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cool! {yolkfolk}:clap:

Congrats Alex {yolkfolk}:clap:

Do you want me to mention this news on Yolkfolk.com? I was thinking of posting a competition reminder on there at some point :smile:

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Do you want me to mention this news on Yolkfolk.com? I was thinking of posting a competition reminder on there at some point :smile:

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Of course and let's hope it will motivate other people to join in, too :smile:

1. Room numeric properties.

In the ctrl+R dialog, where you can input the room's name
there will also be about 4 or 8 numeric properties (for each room)
that will work in the same way as brush properties, accessed in script
through RoomGet(rx,ry,idx) and RoomSet(rx,ry,idx,value) functions.

There's no pre-defined room properties, since the default template has no need for them,
but features like room visited (or room score), would be very easy to implement.

alex, i'm kinda confused as to how you actually implement the numeric properties. yes there are 8 boxes per room in the editor, but how do you call them in the script? they don't have 'names' like the brushes do, they just have properties. so i'm a bit perplexed as to how to actually change them, as there doesn't seem to be any way to distinguish between them.

this is one of the last things i have to do in MSD. and it's also just occured to me that it may come in very useful for my next game, altho i'll have to think about that a bit more...

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alex, i’m kinda confused as to how you actually implement the numeric properties. yes there are 8 boxes per room in the editor, but how do you call them in the script? they don’t have ‘names’ like the brushes do, they just have properties. so i’m a bit perplexed as to how to actually change them, as there doesn’t seem to be any way to distinguish between them.

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A room stores the numeric properties similar to brushes.
If brushes are identified through their internal index, that can be searched with ObjFind or BrushFind ant the brush id, the rooms are accessed through their coordinates.

Since there are no specific properties for rooms, like for brushes (ex: O_COLOR or O_STATUS, etc), you have to address them through their numeric values. Of course you can do that for brushes too. Ex:
ObjGet(obj_idx,O_COLOR) is the same as ObjGet(obj_idx,12) since the O_COLOR define is 12.

So if you want to get a room property in the script, let's say property number 2, corresponding to the third box in editor (since they start from 0) you do like:
value = RoomGet(rx,ry,2);
where rx and ry are the room coordinates in the map (starting with 0,0 in the top left corner).
If you want to overwrite this property, during the game, you do:
RoomSet(rx,ry,2,newvalue);

Of course if you use one of the properties for a specific purpose, you can add a define, for a more elegant use, like:
#def R_MYPROP 2
and use
RoomSet(rx,ry,R_MYPROP,newvalue);

Let me know if that was the extra info you needed.

Time to play {yolkfolk}:delight:

i'll deffo be able to see if the map changing works by then. i'll let you know the results! :smile:

i'm guessing alex, that you've released dizzyage v2.2 ? :wink:

DizzyAGE v2.2 is ready!

https://www.yolkfolk.com/dizzyage

Little has changed since the v2.2beta:

- support for flashing color {f:1} on the in-text tiles {t:id dx dy}.
* before, tiles were displayed with current color, even if flash flag was set.
- template: added SampleStopAll() in files.gs, after loading a saved game.
* you should add it too.
- changed misspelled "localisation" into "localization", in setup, dizzy.ini etc.
* you must adjust your dizzy.ini too.
- included TextWorks tool, for text strings export and import
* have a backup before using.

I've also updated the documentation, all tech demos and the "Mushroom Pie" and "Healing Potion" games.

Added new article on localization and a tech demo about it, with three languages.

Hopefully there won't be any more bugs...
I will hold this version until all current DizzyAGE games are upgraded to v2.2

So, download it and start upgrading your games, especially the one in progress for the competition.

And as usual, if you need help or if you find something not working, please let me know.
By the way, the latest history entries were dated 2007 instead of 2008 :tongue:

Alex

dammit alex, i have 7 games to upgrade!!! :surprise: