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Kajlin,

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Take a look at the cereal packet.

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Oct,

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You need more water, what else can carry water?

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Oct, Thanks!

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There are red books on two of the book cases that both reveal secrets.

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Oct,

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I think you need to repeatedly look at one of the large windows.

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Getting stuck.

Most of the gamers I know have probably played about 2% of a point 'n click at some point in their lives, got stuck, frustratedly spent 15 mins randomly clicking all over the screen and given up.  People want to be entertained 100% of the time, take every other genre of game. There is always something going on, or something to be done. Adventure games need to know when the player is stuck and start to help them out somehow. I think the popularity of Lost in the Nightmare, arguably one of the worst 'adventure' games here, 2 or 3 puzzles? and 2 or 3 hours of simply clicking hotspots, yawn. Not to take from the game as an interactive horror movie it's top marks, great story, 100% linear game play, mindless interaction. That's what people want. Mindless entertainment. Adventure games are for people who want to use their brains a bit and that is what is wrong with the games, and also what makes them so good. Sorry for disjointed post but hope it gets my thoughts across.

This probably isn't the official way but I usually use the 'Palette Index 0' option for transparency then 'grab entire image' and if you are in 16-bit with a texture with no pallete then then there are no transparent pixels. Work for me.

lilac,

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I had a similar maze subgame in Where's Ma Hat Ma but that was only 8x8, and lots of people complained it was too hard! Anyway's yours is much better. You could easily expand this in to a full game. Shame the piano wasn't more functional though.

Maybe the objects were covering the hotspots? then you would need to do
object[1].Clickable=false; for each block in first time player enter screen bit.
Anyway here is the altered version,
block 2

I've added a ResetBlock() function that you could call if you want to give the player a way to start again.

I tried to make the original match the behaviour of your example code. As I'm not working in AGS at present it's good to keep my hand in now and again.

If nothing is happening I'd start by putting some Display("X"); commands in the code so you can see if that bit of code is being run or not. Starting with the hotspot interactions.

I tried the code and there was a wee bug in the while loop, you need to change the three 'Block+1' bits to 'b+1'.

Here's my test project Block demo

Only difference is I used interact object instead of interact hotspot, don't know how you want to trigger the blocks.

Ok, I'll be a bit more explicit;

This code goes at the very top of the room script file

Code: ags

// room script file

#define BlockNumber 4

int Sequence[BlockNumber];
int BlockState[BlockNumber];
int SequenceIndex;

function PushBlock(int Block)
{
Ã,  Ã, if (BlockState[Block]==1)
Ã,  {
Ã,  Ã,  Ã, // Already pushed so do nothing
Ã,  Ã,  Ã, return; 
Ã,  }

Ã,  BlockState[Block]=1;
Ã,  //Animate Block moving forwards
Ã,  object[Block+1].SetView(4);
Ã,  object[Block+1].Animate(Block+1,3,eOnce,eBlock);

Ã,  if (Block==Sequence[SequenceIndex])
Ã,  {
Ã,  Ã,  Ã, //Correct order 
Ã,  Ã,  Ã, SequenceIndex++;
Ã,  Ã,  Ã, if (SequenceIndex==BlockNumber)
Ã,  Ã,  Ã, {
Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  //Door opens. Put your door opening code here
Ã,  Ã,  Ã, }
Ã,  }
Ã,  else
Ã,  {
Ã,  Ã,  Ã, //Wrong order so reset moved Boxes
Ã,  Ã,  Ã, SequenceIndex=0;
Ã,  Ã,  Ã, int b=0;
Ã,  Ã,  Ã, while (b<BlockNumber)
Ã,  Ã,  Ã, {
Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  Ã, if (BlockState[b]==1)
Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  Ã, {
Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  Ã, BlockState[b]=0;
Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  Ã, //Animate Block moving back
Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  Ã, object[Block+1].SetView(4);
Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  Ã, object[Block+1].Animate(Block+1,3,eOnce,eBlock,eBackwards);
Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  Ã, }
Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  Ã, b++;
Ã,  Ã,  Ã, }
Ã,  }
}

Put this in first time player enters room script

Code: ags

Ã,  //Your desired sequence
Ã,  Sequence[0]=3;
Ã,  Sequence[1]=2;
Ã,  Sequence[2]=0;
Ã,  Sequence[3]=1;

Ã,  //All Boxes at start position
Ã,  BlockState[0]=0;
Ã,  BlockState[1]=0;Ã,  
Ã,  BlockState[2]=0;
Ã,  BlockState[3]=0;

Ã,  SequenceIndex=0;

Then in interact hotspot 1 script put

Code: ags

Ã,  PushBlock(1);

Then in interact hotspot 2 script put

Code: ags

Ã,  PushBlock(2);

and so on for all blocks. Hope this is a little more clear.

Hi, sorry I'm working in C++ at present, you need to do

int b=0;
while(b<BlockNumber)
{


.
.
.
.

  b++;
}

Here's my zoom code, slightly modified and therefore probably not working any more, from the last room in Magsic II where you could zoom in on various parts of the screen.


