[Updated thread] Need help

[Mudbill]

Heh, that wouldn't be too bad.

No, your spelling is mostly right. It's just the grammar and sentence structure that's a bit odd which makes the context difficult to grasp. I can tell English isn't your native language. I'm guessing you're setting up your sentences with your native language's structure, because I know very well myself that those things happen (I'm not a native English-speaker either).

[Catalyst]

Heh, that wouldn't be too bad.

No, your spelling is mostly right. It's just the grammar and sentence structure that's a bit odd which makes the context difficult to grasp. I can tell English isn't your native language. I'm guessing you're setting up your sentences with your native language's structure, because I know very well myself that those things happen (I'm not a native English-speaker either).

yes, you are absolutelly right , because I'm from a little country called Moldova

[Catalyst]

Oh yeah I forgot about one thing too, if possible listen to orchestra music/OST, like these:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94VadpMYQgE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjHSEzoMrSI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ooqgBi6j_k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVfB_QjIGLk

Oh two steps from hell, nice, I think the best instrumentals in the world, almost

[Catalyst]

GiveHint("", "Messages", "diary1", "0"); another problem, need help

void GiveHint (string& asName, string& asMessageCat, string& asMessageEntry, float afTimeShown);

this script doesn't work, maybe I wrote something wrong? gives the message : no matching signatures...

[Mudbill]

Your last argument should not use quotes. The 0 is treated as a string, instead of a float like it's supposed to be.

[Catalyst]

Your last argument should not use quotes. The 0 is treated as a string, instead of a float like it's supposed to be.

Yes, that works, but sometimes hint are not showed second time. Maybe I need to disable default game hints about darkness sanity drain or about how to move objects and rotate? for this purpose I have to use BlockHint but I don't know how to disable default hints, is there somebody who knows how? Or maybe an alternative solution?

Thank you anticipated.

[Romulator]

I think if I remember correctly, you do use BlockHint(); and use it in conjunction with the internal lang name of the hint which can be found in base_english.lang.

For example, if I didn't want to see the hint:
HINT:You need to find a lantern before one can be turned on.

Then I would have to find its corresponding 'hint' dialogue in base_english.lang, which in this case is LanternNoItem. (All hints can be found in the category called "Hints".)

Hence, my code would be:

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OnStart();
{
BlockHint("LanternNoItem");
} 


You can test this certain one by not having a lantern and just pressing F. If you don't see any hint text, congrats! It works and I was right without testing it! ^^ Should it work, then you have the detrimental task of blocking all the hints by copy-pasting the rest of the hint names. I believe also that you only need to call them in OnStart(); of your first map. Any more than that would be inefficient coding. If you are using a Global.hps though, it may be of use to also use it in OnGameStart(); but I have no idea how global.hps works.

Otherwise, I am not too sure.

Edit: Also, you can call a ShowHint(); at any time if you need to have the hint show more than once. You're best to use it at a specific moment though, rather than having it appear constantly.

[Catalyst]

I think if I remember correctly, you do use BlockHint(); and use it in conjunction with the internal lang name of the hint which can be found in base_english.lang.

For example, if I didn't want to see the hint:
HINT:You need to find a lantern before one can be turned on.

Then I would have to find its corresponding 'hint' dialogue in base_english.lang, which in this case is LanternNoItem. (All hints can be found in the category called "Hints".)

Hence, my code would be:

PHP Code: (Select All)

OnStart();
{
BlockHint("LanternNoItem");
} 


You can test this certain one by not having a lantern and just pressing F. If you don't see any hint text, congrats! It works and I was right without testing it! ^^ Should it work, then you have the detrimental task of blocking all the hints by copy-pasting the rest of the hint names. I believe also that you only need to call them in OnStart(); of your first map. Any more than that would be inefficient coding. If you are using a Global.hps though, it may be of use to also use it in OnGameStart(); but I have no idea how global.hps works.

Otherwise, I am not too sure.

Edit: Also, you can call a ShowHint(); at any time if you need to have the hint show more than once. You're best to use it at a specific moment though, rather than having it appear constantly.

Thank you )

[Catalyst]

ShowHint function doesn't exists, unfortunately,but I removed all needless hints. But some of my hints sometime doesn't appear. Maybe you know the reason why they are not showing up second time when I trigger them on collide or else?

[Mudbill]

Perhaps hints only show up the first time? Maybe they're made to not show again if they've already been displayed.