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Problem with Diaries - rmdashrf - 01-29-2011
Hi,
I've followed the examples in Amnesia and am attempting to create my own diary page.
I used diary_paper01 from the Entities menu and set it to active.
For the DiaryText property, i set it to "test"
In my extra_english.lang, I have the following set.
Code:
<CATEGORY Name="Journal">
<Entry Name="Diary_test_Name1">Diary Test 1/3</Entry>
<Entry Name="Diary_test_Text1">Test test test</Entry>
</CATEGORY>When I picked up the diary page, the page does not pop up but the text does appear when you navigate to your Diary Entries (via Tab).
I tried adding a DiaryCallback and set ReturnOpenJournal(true), but that doesnt work.
Does anyone know a solution to this problem?
Thanks in advance
rmdashrf
RE: Problem with Diaries - theDARKW0LF - 01-29-2011
Try not putting the numbers after the _Name and _Text entry parts. Dunno if it'll help or not.
Here's an example of a portion of a note I have in my map.
Code:
<Entry Name="Note_Log1_Name">Log of Castle Exploration</Entry>
<Entry Name="Note_Log1_Text">October 9th, 1825[br][br]I am quite perplexed as to why so many...RE: Problem with Diaries - Vradcly - 01-29-2011
<Entry Name="Diary_test_Name1">Diary Test 1/3</Entry>
<Entry Name="Diary_test_Text1">Test test test</Entry>
Move the number 1 from Name and Text to right after test like test1 or test_1. then write test1/test_1 in the diary_paper01 properties.
RE: Problem with Diaries - rmdashrf - 01-29-2011
The entire point of a diary is to be able to tell a story non-linearly. In Amnesia, you are able to pick up diary entries which will continue from the previous entry even if you miss one.
According to the Level Editor, my syntax is right; they use 'Diary_'+DiaryText+'Name'+IDX (idx being the counter). Once again, let me emphasize that my entires are displaying properly when you manually access it from Dianel's Journal; it is just not appearing when you first click on it.