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Also, if you want more than two responses you can use the MultiResponse module by SSH.

I tried it with objects on top of each other and it worked...
I have some thoughts:
1. Try it without the two lines that change the baseline and see if it helps.
2. If it doesn't, you can put a label in the room, and write in it the name of the hotspots&objects that the mouse is pointing at, then you will see which object may be hiding another object...

I tried your script and it worked fine for me (with & without debug and I tried it at least 10 times). I did it on a smaller scale with 3 objects & hotspots, I only had to change the line

Code: ags

Hotspot *ho = Hotspot.GetAtScreenXY(object.X, object.Y);

which doesn't compile, to

Code: ags

Hotspot *ho = Hotspot.GetAtScreenXY(object[i].X, object[i].Y);

But I guess you just pasted it wrong, so my only lead is that maybe some other script is in the way or maybe there is a hostpot/object with a higher baseline that prevents other objects from being clicked...

Maybe it's a driver related issue.
I would try checking if there is a newer version for your sound driver.
Also, I would look at the device manager to see if one of the driver is not working properly, and if so, installing a proper driver for that component.

You can do this easily with the Tween module like this:

Code: ags

int toX = 50; //Your x here
int toY = 50; //Your y here
float timeInSeconds = 4.5; //Your time here
cCar.TweenPosition(timeInSeconds, toX, toY, eEaseInTween); 

This will accelerate your car's position from it's current position to 50,50 in 4.5 seconds.
In order to decelerate just replace 'eEaseInTween' with 'eEaseOutTween'.

Also, if you have a driving animation to your car, you can decrease and increase your animation speed together with the position to get a better effect, with this code:

Code: ags

int toX = 50; //Your x here
int toY = 50; //Your y here
float timeInSeconds = 4.5; //Your time here
cCar.TweenPosition(timeInSeconds, toX, toY, eEaseInTween, eNoBlockTween);
cCar.TweenAnimationSpeed(timeInSeconds,  cCar.AnimationSpeed -20);

This will speed up the driving animation for the car to be 20 less than the current animation speed which will give an effect of acceleration (you will probably need to play with the numbers a bit though). Use +20 for deceleration effect.

Try this:

Code: ags

function on_key_press(eKeyCode keycode) 
{
  if ((keycode == eKeyReturn) && (gGui2.Visible == true)) 
  {
     String input = TextBox1.Text;
     Parser.ParseText(input);
     gGui2.Visible = false;
     if (Parser.Said("look art")) 
     {
       Display("A painting that seems to have been supplied by a certain Jacques Chevrier.");
       TextBox1.Text = "";
     }
   }
 }

I just moved the Parser.Said call into the first condition because otherwise it will check the parser on every key press and you want to do it only after enter...

I'm guessing that you parse the text in the repeated execute and that's why the action fires before pressing enter. Instead, you should register to the on key event (you've probably already registered in order to raise the gui), and only when the key is enter you should do your parsing...

Ok, so I went a little crazy here, and I hope it's ok... I went over the ags documentation and found a bunch of new tweens to add to the module (some more useful than others)... So I implemented them all and created an interactive demo to show most of them (and the first ones as well)...

Module
Demo
Source for Demo

There are ~30 new tweens, among them you will find:
TweenPosition and TweenSize were added also for all of gui types...
TweenViewPort, TweenAnimationSpeed for character, TweenImage for object, TweenAreaScaling, TweenColor(for R,G and B respectively) for label, button and textbox, TweenLightLevel for region and more...

A few comments about some of the tweens:
* TweenMasterDigitalVolume will not always work as expected due to AGS bugs, you can see my report here (it's possible that TweenChannel/Sound/Speech volume will suffer from the same bugs, I didn't test it, however TweenMasterMusicVolume doesn't suffer from these bugs).
* TweenTintR/G/B for Region works well for one direction, but not so well to the other due to a weird relationship with the LightLevel for a region in AGS that I didn't fully understand.
* TweenImage for object will require you to pass a second 'dummy' object as a parameter, this is because I didn't find any way to create an object programmatically.
* Some of the tweens will require you to also give a "from" parameter (such as the tweens for volume), this is because I didn't find any functions to get values for those tweens, only to set (for instance, there is no GetMusicMasterVolume).
* There are some tweens that I wanted to create but gave up at the end, I wanted to create a tween for SetWalkSpeed but gave it up since I got an error message that said I can't set a walk speed for a character while he's already walking, and I wanted to create tweens for all of the parameters in the SetAmbientTint function but gave it up since there is no GetAmbientTint and without it the functions require too many parameters...

