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I like that alot of these seem to have been recorded by sticking a crappy microphone up to the TV.

case and point

In Word 2000 (and probably other versions) you can go to Tools/Auto Correct to change some of these settings.

I would play the mp3 file in another program (like Windows Media Player) and make sure that the screech isn't coming from the file itself, because I have no idea how AGS could cause that.

There are two commands associated with music volume:

SetMusicMasterVolume() - which sets the overall music volume for the game.
SetMusicVolume() - which is room specific. (and can be setup in the room editor)

For these to work, I think you have to use the PlayMusic() function, not the PlayAmbientSound() function.

The Global Variables pane doesn't let me insert negative default values for integers.

* Added script functions Game.DialogCount, Dialog.OptionCount, Dialog.GetOptionText

Yay! I fished my wish! Rock on, CJ!!!!

But remember the movie named Saw?
A room. Two men chained to pipes. Corpse in the middle. Mystery.

Wasn't this, well, brilliant?
Or the Cube? Again, simple idea making an ultimate sci-fi.

I don't mean gore here, but helping carebear find all the happy toys and get out of closet wouldn't be so interesting.

OK. So we take a carebear, and chain him to a pipe and the only thing within reach is a seamripper...

You just have to select hotspot ID 0 (either by the dropdown box or by using the select area tool on a space with NO COLOR) and then use the fill tool on the area you want to wipe.

I gotta say, really high on my wish list is the ability to change custom property values during runtime.

Or, if that's too hard/not happening any time soon, maybe we could get something along the lines of a built-in String property on everything (like character[].flag, object[].flag, etc.) that we could use for whatever.

I would fall in love with that feature.

EDIT: Second highest on my list would be to have a dialog.GetOptionText function.

The only problem I could see with trying to use the background frames is that the game is going to try to conastantly cycle through them, so you'd have to constantly call the Room.SetBackgroundFrame function in order to maintain any level of control over which background is being displayed.

Read more about the Dynamic Sprites and I would use the Room.GetDrawingSurfaceForBackground function (which would mean you'd need all the extra backgrounds loaded into sprite slots - well, you could load them from files, but you'd have to distribute those files with the game, so sprites would be better.)

Hope this helps.

...and the graphics arent STUNNING but they are good, and the puzzles and story are infinitely more important than graphics. Good luck, I'm looking forward to it!!

Angel Dust might be working with me to do some better graphics, so stay tuned for that.

Also, I have some music samples: Opening Theme Song, and During Gameplay Music

Crap! It DOES look like Bill Clinton.  *laments...

I wasn't planning on much of a puzzle sequence on the airplane. It is more of a get to know the interface/introduction sequence, but maybe I can find a way to make it a little more fun.

the topic of this game is near and dear to my heart.... I'm digging it so far!

GREAT JOB!

[The Story:]

Look out! Here comes my second game (AGS or otherwise). If you've played the first game I made, Quimby Quest. then... well... I pity you. It was sort of fun, maybe? But this one promises to be way better in almost every way - better story, better story-telling, better game play, better puzzles, better graphics!

The Story:
The plot is an homage to the 1963 film, Charade, starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn. Amelia "Mel" Young is unhappy with her marriage and decides she needs some time and space to think about her future, so she goes to visit an old friend in Paris. When she arrives there she discovers that her husband had been killed and that - unbeknownst to her - he was involved in the illegal trafficking of U.S. government secrets. Who was the man she married, really? Meanwhile, her new acquaintence, Sam Case, is involved in the plot more deeply than he'll openly admit, and an unknown third party is threatening her unless she produces the secrets her husband stole. She doesn't know whom to trust and is left to get to the bottom of her dead husband's secret life before it's too late....

Screenshots:





Development Progress:
Story: 95%
Scripting: 45%
Dialog: 5%
Puzzles: 75%
Graphics: -1% (Angel Dust has dropped out of the project, hopefully not permanently)
Sound/Music: 50%
It's probably too early to give an accurate completion date, but I'm hoping by the end of 2008.

Updates:
2008-06-13 - Here is the *final version of the: Theme Song (*more or less). Additionally, Angel Dust indicated he wasn't going to be able to help with art any more, so I'm back to the drawing board there. I can draw well enough for the player to distinguish between a building and a kitty cat, but I would really rather have living, breathing characters and background art with personality. That, I can't do. So if anyone is interested, please PM me.
2008-04-27 - First Drafts of some music: Opening Theme Song, and During Gameplay Music
2008-04-20 - I started this awesome production thread.

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you can't do any of that until you get past the security guard in the club and go down the hall. Once you do that, Ben will give you the schematic.

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thanks rosie.

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-i have the book signed, and i have the song, but i can't get rid of the band because the guy keeps on telling me he will give me the schematic later?
-where do i get scissors and a blank paper? office? where? i need to make a ransom note.Ã, 

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You need to keep selecting dialog options from Dylan until he suggests you kidnap him.

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I can't make a ransom note by combining the newspaper clippings and the blank paper with the glue...that doesn't work for me... What can I do? When I try that , it says ... WHEN I FIGURE OUT WHAT IS GOING TO BE GLUE WITH, or somethings like that. Help me please.

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Oh, that makes a big difference. You can't get the video or the poster until later. I think you need to get the bottle from the Bum. Have you tried brute force?

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Thanks for answer me...
Really i dont have the poster, i have the postcard and when i use it with Alex, he says me KEEP THAT AWAY FROM ME, DUDE

The video... or the poster where can i found those?

Sorry for all my questions

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if that's the case, then you should have the video, too. Give the poster to Alex

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I think you need to go talk to the guy who was fired from the band.

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Congratulations for this game, its very nice... and very difficult for me. I need a walktrhough or any help, please.
I have newspaper, glue, poster, ornament, rubbling alcohol... and 40 of 375 points... I have been stuck for hours... help me please
Thanks a lot.

I did that twice ... maybe i did not anderstood but nothing more can do or nothing more can i found... it s a pitty because i can play this nice game... buuuuu

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I think you need to go talk to the guy who was fired from the band.

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Congratulations for this game, its very nice... and very difficult for me. I need a walktrhough or any help, please.
I have newspaper, glue, poster, ornament, rubbling alcohol... and 40 of 375 points... I have been stuck for hours... help me please
Thanks a lot.

I have red all the hints of this game...

I can only guess you've forgotten something. Send me your saved game and I'll check it out.

skuttleman@email.com

i am so stuck been trying for over an hour on how to kidnap the boy.I have sisors, newspater clippings blank paper Ive already got rid of the band that was playing ive got the song and the sighed book. what am i doing wrong. please help me.

I have tried using glue ,newspaper clippings.with paper but it says don't know what to do with it.