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bdjnk posted 01-22- 08:00 AM CT (US)
I have a script: key-66.c which is activated when one hits the b button. key-66.c says:
void main( void )
{
sp_base_walk(1, 850);
playsound(12, 8000,0,0,0);
}
inside dink.ini some of my walking graphics are loaded as so:
load_sequence_now graphics\dink\bwalk\ds-w1- 851 1 38 72 -14 -9 14 9
load_sequence_now graphics\dink\bwalk\ds-w2- 852 1 37 69 -13 -9 13 9
load_sequence_now graphics\dink\bwalk\ds-w3- 853 1 38 72 -14 -9 14 9
load_sequence_now graphics\dink\bwalk\ds-w4- 854 1 38 72 -12 -9 12 9
load_sequence_now graphics\dink\bwalk\ds-w6- 856 1 38 72 -13 -9 13 9
load_sequence_now graphics\dink\bwalk\ds-w7- 857 1 38 72 -12 -10 12 10
load_sequence_now graphics\dink\bwalk\ds-w8- 858 1 37 69 -13 -9 13 9
load_sequence_now graphics\dink\bwalk\ds-w9- 859 1 38 72 -14 -9 14 9
If all would go as I had planned it, pressing b (key-66.c) i would make my previosly loaded walking graphics come into use.
if i touch b (key 66) the whole game just shuts down. it will just chlick and the game shuts itself off like i quit.
I don't get it, someone help me understand.
Duck posted 01-22- 06:45 PM CT (US)
I'm not sure if this will do anything, but have you tried commenting out the sound?
someone2 posted 01-22- 08:51 PM CT (US)
Run in debug mode (or just press ALT-D before pressing key66), press key66 then tell us what it says. It is likely it is a 'bad pic'.
Anyway, you should have a kill_this_task(); at the end of that.
Drakeman posted 01-23- 04:09 AM CT (US)
Your load_sequence numbers seem strange...
You've got a 1 right after the sequence number (851... 853... etc) this should be the frame rate in millseconds not 1, like 50, or 75 - depending upon how many frames you have per sequence.
Did you just copy and past the SET_SPRITE_INFO stuff that DinkEdit created for you when you are calculating the new depth dot and hardness box for the new graphics?
bdjnk posted 01-23- 03:02 PM CT (US)
I did do the calculation and then the copy and paste of the sprite info and I thought all the ones where odd as well.
maybe that is why some of my animation have stopped working after I edited their depth perception.
what I was trying to do was make dink walk backwards, very confusing.
Tamtur posted 01-23- 04:12 PM CT (US)
I didn't test this, but could you just use sp_reverse? (it's in dinkc.txt) I don't know if this would work for the walk. Or if that didn't work, could you put the graphics in reverse order on a blank part of the sprites, like you would if you created a new monster? It seems like that would be easier and more foolproof.
bdjnk posted 01-23- 05:19 PM CT (US)
I thought of that but what sp_reverse(); is play the sequence in reverse. If I applied it to every time It talks about him walking on the condition that key 66 was pressed, I would end up with dink facing the direction you told him to walk and moving in that direction only with his movements in backward order.
what I did with the graphics I edited was, renamed a pic of dink facing and walking one direction with the name of the corasponding pic walking in the opposite direction. I then renamed each of the pics so that each walking sequence was named 01 - 08 in the opposite order they started out as.
using these new pics i managed to get dink to walk backwards and it worked. the only prob came about when i tried to make hitting a key change the backward walk to forwards and vice versa.
once i hit the key (key-66) with the script i talk about above in it my game just shut down.

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Author	Topic: My D-Mod is gimped, I need script help.
bdjnk	posted 01-22- 08:00 AM CT (US) I have a script: key-66.c which is activated when one hits the b button. key-66.c says: void main( void ) { sp_base_walk(1, 850); playsound(12, 8000,0,0,0); } inside dink.ini some of my walking graphics are loaded as so: load_sequence_now graphics\dink\bwalk\ds-w1- 851 1 38 72 -14 -9 14 9 load_sequence_now graphics\dink\bwalk\ds-w2- 852 1 37 69 -13 -9 13 9 load_sequence_now graphics\dink\bwalk\ds-w3- 853 1 38 72 -14 -9 14 9 load_sequence_now graphics\dink\bwalk\ds-w4- 854 1 38 72 -12 -9 12 9 load_sequence_now graphics\dink\bwalk\ds-w6- 856 1 38 72 -13 -9 13 9 load_sequence_now graphics\dink\bwalk\ds-w7- 857 1 38 72 -12 -10 12 10 load_sequence_now graphics\dink\bwalk\ds-w8- 858 1 37 69 -13 -9 13 9 load_sequence_now graphics\dink\bwalk\ds-w9- 859 1 38 72 -14 -9 14 9 If all would go as I had planned it, pressing b (key-66.c) i would make my previosly loaded walking graphics come into use. if i touch b (key 66) the whole game just shuts down. it will just chlick and the game shuts itself off like i quit. I don't get it, someone help me understand.
Duck	posted 01-22- 06:45 PM CT (US) I'm not sure if this will do anything, but have you tried commenting out the sound?
someone2	posted 01-22- 08:51 PM CT (US) Run in debug mode (or just press ALT-D before pressing key66), press key66 then tell us what it says. It is likely it is a 'bad pic'. Anyway, you should have a kill_this_task(); at the end of that.
Drakeman	posted 01-23- 04:09 AM CT (US) Your load_sequence numbers seem strange... You've got a 1 right after the sequence number (851... 853... etc) this should be the frame rate in millseconds not 1, like 50, or 75 - depending upon how many frames you have per sequence. Did you just copy and past the SET_SPRITE_INFO stuff that DinkEdit created for you when you are calculating the new depth dot and hardness box for the new graphics?
bdjnk	posted 01-23- 03:02 PM CT (US) I did do the calculation and then the copy and paste of the sprite info and I thought all the ones where odd as well. maybe that is why some of my animation have stopped working after I edited their depth perception. what I was trying to do was make dink walk backwards, very confusing.
Tamtur	posted 01-23- 04:12 PM CT (US) I didn't test this, but could you just use sp_reverse? (it's in dinkc.txt) I don't know if this would work for the walk. Or if that didn't work, could you put the graphics in reverse order on a blank part of the sprites, like you would if you created a new monster? It seems like that would be easier and more foolproof.
bdjnk	posted 01-23- 05:19 PM CT (US) I thought of that but what sp_reverse(); is play the sequence in reverse. If I applied it to every time It talks about him walking on the condition that key 66 was pressed, I would end up with dink facing the direction you told him to walk and moving in that direction only with his movements in backward order. what I did with the graphics I edited was, renamed a pic of dink facing and walking one direction with the name of the corasponding pic walking in the opposite direction. I then renamed each of the pics so that each walking sequence was named 01 - 08 in the opposite order they started out as. using these new pics i managed to get dink to walk backwards and it worked. the only prob came about when i tried to make hitting a key change the backward walk to forwards and vice versa. once i hit the key (key-66) with the script i talk about above in it my game just shut down.