Interaction events

Hotspot interactions
Object interactions
Room interactions
Inventory item interactions
Character interactions

Hotspot interactions

Character stands on hotspot

occurs repeatedly while the player character is standing on the hotspot.

Look at hotspot

occurs when the player clicks on the hotspot while in the "Look" mode (cursor mode 1).

Interact with hotspot

occurs when the player clicks on the hotspot while in the "Interact" mode (cursor mode 2).

Use inventory on hotspot

occurs when the player clicks on the hotspot while in the "Use inventory" mode (cursor mode 4), but ONLY if the player is using the inventory item number which the Data column is set to. For example, if you want to respond when the player is using a key (inventory item 2), then set Data to 2. You can also set Data to 99, in which case the event will trigger for any inventory item - in this case, you can use the text script variable character[x].activeinv to find out what was used.

IMPORTANT: When this event is triggered, and if Data is not 99, then the player will lose the inventory item, UNLESS "do not lose inventory items" is checked in the General Settings pane.

NOTE: Because the Data column is used for the event, you cannot use a response which also requires a Data value. You must use a text script to respond in this case.

Speak to hotspot

occurs when the player clicks on the hotspot while in the "Talk" mode (cursor mode 3).

Any click on hotspot

occurs when the player clicks on the hotspot in any cursor mode (except Walk). This allows you to add extra modes like smell, taste, push, pull, and so on. This event also occurs as well as the other event for the Look, Interact and Talk modes.

Mouse moves over hotspot

occurs repeatedly while the mouse cursor is over the hotspot. You can use this to highlight the cursor, and for other various effects.

Object interactions

Look at object

occurs when the player clicks on the object while in the "Look" mode (cursor mode 1).

Interact with object

occurs when the player clicks on the object in the "Interact" mode (cursor mode 2).

Speak to object

occurs when the player clicks on the object in the "Talk" mode (cursor mode 3).

Use inventory on object

works like "Use inventory on hotspot" - see that desccription (section 6.1.1 above) for more information.

Room interactions

Walk off left

occurs when the player character walks off the left edge of the screen.

Walk off right

occurs when the player walks off the right edge of the screen.

Walk off bottom

occurs when the player character walks off the bottom edge of the screen.

Walk off top

occurs when the player character walks off the top edge of the screen.

First time enters screen

occurs the first time the player enters the room. This event occurs AFTER the screen has faded in, so it allows you to display a message describing the scene.

Player enters screen (before fadein)

occurs just after the room is loaded into memory. This event occurs every time the player enters the screen, and it happens BEFORE the screen has faded in, which allows you to change object graphics and do other things to the screen which the player won't notice.

NOTE: This event is ONLY meant for adjusting things such as object and character placement. Do NOT use this event for any sort of automated intro to the room - use the "Enters Screen After Fade In" event for that instead.

Repeatedly execute

occurs repeatedly on every interpreter cycle. The normal game speed is 40 cycles per second, so this event occurs about every 25 milliseconds.

Player enters screen (after fadein)

occurs every time the player enters the room, AFTER the screen has faded-in. Suitable for displaying text descriptions and so on, that you want the player to see.

Player leaves screen

occurs when the player leaves the screen, just before the screen fades out.

Inventory item interactions

Look at inventory

occurs when the player clicks on the inventory item while in the "look" mode.

Interact with inventory

(not yet implemented).

Speak to inventory

only applies to the Lucasarts-style inventory, occurs when the player clicks the Talk icon on the inventory item.

Use inventory on inv

occurs when the player uses another inventory object on this one. You set the Data column to the number of the other item which needs to be used on this item (see section 6.1.1 above for details on the way this works). This event allows the player to combine items, and so on. For example, if they had picked up a laptop computer and a battery, seperately, then you could use this to allow them to insert the battery into the computer.

Other click on inventory

only applies to the Lucasarts-style inventory, occurs when the player clicks any other cursor mode (apart from look, talk and use_inv) on the item.

Character interactions

Look at character

occurs when the player clicks on a character while in the "look" mode.

Interact with character

occurs when the player clicks on a character while in the "interact" mode.

Speak to character

occurs when the player clicks on a character while in the "talk" mode.

Use inventory on character

occurs when the player uses an inventory object on a character. You set the Data column to the number of inventory item which you use on the character. This event could be used to allow the player to give items to characters.

Any click on character

occurs when the player clicks any other cursor mode (apart from look, talk and use_inv) on the item.