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Lawdog
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Joined: Fri Aug 12, 2011 10:06 pm Posts: 41 Location: Ohio
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Theme Game Intro
Hey guys, Lawdog here.
I'm striving to make one of my edits mirror a movie theme, I can't think of a better way to set the mood for a game than to have a quick 10 line introduction to the game based off the theme of the movie. Is there any way to add into the start-up message your own prompt, say after the welcome message, or as an edited welcome message?
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Cruncher
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Joined: Fri Feb 23, 2001 3:00 am Posts: 4016 Location: USA
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Re: Theme Game Intro
Lawdog wrote: Hey guys, Lawdog here.
I'm striving to make one of my edits mirror a movie theme, I can't think of a better way to set the mood for a game than to have a quick 10 line introduction to the game based off the theme of the movie. Is there any way to add into the start-up message your own prompt, say after the welcome message, or as an edited welcome message? V'Ger the sysop at Ice-9 has a server side script that can do that and much more!
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John Pritchett
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Joined: Sun Dec 24, 2000 3:00 am Posts: 3150 Location: USA
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Re: Theme Game Intro
Also, you can use announce.txt or announce.ans in your game's directory to provide your own display at startup.
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Sun Sep 04, 2011 1:36 pm |
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Micro
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Joined: Wed Apr 20, 2011 1:19 pm Posts: 2559 Location: Oklahoma City, OK 73170 US
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Re: Theme Game Intro
I like the script idea, as the in-game message is only sent to new players when they log in.
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Sun Sep 04, 2011 11:51 pm |
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Lawdog
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Joined: Fri Aug 12, 2011 10:06 pm Posts: 41 Location: Ohio
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Re: Theme Game Intro
I was unable to locate the Announce.txt or Announce.ans, is it under /gamea/b?
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 4:39 am |
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Archy
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Joined: Fri Jun 25, 2010 6:33 am Posts: 257 Location: Sydney Australia
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Re: Theme Game Intro
Lawdog wrote: I was unable to locate the Announce.txt or Announce.ans, is it under /gamea/b? you need to create the file and place it in the folder of the game you want the announcement for..
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 7:33 am |
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Lawdog
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Joined: Fri Aug 12, 2011 10:06 pm Posts: 41 Location: Ohio
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Re: Theme Game Intro
I must be doing something wrong, I created "announce.txt" in TWGS/Game/GameA/ and nothign happen.
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 8:04 am |
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topper4125
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Joined: Sun Aug 28, 2011 2:56 am Posts: 81 Location: Montana
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Re: Theme Game Intro
Worked on this one.
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:27 pm |
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Master Blaster
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Joined: Mon Apr 16, 2001 2:00 am Posts: 419 Location: Denver Colorado
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Re: Theme Game Intro
I just tried it myself and it works perfectly both as a txt file and an ansi file...
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:17 pm |
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Lawdog
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Joined: Fri Aug 12, 2011 10:06 pm Posts: 41 Location: Ohio
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Re: Theme Game Intro
I got it to work thanks. I was just over-looking where the announcement was at.
Also, is there a way to configure that announcement to only show when someone logs in for the first time? Like a welcome message for new players that veteran players won't have to keep seeing when they log on?
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John Pritchett
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Joined: Sun Dec 24, 2000 3:00 am Posts: 3150 Location: USA
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Re: Theme Game Intro
I'll make a note, but no, not at this time. If something like that is added, it would need to be shown either after the player account is created, or at the same place as announce.txt, but the SECOND time a player connects.
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Tue Sep 06, 2011 10:39 am |
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topper4125
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Joined: Sun Aug 28, 2011 2:56 am Posts: 81 Location: Montana
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Re: Theme Game Intro
RemoteAccess BBS Software had OnceOnly.ans/asc It would only display once to each user. If the file was changed then it would display it again... only once.
I'm pretty sure it worked by comparing the last date the user logged on to the date of the onceonly file.
It was a pretty useful file.
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Tue Sep 06, 2011 10:47 am |
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John Pritchett
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Joined: Sun Dec 24, 2000 3:00 am Posts: 3150 Location: USA
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Re: Theme Game Intro
Yeah, that's a good way to go. But you don't actually know who a player is until they actually sign in, and announce.txt is shown before that point. So really, if I'm going to show it once per player, I have to show it after sign-in and not where announce.txt is shown.
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