Is this possible?

[P44RTHURN4X]

Hey guys,

I wanna ask you all, is it possible, that when I add a timer with the "if-function", that I... No wait, I want to make it like this:

AddTimer("game_timer", 1.0f, "la_mes");

...

void la_mes(string &in asTimer)
{
if(alState == 1) [When player look on the item, a message come on the screen]
{
SetMessage("Messages", "la_message", 8);
}
}

.lang

<CATEGORY Name="Messages">
<Entry Name="la_message">...message...</Entry>
</CATEGORY>

Is this so right or how have I have to do it that it works like I want?

PS: Sry, I'm german, not pretty good in english



GReeZe' P44

[Putmalk]

The script is incomplete and the snippet you provided us would error anyway.

What are you trying to do?

[Cranky Old Man]

If it's possible for a message to come up if the player looks at something? Frictional Games did it with signs. Look at how they did it in the Archives map.

[Damascus]

Sign Areas work just like that. You place the area where you want the message to appear and point it toward an entry in your lang file. They only work from a certain distance though.

[Cranky Old Man]

If you want an infinite distance, see if the SetEntityPlayerLookAtCallback() function works.

[Twitchez]

If you want an infinite distance, see if the SetEntityPlayerLookAtCallback() function works.

This is also useful if you want the message to appear only once

[FlawlessHappiness]

Otherwise i recommend using area_sign