Eterna - my first RPG....

[LiquidGlass]

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This is how far I am. Tell me what you think of it.

I'm still working on the dialouge system, and I keep putting off putting your name in front of the dialouge when you talk in it.
Soon I'm gonna stick some monsters in there.

I have like 3 problems that keep halting my progress through making this game:

1) How to create a variable so when you re-enter a room that had a cutscene, it won't start again.

2) How do you make menus, for like stores?

3) Inventory, how?! and Ismavatar's site examples don't help me. Sorry.

Ok thanks for checking it out, and telling me what you think.

[IsmAvatar]

1) make the variable global. This way it'll stick around for every room. just a local variable wipes its slate clean each time you go to a different room or the object is destroyed. This is what we call a flag. At game start, set the variable to zero. Then, when the room occurs, if the variable = 0, then set it to 1, and run the cutscene.

2) Like a restaurant's menu? I can't help you really, but I might be able to point you in the right direction. Try out my character selection example. it goes into that a tad.

3) Well, there's a thousand different ways to make an inventory. I've made 2/1000 different ways. If you want a different way, then please describe it. If you want one of my 2 ways, well you have them... they're right there.

Remember, if something goes over your head, and you have no idea how to do it, the best method is to back off and come back later, when you have more experience. I made a chess game. I started it when I was a noob. I had no idea how to do it, so I backed off and made my Galactic Crossfire game. A few months later, I rediscovered my chess game. Wondering if I had enough experience by now to finish it, I went to work, and finished it in a few days.

[LiquidGlass]

Yeah, I'm thinking of doing that. I might go back to my Platform I ditched 3 months back, due to numerous problems. I think I might be able to do it now though.

Thanks for the help.

[IsmAvatar]

k, if you abandon this rpg, tell me so i can remove it from the list. You can repost it later, when you start it back up again, and i'll add it to the list again.

[LiquidGlass]

I'll still work on it a little bit at a time, but you can take it down. I'll repost it when I start it back up fully again.