DynamicSprite *DSP;

// Zoom in & out on point (x,y),Ã,  Ã, z depth of zoom,Ã,  InOnly flag drops out after zoom in

function Zoom(int x, int y, int z, bool InOnly)
{
Ã,  RawSaveScreen();

Ã,  DSP=DynamicSprite.CreateFromScreenShot();
Ã,  Wait(1);

Ã,  int kx;
Ã,  int ky;
Ã,  int i=0;
Ã,  int id=z/60;
Ã, 
Ã,  while(i>=0)
Ã,  {
Ã,  Ã,  kx=(-(x*(320+z*2))/320)+160;Ã, 
Ã,  Ã,  ky=(-(y*(240+z*2))/240)+120;Ã, 
Ã, 
Ã,  Ã,  RawDrawImageResized( (kx*i)/z, (ky*i)/z, DSP.Graphic, 320+i*2, 240+i*2);
Ã,  Ã, 
Ã,  Ã,  Wait(1);
Ã, 
Ã,  Ã,  i+=id;
Ã,  Ã,  if (i>z)
Ã,  Ã,  {
Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  //Use this as basis for room background after zoom in
Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  //SaveScreenShot("zoom.pcx");
Ã,  Ã,  Ã, 
Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  id=-id;
Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  i=z;
Ã,  Ã,  Ã, 
Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  if (InOnly)
Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  {
Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  return;
Ã,  Ã,  Ã,  }
Ã,  Ã,  }
Ã,  }

Ã,  RawRestoreScreen();
}


Usage:

Zoom(88,170,300,0);

[==1) { BlockState=0; //Animate Block moving back object[Block+1].SetView(4); object[Block+1].Animate(Block+1,3,eOnce,eBlock,eBackwards); } } }}Then in each hotspot script put PushBlock(Corresponding Block number);It might be nicer to use none blocking when reseting the blocks so they all move back at the same time and add a check at the end of the script to ensure all blocks have finished animating, or just put a Wait(n) in with n sufficient to cover all blocks animations.]

This won't work as you don't seem to be checking if a block has already been pushed when you tell it to animate back. Also not sure if you have 4 or five blocks, so just change all 4's to 5's.

//Top of room_script

#define BlockNumber 4

int Sequence[BlockNumber];
int BlockState[BlockNumber];
int SequenceIndex;

//Init. Put this in first time player enters room
{
  //Your desired sequence
  Sequence[0]=3;
  Sequence[1]=2;
  Sequence[2]=0;
  Sequence[3]=1;
  //Sequence[4]=4;


  //All Boxes at start position
  BlockState[0]=0;
  BlockState[1]=0; 
  BlockState[2]=0;
  BlockState[3]=0;
  //BlockState[4]=0;

  SequenceIndex=0;
}

//Put this in room_script
function PushBlock(int Block)
{
   if (BlockState[Block]==1)
  {
     // Already pushed so do nothing
     return;
  }

  BlockState[Block]=1;
  //Animate Block moving forwards
  object[Block+1].SetView(4);
  object[Block+1].Animate(Block+1,3,eOnce,eBlock);

  if (Block==Sequence[SequenceIndex])
  {
     //Correct order
     SequenceIndex++;
     if (SequenceIndex==BlockNumber)
     {
        //Door opens
     }
  }
  else
  {
     //Wrong order so reset moved Boxes
     SequenceIndex=0;
     for (int b=0;b<BlockNumber;b++)
     {
         if (BlockState==1)
         {
           BlockState=0;
           //Animate Block moving back
           object[Block+1].SetView(4);
           object[Block+1].Animate(Block+1,3,eOnce,eBlock,eBackwards);
         }
     }
  }
}

Then in each hotspot script put

  PushBlock(Corresponding Block number);



It might be nicer to use none blocking when reseting the blocks so they all move back at the same time and add a check at the end of the script to ensure all blocks have finished animating, or just put a Wait(n) in with n sufficient to cover all blocks animations.

... is being alive. Shame about the final cut scene though.

 I think most people here write adventures as a way to express themselves, since %99 of the adventures are freeware, the motivation is purely for the love of the game. Even a moderate game takes 100s of hours of work, to expect someone to write a game for you, unless they happen to be similarly motivated, is a huge undertaking. Even at a minimum wage you are already talking 1000s of dollars!
Swallows and Amazons would, I agree, make a good basis for a game, I've read the book and recently heard it on the radio twice. If it is for your grandchildren I would suggest changing the main charactors to your grandchildren, to avoid copyright issues and thus making the game more appealing to them.
In reality any award would have to be based on how much time you expect people to put into the game.

Why not just put

character[EGO].ChangeRoom(16, 218, 200);

in the dialog_request script ?

sozi, you are so close, your spoiler practically solves the problem.

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Send fish with string, to white pawn, then attach melted wax to fish. Give back to black pawn. and use on stump, then scare raven. You will then need to find red thing, but you'll know when you're warm.

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jane,

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There are a few ways to do this, but the easiest is to just walk the two rooks up the board, continually checking the King until he is stuck at the top edge when it'll be checkmate.

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jane,

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Yes, sorry, I've had a look and if you give the sword back before trying to exit the cave then your bug will happen. You will have to go back to a save in the cave, before you give the sword back then try to exit the cave before you give the sword to the rope. Will fix.

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