fixed.

Thank you anyway.

slasher

Hi Shadow,

1) I don't understand how the pills are supposed to work. I started by taking one whenever the heart started beating and he said "I needed that pill" but that never stopped the heart from beating. How many pills are necessary? How many are necessary to get to Tasan?

Spoiler

You can / should keep taking the pills whilst your heart is still beating hard until it stops. You should then say something like you should save them until you really need them.

When you go to confront Tasan it will depend on your anxiety level as to how many pills you will need to take to calm right down and proceed.

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2) Conversely, I never saw any negative consequence of not taking the pills. Other than to get to Tasan, why do I need the pills?

Spoiler

If you except the fact that when your anxiety level soars high and your heart is pumping away it should give you a sort of an 'alarming urgency' which the pills can help calm down. Light also calms you down a bit.

Your anxiety level, heart pounding and pills are used mainly for 'effect', and of course you do need to be calm before you face Tasan.

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3) Lastly, if I download the updated version, will my progress be lost or can I just continue?

Spoiler

I think that with the new amount of pills in Version 2 your saves will not support this.

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I am sorry but hope you have the stamina to begin again and that you find the game acceptably rewarding.

Thank you for your post.

Cheers

slasher

Hi Uziel,

Glad you are enjoying the game and thank you for your comments which I hope you will add in the download game section.

Please note that V2 is now available that contains more anxiety pills.

http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/1686/

1. Find a way to save the kid in the air vent. It keeps saying I need something to get up there, but I can't find anything to climb on/with.

Spoiler

Spoiler

You will need to go back to the Bed and see if that can help you climb up to the air vent.

[close]

2. I have put the fuel in the lamp, but need a wick to light it and get in the tunnel.

Spoiler

Spoiler

You'll need to improvise to make a wick for the lamp. A lace perhaps?

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Good luck and I hope you finish the game rescuing 100% of the missing children. Let me know. 

slasher