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--maybe sharing graphics at this stage /moment is too early, because the surprise (due to new graphics) will be diminished ?
At least this is the only argument against sharing that I can think of right now. In the long run, a graphic collection only makes sense.

[Gambit37]

@Mon Ful IR: Your downloads have been removed from Media Fire. Can you upload them again please?

[Mon Ful Ir]

I have the most recent version and I'll re-upload. Bear with me for a little while so I can organise it all a bit better, please.

[Mon Ful Ir]

Done, here you go.

http://www.mediafire.com/?zuqzubkdjkd4n4z

[Mon Ful Ir]

Version 0.2's done. Get it here.

Changes:-

• 2 new monsters
• 1 new champion (prisoner-release version rather than a mirror)
• 3 new statues
• 1 new ceiling-hanging-thing
• Assorted minor code fixes

[Mon Ful Ir]

Hmm. When someone clicks on one of the "prisoners" in this dungeon, they can release the prisoner, adding a character to the party. This is just called "resurrection" at the moment.

What I want to do is change where it says "resurrect" to "release". But this seems to mean replacing some code in dsb_offer_champion and I don't have the faintest idea how to do that. Help please?

Also, the prisoner object (the cloned mirror) ought to disappear when the relevant champion's added and I'm afraid I can't see how to make that happen either. Can I use qswapper to delete an object?

[Sophia]

What I want to do is change where it says "resurrect" to "release".

If you mean the thing you click when the champion is being offered, you have to replace the image itself. It's a 232x146 image that must be called option_res.png (or .bmp or .pcx or whatever else) The bottom 26 pixels are the cancel button; the rest are the resurrection image. The image is in the extracted DSB graphics that you can download here, I think.

Also, the prisoner object (the cloned mirror) ought to disappear when the relevant champion's added and I'm afraid I can't see how to make that happen either. Can I use qswapper to delete an object?

No, but you can send it a "destroy" message. A better option might be to do it automatically in the prisoner's take function, i.e., the function called when the party member is taken.
Here's some code:

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function obj.prisoner:on_click(id, clicked_with)
    if (clicked_with == nil and exvar[id]) then
        local inside = exvar[id].champion
        if (inside) then
            local offer_mode = 3
            if (exvar[id].offer_mode) then
                offer_mode = exvar[id].offer_mode
            end
            dsb_offer_champion(inside, offer_mode, function ()
                exvar[id].champion = nil
                got_triggered(id, nil)
                dsb_msg(1, id, M_DESTROY, 0) -- Added this line. Makes the prisoner disappear when taken.
            end)
        end
    end
end

[Mon Ful Ir]

Thank you, Amber. I've created a new option_res.png, and I've added it into my graphics.lua in the usual way:

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gfx.option_res = dsb_get_bitmap("option_res", "mfi_graphics/misc/option_res.png")

This doesn't seem to have changed anything. Have I missed a step?

Thanks

[Sophia]

You know, you stumbled on something that I didn't even think of. The problem is that this all was done before DSB was particularly mindful of file paths, so option_res.png has to be in your dungeon's root directory. At that point you don't even have to actually add it to gfx at all; the DSB core pulls it in directly.

This is sort of ugly, so I'll probably make it work like your way in future versions.

[Mon Ful Ir]

Thank you very much, that's working as intended now.

[Mon Ful Ir]

Hmm... when I release a prisoner it still says, "%NAME RESURRECTED" at the bottom of the screen. Can I make it say, "%NAME RELEASED"?

[Sophia]

Yes. It's in base/global.lua.

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msg_resurrected = " RELEASED."

Don't forget the leading space, because the name is prepended directly to whatever is in that string.

[Mon Ful Ir]

Okay, thanks. Is there a way to do it without editing base/global.lua? A custom dungeon really shouldn't change the base code.

[Sophia]

It's a variable! You can change that variable's value and the output will change.
So in your custom dungeon's scripts just do

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msg_resurrected = " RELEASED."

The only reason I mentioned it was in base/global.lua was so you could see where it was and what other variables you could override to change other aspects of DSB's behavior.

[Mon Ful Ir]

Ah! Everything becomes clear. Thank you!

[Lord_BoNes]

Sorry to bump this thread... but... MonFulIr, do you happen to have a more recent version of this? I mainly ask because the last available download is several posts up, and you've discussed new changes that wouldn't be in that download. That, and I'm also curious to see your progress on this.

[Mon Ful Ir]

Yes, I have a more up to date version on my computer at home, but it'll be a few more days before I can post it I'm afraid.

[Lord_BoNes]

No problems. The previous download was May 12th 2011... so a few more days won't hurt

[Mon Ful Ir]

No, I'm sorry: I'm afraid I've misinformed you. Apparently I no longer have that file.

[terkio]

Off topic.
@Mon Ful Ir
While you are here...
Is there a chance for a deeper dungeon to continue your excellent RTC "Escape 3.0" ? http://www.dungeon-master.com/forum/vie ... 31&t=28120

[Mon Ful Ir]

I'll reply in that thread.

[Lord_BoNes]

No, I'm sorry: I'm afraid I've misinformed you. Apparently I no longer have that file.

Damn

Any other DSB dungeons you feel like throwing my way (I'm learning how to do stuff in DSB, and you seem to have interesting ideas)?