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How to block the hints? - Radical Batz - 05-03-2014
So you know those hints which when you pick up a tinder box it will show you a hint about it, and when you're in darkness it will show you a hint about it! Yeah, you know what I'm talkin about.
So I made a voice intro and I gave the player 3 tinderboxes already as a beginning but the tinderboxes hint appears in the voice acting scene and I don't want that, I know what the code to block hints
PHP Code:
BlockHint("PickTinderbox");
But the problem is, what's the name of the hint I wanna block? How the heck should I know?
I don't know where I can find the names of the hints to block them! anybody knows? pls?
RE: How to block the hints? - Mudbill - 05-03-2014
Take a look in the english.lang in the config folder. You'll find it there. Or perhaps base_english.lang, but I think it's the first one.
Edit: It looks like what you put should be the correct one.
base_english.lang has this:
Code:
<Entry Name="PickTinderbox">Tinderboxes are used to light candles and other light sources in the enviroment. The current amount of Tinderboxes is shown in Inventory ($ButInventory).</Entry>RE: How to block the hints? - Radical Batz - 05-03-2014
(05-03-2014, 03:26 PM)Mudbill Wrote: Take a look in the english.lang in the config folder. You'll find it there. Or perhaps base_english.lang, but I think it's the first one.
Edit: It looks like what you put should be the correct one.
base_english.lang has this:
Code:<Entry Name="PickTinderbox">Tinderboxes are used to light candles and other light sources in the enviroment. The current amount of Tinderboxes is shown in Inventory ($ButInventory).</Entry>
I tried to make this
PHP Code:
BlockHint("PickTinderbox");
but didn't work :/
RE: How to block the hints? - Mudbill - 05-03-2014
Did you try RemoveHint("PickTinderbox"); maybe?
RE: How to block the hints? - Radical Batz - 05-03-2014
(05-03-2014, 05:25 PM)Mudbill Wrote: Did you try RemoveHint("PickTinderbox"); maybe?
I did that too after I removed the block hint and did that instead, but still nothing! :/
RE: How to block the hints? - DnALANGE - 05-03-2014
Here is my example from Premonition.
Spoiler below!
How does it work and where do i get the functions from?
Here is how it works;
The HINTS are placed in the base_english.lang
Here is where the hints are starting:
( for me ) somewhere at line 538.
PHP Code:
</CATEGORY>
<CATEGORY Name="Hints">
<Entry Name="SanityAdd">As you make progress or pick up important items, you'll recover some lost sanity.</Entry>
Etcetera,etcetera...
Extra information;
IF you want the hints to appear again at... another map for example, Easely do this ( example )
PHP Code:
UnBlockHint("DarknessDecrease");
UnBlockHint("EntityGrab");
UnBlockHint("EntityLever");
UnBlockHint("EntityPush");
UnBlockHint("EntitySlide");
Etcetera,etcetera...
Hint: What i did, just put those (UnBlockHints) into voidOnLeave() so the hint(s) show(ed) up in the next map.
RE: How to block the hints? - Romulator - 05-04-2014
Yes, but that didn't work apparently, unless the BlockHint() was not in OnStart()...
RE: How to block the hints? - Radical Batz - 05-04-2014
(05-04-2014, 02:02 AM)Romulator Wrote: Yes, but that didn't work apparently, unless the BlockHint() was not in OnStart()...
I put it Onstart