How to have the same items found different places..

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Tyrant posted 17-09-2000 16:34 GMT
Hello,
I am wondering how to have an item (For example, an ammo clip), that is a very common item in the game, appear in multiple rooms without having to 'move' the item to that room everytime you enter it? This goes the same for characters.
Also, how's the progress on the new QDK 3.0 (I think that's what it's called)? I remember Alex talking about it last year in the fall, and I'm just wondering when you think it'll be done and how you are progressing on it. Thanks
Alex posted 17-09-2000 20:09 GMT
Quest 2.x allows you to have multiple objects in different rooms with the same name, so you couldd just have a copy of the ammo clip's define object information in each room it appears in.
In Quest 3.0 each object must have a unique name, but you could use an alias so it appears as an ammo clip in each room. With the latest (as yet unreleased) build you could use:
define object <ammoclip15>
type <ammoclip>
end define
instead of having to copy out the definition for each object, if the type "ammoclip" had been defined.

Alex Warren,
Axe Software
Alex posted 18-09-2000 11:01 GMT
As for your QDK 3.0 question, work on QDK 3.0 has not yet started, but will shortly.

Alex Warren,
Axe Software
Computer Whizz posted 19-09-2000 20:21 GMT
Tyrant.. are you doing what I'm doing, and have the ammo as a collectable?
I'd do exactly like Alex said (having the aliases) because then you don't need to re-write the script so much/at all to ASL3.
That's what I'm going to do. But right now I'm getting examples on how to solve problems, THEN I'm going to start work on the ACTUAL game.
--CW
Tyrant posted 19-09-2000 21:48 GMT
Yes, Computer Whizz, I am using Ammo as a collectable (Of course, otherwise the items list would be flooded). But there are ammo clip items scattered about, and the clip item is removed when you take it, so 10 more bullets are added to your collectable (10 bullets per clip).

Author	Topic: How to have the same items found different places..
Tyrant	posted 17-09-2000 16:34 GMT Hello, I am wondering how to have an item (For example, an ammo clip), that is a very common item in the game, appear in multiple rooms without having to 'move' the item to that room everytime you enter it? This goes the same for characters. Also, how's the progress on the new QDK 3.0 (I think that's what it's called)? I remember Alex talking about it last year in the fall, and I'm just wondering when you think it'll be done and how you are progressing on it. Thanks
Alex	posted 17-09-2000 20:09 GMT Quest 2.x allows you to have multiple objects in different rooms with the same name, so you couldd just have a copy of the ammo clip's define object information in each room it appears in. In Quest 3.0 each object must have a unique name, but you could use an alias so it appears as an ammo clip in each room. With the latest (as yet unreleased) build you could use: define object <ammoclip15> type <ammoclip> end define instead of having to copy out the definition for each object, if the type "ammoclip" had been defined. Alex Warren, Axe Software
Alex	posted 18-09-2000 11:01 GMT As for your QDK 3.0 question, work on QDK 3.0 has not yet started, but will shortly. Alex Warren, Axe Software
Computer Whizz	posted 19-09-2000 20:21 GMT Tyrant.. are you doing what I'm doing, and have the ammo as a collectable? I'd do exactly like Alex said (having the aliases) because then you don't need to re-write the script so much/at all to ASL3. That's what I'm going to do. But right now I'm getting examples on how to solve problems, THEN I'm going to start work on the ACTUAL game. --CW
Tyrant	posted 19-09-2000 21:48 GMT Yes, Computer Whizz, I am using Ammo as a collectable (Of course, otherwise the items list would be flooded). But there are ammo clip items scattered about, and the clip item is removed when you take it, so 10 more bullets are added to your collectable (10 bullets per clip).