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Crusader2

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Posted: 31st Jan 2009 00:18

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I'm trying to make the HUD show a message, then delete the message and show a new one when the TAB key is pressed. I have these scripts assigned to trigger zones in my level. Some of the commands are un-needed, but are required in the level I am making. I'm using V1.09 with Ply's Mod.

To show the first message:

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desc = Tells Player How To Show Objectives

:state=0:setmaxweapslot=3,hudreset,hudx=60,hudy=90,hudtext=Press TAB to see your objectives,hudfont=Impact,hudsize=36,hudname=instruction,hudmake=display,hudhide=instruction,state=1
:state=1:hudshow=instruction,state=2
:state=2,scancodekeypressed=15:hudreset,state=3

And to show the next message:

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;Artifical Inteligence Script

desc = Show Text Telling Player To Shoot A Target

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:state=0,scancodekeypressed=15:hudreset,hudx=60,hudy=90,hudtext=Shoot the target to advance to the next room,hudfont=Impact,hudsize=36,hudname=objective,hudhide=1,hudmake=display,state=1
:state=1,scancodekeypressed=15:state=2
:state=1:hudunshow=objective
:state=2:hudshow=objective,state=1

The first message shows up just fine, but the second message refuses to show up. Any ideas?

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Posted: 31st Jan 2009 02:58

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In your code it says:
:state=1:hudunshow=objective
:state=2:hudshow=objective,state=1

Perhaps the reason it's not showing up is because it immediately goes back to state 1 in state 2 and unshows the hud.

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Posted: 31st Jan 2009 18:17

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Hm... I directly copied my previous HUD script, so that shouldn't be the problem. I'll try messing around with it. I also think I wasn't specific enough about the problem; when I press TAB when the 1st script is running, the first text fails to dissappear.

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Posted: 31st Jan 2009 18:32 Edited at: 31st Jan 2009 19:13

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Nevermind the script i had here was bad, sorry.

I'll play with it, and I'll test it before I post this times.
sorry.

OOOPS i can't test it proper because I am not using Ply's Mod, so I can try to help but you'll have to test.

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Posted: 31st Jan 2009 18:54 Edited at: 31st Jan 2009 19:04

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That looks the same. What did you change?

EDIT: I saw what you changed, testing now...

EDIT 2: It hid the first HUD, but it won't show the second HUD.

EDIT 3: I tried to modify the second script, but it still doesn't work.

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;Artifical Inteligence Script

desc = Tells Player To Shoot Target 1

;Triggers
:state=0,scancodekeypressed=15:hudreset,state=1
:state=1:hudx=60,hudy=90,hudtext=Shoot the target to advance to the next room,hudfont=Impact,hudsize=36,hudname=objective,hudhide=1,hudmake=display,state=2
:state=2,scancodekeypressed=15:state=3
:state=2:hudunshow=objective
:state=3:hudshow=objective,state=2

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Posted: 31st Jan 2009 19:11 Edited at: 31st Jan 2009 19:12

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Why are you using hudreset when you are not creating a hud???

Why are you using two scripts for this when they could both be in one?

I never liked using the HUDTEXT.
I always make an image of what I want to say like the stock messages are done. (You picked up an item)

Try using images of the text instead of using that HUDTEXT, and I think you will get better results.

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Posted: 31st Jan 2009 19:47

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Quote: "I also think I wasn't specific enough about the problem; when I press TAB when the 1st script is running, the first text fails to dissappear"

That's because "hudreset" doesn't make a hud disappear, you'll have to use "hudunshow" to do that.

You may also want to try using an image for your text like Conjured suggested. Aside from that, you still didn't fix what I mentioned in my first post.

Another thing to make note of in your script:
You should always load any necessary HUDs in state 0, then have the script wait in state 1. There's no reason to load a HUD in mid-script.

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Posted: 31st Jan 2009 22:07 Edited at: 31st Jan 2009 22:12

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Quote: "Why are you using two scripts for this when they could both be in one? "

I never thought about doing that... Wow I feel dumb.

Quote: "Try using images of the text instead of using that HUDTEXT, and I think you will get better results."

I'm not very good with graphics, but I'll try it out.

Quote: "Aside from that, you still didn't fix what I mentioned in my first post."

That shouldn't be the problem. I basically used the exact script I wrote previously that worked perfectly, with maybe 1 or 2 minor modifications.

Quote: "That's because "hudreset" doesn't make a hud disappear, you'll have to use "hudunshow" to do that."

I got the first HUD to dissappear, now the second is doesn't show up. I'll tinker with it and see what else I can do. Fixing what you pointed out is probably my problem. I'm also going to try and condense these into 1 script.

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Posted: 31st Jan 2009 22:18 Edited at: 31st Jan 2009 22:23

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Sorry about the double post, but I condensed the scripts together and it worked! Everything is working, and I'm gonna mess around with the "hudfadeout=" command and see if I can make it look cooler. Here's the script as of now. It manages to make the debug info huge, but that won't be a problem one the game is built.

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;Artifical Inteligence Script

desc = Tells Player How To Show Objectives And Activates Objectives

:state=0:setmaxweapslot=3,hudreset,hudx=60,hudy=90,hudtext=Press TAB to see your objectives,hudfont=Impact,hudsize=36,hudname=instruction,hudhide=1,hudmake=display,state=1
:state=1:hudx=60,hudy=90,hudtext=Shoot the target to advance to the next room,hudfont=Impact,hudsize=36,hudname=objective,hudhide=1,hudmake=display,state=2
:state=2:hudshow=instruction,state=3
:state=3,scancodekeypressed=15:hudunshow=instruction,hudshow=objective,state=4
:state=4,scancodekeypressed=15:state=5
:state=4:hudunshow=objective
:state=5:hudshow=objective,state=4

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Posted: 31st Jan 2009 22:22 Edited at: 31st Jan 2009 22:39

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umm...maybe that's because you only tell it to show? here is your script optimized and (somewhat) fixed

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;Artifical Inteligence Script

desc = Tells Player How To Show Objectives And Activates Objectives

:state=0:setmaxweapslot=3,hudreset,hudx=60,hudy=90,hudtext=Press TAB to see your objectives,hudfont=Impact,hudsize=36,hudname=instruction,hudhide=1,hudmake=display
:state=0:hudx=60,hudy=90,hudtext=Shoot the target to advance to the next room,hudfont=Impact,hudsize=36,hudname=objective,hudhide=1,hudmake=display,state=1
:state=1:hudshow=instruction,state=2
:state=2,scancodekeypressed=15:hudunshow=instruction,hudshow=objective,state=3
:state=3,scancodekeypressed=15:hudunshow=objective,suspend(?)

-EDIT- fixed some small errors in the script.

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Posted: 31st Jan 2009 22:26

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Not sure how that's gonna work, but I got the script running and it works just fine. Thanks anyway.

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