talking to actors?

[hunter84]

okay in my game i want to make a character that you have to talk to is that possible?

[SuperSonic]

Yeah it is

Here is one way you could do it. First you would have two actors:

1. Player: The main character that you control
2. AI: The actor you talk to

Now what you want to do is set up a key down event for the AI actor like this:

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AI -> Key down -> whatever button you want -> script editor ->
if(distance(Player.x, Player.y, AI.x, AI.y) <= some distance)
{
    //put your talking code here
}

Hope that helped

[hunter84]

i did that and it said
error line 1: Undeclared identifier some

[master0500]

post your script

[SuperSonic]

i did that and it said
error line 1: Undeclared identifier some

Haha, you are supposed to replace "some distance" with a number. That number is how close the player has to be in order to talk to AI

[hunter84]

o well how far away should he be i want it to be where in the game you go in front of him and press the up key to talk

[SuperSonic]

o well how far away should he be

That is for you to decide. Play around with different numbers to find one that fits

[hunter84]

okay so if i replace some with 10 it says

error line 1: expected )

[SuperSonic]

You have to replace "some distance" not just "some". Like this:

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AI -> Key down -> whatever button you want -> script editor ->
if(distance(Player.x, Player.y, AI.x, AI.y) <= 10)
{
    //put your talking code here
}

That should work

[hunter84]

okay thanks and i saw that you are making animations?

[hunter84]

okay and should repeat be on?

[SuperSonic]

okay thanks and i saw that you are making animations?

You're welcome and yes, I do make animations. Are you in need of any?

okay and should repeat be on?

No

[hunter84]

and why does the player go behind Al instead of in front of Al?

[SuperSonic]

It is probobly a problem with your zdepth. Try lowering the zdepth for AI

[hunter84]

yes i would like to have some game art because i tried making a character and it wasn't any good.

how do i change the z depth?