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Looks ok at first glance.
I'm more interested in what is before and after the function and the import line.
There's obviously some conflicting line of code somewhere.

Hm, I'm not able to replicate your error message.
Can you post or pm the global script and script header for me to take a look?

Strange, this works for me:

Global script

function displayline (int button) {
Display("test");
}

Script header

import function displayline (int button);

Make sure you don't have variables or defines named "displayline" or multiple declarations of the function or the import line.

The object animation has to be blocking, so it waits for the animation to finish before executing the next command.
I think the
Object - Start object animating
command is non-blocking, thus it starts the animation and immediately runs the next command (going to new room).

Remove the last 2 commands, put a "Run script" command there instead and script:

AnimateObjectEx(3, 0, 5, 0, 0, 1); // animate object blocking
NewRoomEx(5, 0, 0);

And you have removed all
#import displayline (int button)
#define displayline
#define displayline (button)
#define displayline (int button)
?
Does the error message refer to line 33 in the global script or the script header?

Put the function in the global script, not the script header.

Just do
import function displayline (int button);

I would probably do it like this:

Dialog script

@1
ego: Tell me something!
man: Ok. Here goes:
run-script 77
return

Global script

function dialog_request(int parameter) {
 if (parameter == 77) { // run-script 77 used
  int ran=Random(3);
  if (ran == 0) DisplaySpeech(MAN, "This is random message 1");
  else if (ran == 1) DisplaySpeech(MAN, "This is random message 2");
  else if (ran == 2) DisplaySpeech(MAN, "This is random message 3");
 }
 //else if (parameter == 44) { // run-script 44 used
 // //other stuff
 //}
}

You're welcome.

Yes, if you use the SetObjectPosition function in "Player enters screen (before fadein)", you won't see any "jitter".

Code: ags

character[GetGlobalInt(25)].room=character[0].room
character[GetGlobalInt(25)].x=character[0].x
character[GetGlobalInt(25)].y=character[0].y

Are the semicolons missing in your script as well?

[Get]

It should be

GetGlobalInt(10);
if (GetGlobalInt(10) == 0) {
DisplaySpeech(DARREN,"J");
}
else {
DisplaySpeech(DARREN,"K");
}

But as I see it, you don't even need to set a variable.
You could check which room the player was in before:

if (character[DARREN].prevroom == BOTTOMROOMNUMBERHERE) {
DisplaySpeech(DARREN,"J");
}
else {
DisplaySpeech(DARREN,"K");
}

And why do you need two lift objects in the middle room? Couldn't you just use a single object and move it to the appropriate starting position when the room is loaded?

Forgive my ignorance, but doesn't this work?

I don't know which version of AGS it was made with, but here are some download links:
ags_215_sr3.zip
ags_221.zip
ags_231.zip
ags_255.zip
ags_256d.zip

Is there a reason why you don't want to use the
FadeOut (int speed)
function?

If you delete or rename the Compiled folder, it will be created again when you save/test the game, including the winsetup.exe, at least for me.

Last time I checked, yes.
I agree it's not very intuitive, but I think if it was easy to do CJ would already have changed it, so I guess it has to do with the way AGS works internally.
Deal with it.

You're welcome.

I suspect it didn't work because "Run script" commands are always executed last in the interaction editor list, so the execution order was actually

-- Game - Display a message (11)
-- Game - Run dialog (17)
-- Run script [No 1, See below]
-- Run script [No 2, See below]

Thus, the dialog did run before the background was changed.
Anyway, I'm glad it works now.

Try this:

Code: ags

Look at hotspot
- Game - Display a message (0)
- (?) Conditional - If the player has inventory item (11)
-- Run script [No 1, See below]
-- Run script [No 2, See below]

Script no 1:

Code: ags

  // script for hotspot1: Look at hotspot
SetBackgroundFrame(1);
Wait(20);   
DisplayMessage(11);
RunDialog(17);

Script no 2:

Code: ags

  // script for hotspot1: Look at hotspot
SetBackgroundFrame(0); 
Wait(20);

[add leading zeros]

I tried it out and the %2d doesn't work in AGS

DisplaySpeech(JACK, "The new code is %04d", GetGlobalInt(99));
(...) will add leading zeros (up to 4) if necessary.

Try
  StrFormat (time, "%02d:%02d", hour, minute);

Try
RestartGame();
instead?

You can run Windows compiled games in DOS as well: http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/kbview.php?id=5

Keep in mind that games depending on plugins won't work.

You may also need this: http://clio.rice.edu/cwsdpmi/