Messages

[;]

Maybe missing semi-colon at the end?

// main script header
  import function GoToCharacterEx(int charidwhogoes, int charidtogo, int direction, int xoffset, int yoffset, int NPCfacesplayer, int blocking);

The error message gives you the script line where the error occurs. Please post the entire error message and some script from around that line.

Nothing what? Have you tried to fix it? What's wrong?

As Ashen said:

The error means that the function header in the global script, e.g.
  function GoToCharacterEx(int a, int b, int c) {
does not match the import statement in the script header, e.g.
  import function GoToCharacterEx(); // causes error because parameters are missing
instead of
  import function GoToCharacterEx(int a, int b, int c); // correct

The reason for the error is this (from the manual):

Also, the script editor is now much better at checking your script for errors. You may well find that a script which compiled fine before no longer works on 2.7. Hopefully the error message should direct you towards fixing any problems.

Error (line 28): undefined symbol 'eModeInteract'

Just use "eModePaw" instead. The latter part of the word is generated from the name you give the cursor in the editor.

IMO it would be better to just define an enum like this:

Code: ags

enum Keycodes {
	eKeycode_Backspace = 8, 
	eKeycode_Enter = 13, 
	eKeycode_Esc = 27, 
	eKeycode_Space = 32, 
	eKeycode_Tab = 9, 

	eKeycode_ArrowDown = 380, 
	eKeycode_ArrowLeft = 375, 
	eKeycode_ArrowRight = 377, 
	eKeycode_ArrowUp = 372, 

	eKeycode_Num5 = 376, 
	eKeycode_NumEnd = 379, 
	eKeycode_NumHome = 371, 
	eKeycode_NumPgDn = 381, 
	eKeycode_NumPgUp = 373, 

	eKeycode_F1 = 359, 

...and so on.

So in your example it would be

Code: ags

if (IsKeyPressed(eKeycode_ArrowRight) == 1) {

Here is my module: http://www.strazer.net/ags/Keycodes.zip

Have you defined the enum in the script header? Otherwise it's unknown to anything outside the module script, including the function import line.

Yeah, by making it bigger I meant adding a pixel of empty space.

Internally AGS always uses the lower-res coordinates so there are no problems when playing hi-res games at lower resolutions (configurable in the game setup).

What file format is the pic in?
What paint program do you use?
What AGS version?
Care to upload the pic for us to test it?

Objects are placed with 320x240-res co-ordinates, so at 640x480 you can only place them on even pixels.

So if you have problems placing the object exactly, try making the object graphic a pixel bigger.

Manual -> Tutorial -> Setting up the game -> Conversations

Press F1 when the editor is open or double-click "ags-help.chm" in your AGS directory to view it with AGS closed.
There is also an online version.

Have you read the HOWTO?
You can run games compiled for DOS with the appropriate Windows engine.

AFAIK the only difference between games compiled for DOS and games compiled for Windows is the engine (ACDOS.EXE or ACWIN.EXE) that gets bundled into the game exe. So the exe contains the game and the engine and if you want, you can use another engine to run the game.

Also make sure to also check if the character is in the same room the player is in, otherwise the condition will be true even when the NPC is an another room.

Elliott, most of your posts are so short you come off sounding rather rude.
Please make an effort to explain your opinions in more detail.

Better yet, for AGS v2.70 and below, define each string as an array of characters (letters). This allows you to export/import it:

Code: ags

// main script

char vGive[200];
export vGive;
// and same for the others

Code: ags

// main script header

import char vGive[200];
// and same for the others

In AGS v2.71, use the "String" type instead of "string" and export/import that.
You might have to adjust other parts of this tutorial as well, though.

Please, we need more info to get to the bottom of this:

Does it happen every time?
Does it also happen if you close all other programs like virus scanners and the like?
Does killing the process via the task manager help?

Chris, there are other people having similar problems with v2.70: http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=24072.msg299743#msg299743

It seems to no longer occur on the latest full build of AGS. Since it was a heisenbug I can't fully guarantee it, but I've tested it long enough to be 99% certain.

Error (line 449): Function decleration has wrong number of arguments to prototype

The error means that the function header in the global script, e.g.
  function GoToCharacterEx(int a, int b, int c) {
does not match the import statement in the script header, e.g.
  import function GoToCharacterEx(); // causes error because parameters are missing
instead of
  import function GoToCharacterEx(int a, int b, int c); // correct

The templates have been written with older versions of AGS and they are not updated regularly so such errors are to be expected.

[header]

Don't declare variables/pointer in the main script header.
Doing this creates separate instances of said variable for the main script and each room. Changing the value in a room then doesn't affect any of the other variable instances. They're independent of each other, just share the same name.

Instead, you have to define the variable in the main script, export it, then import it into the main script header.

Just as you did with "gui" and "object", rename the "hotspot" variable to "myhotspot", for example.

From the manual:

Is there anything else I should watch out for?

Because of the new additions, the script language has more reserved words than before. For example, words like "gui", "object" and "hotspot" are now reserved (since they are used to access the global arrays). If your script uses any variables with these names, it will no longer work. You'll need to change the variable name in order to compile.

Yes, you have to enclose multiple commands within brackets, otherwise the conditional only works on the first command. Your code is the same as

Code: ags

  if (parameter==6) cGuy.Walk(70, 115, eBlock);
  player.ChangeRoom(22); // this happens every time

Try this instead:

Code: ags

  if (parameter==6) { // note the opening bracket
    cGuy.Walk(70, 115, eBlock);
    player.ChangeRoom(22);
  } // closing bracket

Don't forget to do the same with your other parameters as well:

Code: ags

  if (parameter==7) {
    cJil.LockView(20);
    cJil.Animate(0, 4, eRepeat,eNoBlock, eForwards);
  }