a generic item pick up script please.

[shadowfall1976]

I am in need of a generic item pick up script, that I can set to any item
by way of ID or some other way, to display a string when an item is picked up.

[Joe123]

item script string{
void run(int str){
Screen->Message(str);
}
}

Where D0 in the item editor is the ID number of the string.

[shadowfall1976]

thanks Joe

EDIT: I can't get the script to work.....

[Joe123]

oh, what's wrong?

[Russ]

Make sure you attach it to the pickup tag script in the item editor, not the action tab script.

[shadowfall1976]

nevermind, it works now, I forgot to do something.

[Russ]

And another thing, make sure you have the rule "messages dissapear" checked, or the message will stay on screen. It can get anoying if the item happens to be in a room full of enemies, and a big string that says "You got the _____" is blocking the top half of the screen.

[beefster09]

Hey, why not tweak it a little? Make it use the D7 argument so it will most likely not interfere with the action script. Like this:


item script string{
void run(int null0, int null1, int null2, int null3, int null4, int null5, int null6, int str){
Screen->Message(str);
}
}

[Gleeok]

What does moving it's argument do differently?

..Oh, I guess I should learn how to read.


Perhaps link it to another blank message.