Player Input & Display

[Merrie]

I would like to add the following feature to my game and have reviewed the FAQ and such and cannot quite figure out how to go about it.

On the introduction of the adventure I would like the player to be able to put in a character name, then periodically throughout the adventure, the name they selected will appear in the text.

Thank you ahead for the help.

[Candle]

You cold use ini read and write.

[GM-Support]

Hi Merrie,

As an alternative to using ini files, you can also use the "LoadParameter" and "SaveParameter; commands (more info here).

However, both the ini files and the two other commands have the drawback that the information is stored on the computer. Therefore, if you have multiple players playing the game on the same computer, they will share the same name. Furthermore, with those methods, the information is not stored in the savegames (saving the information in savegames can be useful for resuming the game on another computer for example).


There is another method, which solves those problems and which is very simple:

1. Just create a global variable of type "variant" (to do so, click "VBS Global Variables" from the Adventure Maker Project Menu). Give a name to the variable (for example, call it "CharacterNameVariable").

2. Ask for the character name with the following code:

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CharacterNameVariable = InputBox("Please enter the name of the character.")

3. To reuse the name in your game, just use the variable. For example, if you have a text element on the frame, you can display the name by using the following code:
(updated on July 14, 2008)

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Text(1).Caption = CharacterNameVariable

Or, if you want to display a message box, just use:

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MsgBox "The character name is: " + CharacterNameVariable

The global variable will be automatically stored in the savegames.

Best regards,
GM-Support

[ZeornWarlock]

Very useful info!

ZW.

[ZeornWarlock]

Hi guys,

This code works...

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  CharacterNameVariable = InputBox("Please enter the name of the character.")

This code also works...

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MsgBox "The character name is: " + CharacterNameVariable

This however, does not...

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Text(0).Caption = CharacterNameVariable

Ironically, the last one is the code I need! I have tested everything and made sure the variable was right etc... However, weather I put text on a frame or if I put text in a hotspot, nothing happens. The description is also a bit vague to be honest.

3. To reuse the name in your game, just use the variable. For example, if you have a text element on the frame, you can display the name by using the following code:

So if I have this text...

Hi there, and my coded word "Jack" is the CharacterNameVariable

Will this look like the following?

Hi there, Jack.

What happens if I want "Jack" to appear between more lines like the following...

Hi there, Jack. How are you?

Thanks.

ZW.

[Lyberodoggy]

Create a text by right clicking in the frame and write abc in it.
use the code

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text(1).caption="Hi there"+CharacterNameVariable+"How are you?"

[ZeornWarlock]

Create a text by right clicking in the frame and write abc in it.
use the code

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text(1).caption="Hi there"+CharacterNameVariable+"How are you?"

Thanks for the help, however I get this error now...

[mercedes]

I don't know if this applies here..and I could be way off base...



Frame properties

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Text(1).caption="text"+vblf+"text"

---same text as on the frame..more text keep adding vblf in between plus signs..


tested and it worked for me..Hope I understand what you mean. Add character name varialble where u want it in between texts..

[ZeornWarlock]

Lyberodoggy, okay your code works. While testing, I forgot to trigger the variable from the other frame.

mercedes, yours worked too. Thanks.

However, I am not sure anymore where I am going with this. I wanted to replace the Conversation Wizard, with text caption. Now that I own the full version, I find the conversation wizard so limited. I really hope GM-Support will take a deeper look of a Conversation Editor I sent him in the past.

Anyhow, the codes will still be of use, but not for an alternative conversation maker.

ZW.

[Lyberodoggy]

Try this one: http://www.adventuremaker.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3710&highlight=