Edmundito, I just wanted to say that I found the design of the module was excellent and it allowed me to add new tweens in a fairly easy manner, and I will be very happy if you want to take the module extension to the beginning of the thread so everybody will be able to find it...

The wait did not help  (I tried Wait(100) also just to be sure).
I actually wanted to create a bunch of new functions for the tween module, and I thought a tween for the digital master volume would be nice for fade-out/in effects, I guess I'll just have to wait for the new versions (at least the SetMasterMusicVolume works, although it's not useful in all of the scenarios).
Anyways, thank you for your replies, just be aware of this when creating the new sound system...

Hi, I am using version 3.1.2 SP1, and I think I've found two bugs in SetDigitalMasterVolume...
The only sound I have is an mp3 that plays on loading the room. I call the SetDigitalMasterVolume on the on_Load function of the room.

Bug #1
--------
If I write:

Code: ags

SetDigitalMasterVolume(100);

or:

Code: ags

SetDigitalMasterVolume(1);
SetDigitalMasterVolume(100);

Then everything works fine, I can hear the mp3. However, if I write:

Code: ags

SetDigitalMasterVolume(0);
SetDigitalMasterVolume(100);

Then I don't hear anything... It seems that if I turn the volume to 0, I can't turn it back on  

Bug #2 (probably related to #1)
--------
If I write:

Code: ags

int i=50;
  while (i<100)
  {
    SetDigitalMasterVolume(i);    
    i++;
  }

Then I hear the mp3 at volume 100, as expected. Also, if I write:

Code: ags

int i=100;
  while (i>50)
  {
    SetDigitalMasterVolume(i);    
    i--;
  }

or

Code: ags

int i=50;
  while (i<100)
  {
    SetDigitalMasterVolume(i);    
    i++;
  }
while (i>50)
  {
    SetDigitalMasterVolume(i);    
    i--;
  }

Then I hear the mp3 at volume 50, as expected. However, if I write:

Code: ags

int i = 100;
while (i>50)
  {
    SetDigitalMasterVolume(i);    
    i--;
  }
while (i<100)
  {
    SetDigitalMasterVolume(i);    
    i++;
  }

then I hear the mp3 at volume 50, a weird behaviour  ....

Any thoughts?

Not even that complicated, Edmundito... have the "to" image behind the "from" image, both opaque and visible, and tween the "from" image's transparency out, leaving the "to" image to be revealed beneath it. Therefore, AGS handles it automatically.

This solution might work in some of the cases, but it won't work if the "from" image has transparent parts, thus revealing parts of the "to" image too soon and diminishing from the effect... Edmundito's suggestion covers those scenarios as well...

Sweet!
This is a really cool and useful model...
I have a suggestion for another tween, although I don't know if it can be implemented in AGS: The idea is to tween between two images (in the same size, for simplicity), to take the RGB value for each pixel in the first image and to interpolate to the RGB value for its equivalent pixel in the second image... I think it will provide for nice effects...
Anyways, really loved the model (and the demo).

if I get what you mean, it may be possible to do that:

Code: ags

oFromImage.SetPosition(0, 0);
oToImage.SetPosition(0, 0);

oToImage.Transparency = 100;

oFromImage.TweenTransparency(1.0, 100, eLinearTween, eNoBlockTween);
oToImage.TweenTransparency(1.0, 0);

Thanks for the suggestions so far! For sure I want to make all GUI widgets tweenable so I'll work on that next. And i'll also add the license! Let's just so say that it'll be the module gpl license most likely.

Yes, that's exactly what I wanted! I don't know how missed this... 
Thanks... 

Thanks Grim! Just curious though, what games do you know that are about hotels? I know games that have a hotel in them, but I was kind of hoping that I was the first... Oh well  :-

Ha ha! There's one I heard of:

http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=37767.0

lol !! You do like hotel games, don't you? 
I saw the trailer, and it looks really really interesting with great atmosphere... I'll play the demo when my girlfriend won't be near me (she'll have nightmares...) and I'll write in your thread.

Wow. Very interesting plot....
This looks quite promising. I'll be playing

Thanks  paoul

Looks good, how did you get the 3D characters to work in AGS?

