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Kohanna- 09-09-2007
Creating a game without a character
Hey, I am wanting to make a game where there is NO walking involved. Kind of like you start off in a room and witness someone else's conversations and then go into another room and see another one. I am so confused as to how to do this, would anybody be able to help me figure out how to make this work without having to walk around in your game? Im sorry if this is a dumb question but Ive been messing with this thing for hours and cant get anything to work the way I want it. Thanks in advance for any help given.

phwhitfield- 09-10-2007

Hi and welcome No problem to do this. Just disable the character in every room. (edit the room, go to the r tab, where you set room background etc. There you will find a little checkbox at the bottom called char. Disable it and your character is gone. Now for watching conversations. You need to make a new conversation and start it with the enterRoom TIMe. Theres an excellent tutorial that should help getting started with basic sequences. http://pgames.bikelectrix.co.uk/wiki/index.php/Basic_Sequences

Kohanna- 09-10-2007

Thanks so much for the reply!!! Okay, got it, now, curious also to know, how you create an opening cutscene to start the game off? Im so sorry Im just a big newb. -Cries-

phwhitfield- 09-10-2007

Create a flash movie and load it as an ambient Sprite inside a special intro room. Add the follow actionscript code at the end of the swf: changeRoom('yourstartroomname', 'startpoint', 4, #null, #null)

adventureman- 09-10-2007
Don't forget
Don't forget to add the "_root.TIMe." actionscript. Such as: _root.TIMe.changeRoom('yourstartroomname', 'startpoint', 4, #null, #null); _root.runActions(); when running TimE's from within a flash movie.

SeanCyrusTowel- 09-10-2007

You know on your first question, that sounds a lot like Handyman wanted. I'm pretty sure there is a thread on here about how he made it.... I think it's the main handyman wanted thread. If you haven't found way you like it, check there.

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