Pick up object with text

[Rabagast]

Hi!
How can I pick up an object with just writing for example "pick up bowl"? Like King's Quest.

[Dynasoft]

You have to teach the computer to parse English.

It's not easy.

[Rabagast]

But how do I do that? Is it a textbox where I can write something in the game?

[Popcorn]

But how do I do that? Is it a textbox where I can write something in the game?

The Edit object allows you to type in the game.

How can I pick up an object with just writing for example "pick up bowl"? Like King's Quest.

This is a bit more complex.

You need to make a procedure that takes the user's string and compares each word with keywords in your game. I have not done anything like that, and I don't know the best method to use, but I think I would have done something like this:

1: The player writes: pick up bowl

2: The game test each word against keywords in the current room or level

3: The game finds the word bowl and the epxression pick up

4: The game checks in the action list where 'bowl' and 'pick up' is used.

5: The game finds one action that has 'bowl' and 'pick up' and executes that action.


Then it is up to you to figure out how to deal with keyword, action lists, actions etc... Using arrays or list-objects together with fastloops is probably a good choice.

[uprize]

Your best bet would be to use LUA.
LUA is used in the gaming industry mainly as a scripting language.

What you would do would be create functions such as 'pick up' 'move' etc and then set up the variables accordingly.
Its not going to be easy, but would be easier than programming it in MMF itself.

if interested visit www.lua.org and learn the langauge. Then download xlua extension and have fun