And thank you too JJ!
About your question, I took the 3D characters, positioned them in my desired angle with the desired animation, captured a video of them and then extracted images from the video, cleaned and edited the images to get exactly what I wanted, and then created the view in AGS. It's a bit tedious, but it turns out nice, I think..

By the way, I created a small software to extract the images from the video. Basically, because the avi file contains too much frames I needed an easy way to extract only the frames that advance the animation a reasonable amount and that's what the software does. I didn't post it anywhere because I didn't see much use to it other than to handle my specific scenario, but if somebody here wants it, I will gladly distribute it (maybe even create a plugin for AGS if there will be demand)...

Sweet!
This is a really cool and useful model...
I have a suggestion for another tween, although I don't know if it can be implemented in AGS: The idea is to tween between two images (in the same size, for simplicity), to take the RGB value for each pixel in the first image and to interpolate to the RGB value for its equivalent pixel in the second image... I think it will provide for nice effects...
Anyways, really loved the model (and the demo).

Interesting.... Games about hotels are kinda my thing:) Looking forward to this one!

Thanks Grim! Just curious though, what games do you know that are about hotels? I know games that have a hotel in them, but I was kind of hoping that I was the first... Oh well 

This game seems very interesting.  And I love your graphics - the characters seem almost 3D somehow. 

This being your first game makes it all the more impressive.  Excellent work.   

I'm looking forward to playing this one.   

Thanks Frodo, I really like the characters too although I can't take credit for them, I'm taking them from a website (and they are 3D  ) ...

Wowee. This is good for a first game, and it sounds like a very good plot indeed. Just a question: what dimensions does it run at? The enlarged pictures wouldn't be supported by any of the available dimensions, or is it just me? Anyway, I expect you'll end up with a game as good as it sounds!

Thanks! It means a lot, and 'Wowee' is definitely a good word 
The game runs at 640x480, and I'm not quite sure (since I took the screenshots about a week ago), but there's a chance that I resized the pictues before posting, so that might explain your confusion...

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Hello to all!
This is my first game with AGS, and as an adventure game lover, it is needless to say that I am pretty excited about this game
I feel that this game is now mature enough for the production thread to start, so let's begin with...

Story

You play as Chad Montgomery Twist, the wealthy owner of the 'Blue Cup Inn', the fanciest hotel in town.

Well, that's what Chad claims, but it's not entirely accurate...
When he says 'wealthy' he actually means poor, when he says 'owner' he actually means janitor,
and when he says 'the fanciest hotel in town', he actually means- well, it is the fanciest hotel in town, but only because it's the only hotel in town (it's a very small town...).

Our story, like a lot of good (and bad) stories, begins with a beatiful woman...
When Chad sees her and her father checking in, he immediately falls for her, and being the romantic guy that he is, he sends them to the best room in the hotel.

What makes it the best room, you may ask?
Well, simply put, this room has a little hole in the wall that only Chad knows about and it's obviously not the first time he sent girls to that specific room...
But when Chad looks into the hole, hoping to see some skin, he sees a note being slipped underneath her door.
When the girl reads the note, she screams and runs out of the room in panic, leaving a shocked (and disappointed) Chad...

The plot thickens when the hotel owner (the real one) calls Chad to say that the girl is missing and that her father suspects that she was kidnapped from the room.

Chad obviously knows it's not true, but he can't say anything about it...
And so he starts his investigation which will lead him into unknown territories where he will have to show bravery for the first time in his life, stare evil in the eyes without blinking, and, of course, reveal the largest secret of all:

                                                                      Is there a twist at the end of this game?

Screenshots (Click to enlarge)

   

   

   

Features

• Intriguing and twisted plot (pun intended)...
  
• Original soundtrack
  
• Classic DOTT style gui (using proskitos' template)
  
• Dialog system the combines classic selection based conversation together with parser based questions (hard to explain, you'll understand when you'll play it)
  
• Conditional puzzles based on your selections in the game
  
• This will not be one of the easiest games to play, some of the puzzles won't be solved using the 'everything on everything' approach and you will have to use your brain...
  
• Several different endings...
  
  
  Progress
  
  -Story  70%
  -Puzzles 46.5%
  -Scripting 30%
  -Graphics 30%
  -Music&Sound 20%
  -Voice Acting 0%
  
  Ok, that's about it, so what do you think?
  Comments of any kind are welcomed (at least by me)...