I downloaded the text cog and followed th instructions or atleast I think i did. I changed the cog's text via worpad to say what i wanted to say. Then I added it in my level and chose one of my sectors to activate it, but when i tested it it never worked. So firstly what am I doing wrong, then if i ever get it to work, how do i have a lot of different messages do i just have to keep renameing the file with the versions of text that i want in my level???????? Because at different points I want different text messages. Oh and also I just guessed at this but how do you get it to say three different things in one go, for instance one person says on thing

Smuggler: _______

then kyles text

Kyle______

then back to the smuggler
Smuggler_____

How would i get it to do that. Bare in mind i know nowt about cog really.

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NEB

Post the code and mabey we can show you the problem.

symbols

sector sec
message entered

end

code

entered:
Print("Smuggler: Please don't shoot!""Kyle: Where is your boss and I won't""Smuggler: Urgh, erm...ok he is at a cantina way over town");
return;

end


that is it in a nutshell obviously i selected the sector when i added the cog.

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NEB

Try:


symbols
sector sec
message entered

end

code

entered:

Print("Smuggler: Please don't shoot!");
Sleep(1.0);
Print("Kyle: Where is your boss and I won't");
Sleep(1.0);
Print("Smuggler: Urgh, erm...ok he is at a cantina way over town");

return;

end

thanks i will give it a go.

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NEB

it didn't work but i know why now, when i saved it it saved as a text file not a cog. So how do I edit a cog then save it back as a cog cos when i save it i did save it as, textcog.cog.



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NEB

In the 'Save as' dialog box, put the filename in quotes, "Blah.cog". The quotes force the program to use the supplied extension.

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Success is the inverse relationship between effort, gain, and loss.

JK editing resources.

cheers that worked.

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NEB

Aghhhh now nether cogs kind of work. One does but only when it feels like it. I walk in that sector and nothing will happen then maybe 5 mins later it will come up with the text then sometimes it will not the 2nd one doesn't work at all. I renamd the 2nd one obvioulsy cos i wanted different text could this have something to do with it????

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NEB

Also is there a cog that would do the following??

Basically following on from the last cog kyle has been asked for his papers for entry into the city but he has none. So I want 2 gammorean guards at the entrance and they will leave him be as long as he doesn't try and get past the gates then they will attack how do I do that????

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NEB

Same in english, please?

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Life is like... skating... yeah, skating is a good example. You see someone skating and think "Hey, that looks like fun and easy!". You go and buy a skateboard and try, you get a few broken bones, asphalt-face and stuff... But hey, i'm not the one who gets hurt!

well, i think you basically want an ai, that gets aggressive when the player enters certain sectors (the one behind the gate). I think it should be possible, but I have no experience with ai...sadly.

I am still having problems with geting my text cogs to work i seleted the sector i want but when i walk into that sector it doesn't do anything excep once when it justworked all of a sudden but never did it again.


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NEB

I found what he said to be perfectly clear.

Basically what you want to do is get a cog that uses AiSetClass() to make the AI that of a pedestrian or something on startup, but that of the regular gammorean on entry of a sector. Shouldn't be hard at all.


[This message has been edited by Aglar (edited March 24, 2002).]