Pictures/graphics

robertwriter
20 Apr 2011, 07:44
I need to know a couple of things about adding pictues. First of all i was curious how it would work considering the words continue to scroll up the page. Are you able to disipate messages after they are givin? I would basically like to make my graphics a picture of the room and items or containers in it. I also need to know what kind of program or files i need to make the right pictures to add to my game. Am i able to just use something like paint or do i need a certain program. I'm not sure how to add it to the game or impliment it for a room.

Alex
20 Apr 2011, 08:00
The picture will be shown in-line with the text, so it will scroll upwards with the text. (If you want the picture to remain on-screen, you could use the "Show a picture in a popup window" command, but note that that won't work online or with Quest 5 - the picture will be shown in-line instead).

You can use any image editing program (yes, even Paint) to create your pictures. Just be sure to save your picture in a format that Quest supports - GIF, BMP or JPG. I'd recommend either GIF or JPG as these have a smaller file size than BMP.

You can make your "Show a picture" script run whenever the player enters the room - go to the Advanced tab for the room and edit the "When the player enters the room" script.

robertwriter
20 Apr 2011, 08:21
When i try to run the game, when it is supposed to play my picture, it says [internal error occured] any trouble shooting?

Alex
20 Apr 2011, 10:42
Is the picture file in the same folder as your game's ASL file?

robertwriter
20 Apr 2011, 10:48
is now but still not working. Same error message.

robertwriter
20 Apr 2011, 10:54
Nvm I'm an idiot. Thx for you help.

robertwriter
20 Apr 2011, 10:55
That means i figured it out btw lol. Thx to you. so thx.