http://www.scirra.com/forum/ This is an XML content feed of; Scirra Forum : How do I....? : Dialog System Copyright (c) 2006-2011 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 23 May 2013 02:09:30 +0000 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 05:12:23 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 10.01 360 www.scirra.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=47748 http://www.scirra.com/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png http://www.scirra.com/forum/ http://www.scirra.com/forum/dialog-system_topic47748_post393934.html#393934 Author: shadowscawl
Subject: 47748
Posted: 28 Feb 2013 at 5:12am

I can tell you that if your intention is to "get around coding" then you probably wont get very far even with C2. The event sheets in C2 are a form of programming albeit a very easy to grasp form. What you are intending to do is not going to be easy but it is possible. My advice to you is to stop thinking of Construct as a means to "get around coding" and start thinking of it as a relatively pain free entry in to learning to code. There isn't going to be a tutorial here or anywhere else that is just going to straight up tell you exactly what to do step by step to make your game work. Instead of looking for one try breaking down your project in to modular peices and figuring out how to overcome each step one by one. That way you will be much more likely to find info that is meaningful and reletive to the problem at hand. But when you find that answer you need to be able to process it and come out knowing how to fix your issue and for that you are going to have to learn the software which in turn means you are going to have to learn a bit of programming. (like I said visual programming such as what you see in constructs event sheets is still programming)

I hope that helps :)

I encourage you not to give up!]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2013 05:12:23 +0000 http://www.scirra.com/forum/dialog-system_topic47748.html http://www.scirra.com/forum/dialog-system_topic47748_post390014.html#390014 Author: Truth
Subject: 47748
Posted: 16 Feb 2013 at 3:30am

I think I may be looking for something similar to the OP, and am wondering if the information posted here would be useful to me.

I want to create a choose-your-own-adventure game which is essentially a series of text boxes with multiple choice questions (no graphics because I suck at art). Your answer can change a value (like health, inventory, food, etc) and then affects what the next text box will be, such as: "A wild badger appears! 1) Fight 2) Flee 3) Fall down crying." Choice 1 results in a new text box saying "You attack the badger! [Stats are calculated and then a die is rolled] You beat the crap out of it" or "You attack the badger! It bites your knees off. -10HP." Choice results in a calculation and then "You successfully flee / You are not successful." Etc. This keeps happening until you either reach the end of the story/chain of events, or you die. If it's not too difficult, I wouldn't mind some choices being invisible unless you meet certain criteria (you have X item, or Y money, or made Z choice a while ago), but what I need first are the text boxes and clickable text (or number) options which brings up the next text box.

This thread might be useful, but really I have no idea how to code, so nothing in this thread makes much sense to me... which is why I am attempting to use Construct 2 in the first place, to see if I can get around that fact.

I have searched "Choose your own adventure" in the tutorials and How Do I...? sections and found nothing all that useful. Suggestions?]]> Sat, 16 Feb 2013 03:30:11 +0000 http://www.scirra.com/forum/dialog-system_topic47748.html http://www.scirra.com/forum/dialog-system_topic47748_post299397.html#299397 Author: bfrye26
Subject: 47748
Posted: 04 Jan 2012 at 7:34pm

Sounds great, Will post the file in a bit]]> Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:34:15 +0000 http://www.scirra.com/forum/dialog-system_topic47748.html http://www.scirra.com/forum/dialog-system_topic47748_post299396.html#299396 Author: Kyatric
Subject: 47748
Posted: 04 Jan 2012 at 7:33pm

@bfrye26: start a new thread and post your capx.
This is the best thing to do when requiring help, knowing what you already have, what you want to do, what you achieved so far, what works as intended and what doesn't.
]]> Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:33:15 +0000 http://www.scirra.com/forum/dialog-system_topic47748.html http://www.scirra.com/forum/dialog-system_topic47748_post299387.html#299387 Author: bfrye26
Subject: 47748
Posted: 04 Jan 2012 at 7:07pm

Oh i don't need a full system, just can not get it to call up an answer based on a selection. Seems to always default to the same choice. I am sure I am missing just one part to the code but can not for the life of me sort out what. Any help would be AMAZING]]> Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:07:08 +0000 http://www.scirra.com/forum/dialog-system_topic47748.html http://www.scirra.com/forum/dialog-system_topic47748_post299380.html#299380 Author: kabuto202
Subject: 47748
Posted: 04 Jan 2012 at 6:24pm

I'm prolly gonna post it one my dev blog when I get it up. But the full system wouldn't be finished anytime soon, since I'm currently doing code/art/design on and off. ]]> Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:24:36 +0000 http://www.scirra.com/forum/dialog-system_topic47748.html http://www.scirra.com/forum/dialog-system_topic47748_post299352.html#299352 Author: bfrye26
Subject: 47748
Posted: 04 Jan 2012 at 4:22pm

I am also trying to add dialog choices to my game. I have tried the method but apparently i am doing something wrong since choices do not seem to have any effect. Would it be possible to post your code kabuto202 so I could see what i may be doing wrong]]> Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:22:54 +0000 http://www.scirra.com/forum/dialog-system_topic47748.html http://www.scirra.com/forum/dialog-system_topic47748_post299291.html#299291 Author: Yann
Subject: 47748
Posted: 04 Jan 2012 at 12:27pm

these days I like them with apple sauce... god damn sweet but not too sweet like Jam... if you know what I mean]]> Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:27:36 +0000 http://www.scirra.com/forum/dialog-system_topic47748.html http://www.scirra.com/forum/dialog-system_topic47748_post299287.html#299287 Author: Wastrel
Subject: 47748
Posted: 04 Jan 2012 at 12:22pm

Those are some damn good pancakes, @Yann!]]> Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:22:25 +0000 http://www.scirra.com/forum/dialog-system_topic47748.html http://www.scirra.com/forum/dialog-system_topic47748_post299273.html#299273 Author: Yann
Subject: 47748
Posted: 04 Jan 2012 at 11:36am

hope we'll see some stuff soon]]> Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:36:07 +0000 http://www.scirra.com/forum/dialog-system_topic47748.html