Scripting Tutorial - A PJBottomz Level

[PJBottomz]

Because many people are anxious to learn how to script, and to take pressure off Terry (cause he's awesome), I made a VVVVVV level that is a scripting tutorial - IN DISGUISE!









Anyway, hope it's helpful! It should be bug free.

(Please Note: PJBottomz is a self-taught scripter, so it may not be good.)

(Also Note: This uses flags.)

(IMPORTANT: I love VVVVVV)

[SirBryghtside]

This is great! There are a couple of bugs, though - in 'Total Annihilation, there's one box which just says 'reply'. Also, in the ultimate scripting test, I activated the first terminal and got stuck between a warp token and a flipper line - the flipper respawned when I activated the terminal. I had both trinkets at that point, and couldn't progress

[PJBottomz]

Really? Let me look into it. That shouldn't happen...

EDIT: Okay, I fixed both things you mentioned, and a few others I found. The file has been fixed!

[mint301]

Love this level! I think you should add a hub room where you can jump to a part of the tutorial you want to know more about. 

[PJBottomz]

While that is an excellent idea, the scripts aren't programmed to give more information. They simply relay the most basic information on the subject. It would take a LOT of programming to add more information to the scripts.

[Gnome]

A most novel idea! Off to try it!

[PJBottomz]

Thanks! I figured it'd be a nice thing to do for Terry to keep the impatients off his tail.

[JoKiv]

Anyway, hope it's helpful! It should be bug free.

Sorry to disappoint you
If you backtrack after speaking to music terminal you'll get stuck.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvDSFladqiI (no audio, thanks to recording software)

note: "blurring" effect at background is caused by video recording software (fraps does not work, recorded using camstudio.. any suggestions?)

[bigkahuna]

Thanks for making this! It was very helpful for some basic level scripting.

I wrote down all the codes given so that I could use them later on.

Could you enable backtracking so that if someone forgets/mispells/wants to look over a terminal again they can? I had to start over the level again to re-check a terminal.

[PJBottomz]

Okay, I'm sorry to say guys, but backtracking is NOT possible.

To make it possible, I would have to do almost a complete rewrite of the all the scripts. I'd probably have to make an entire new level! Also, the glitch you showed me requires a major script do-over, and it might mess with the rest of the level. I'm sorry, I really am, but just DO NOT backtrack.

[Vimol]

This has been pretty helpful.

I'm only stuck with one little thing now.  When I'm done with an event, and I switch it to a flag that does nothing, I still get the black bars like I'm about to talk, or something is about to happen, and reason to as why that happens?

[PJBottomz]

Errr... Can you provide a video of this? I don't understand what you mean.

[Vimol]

Well, I tried my streaming of it, but holy crap is the sound off.  all the same, it shows what I mean:

http://www.livestream.com/rightturnonly/video?clipId=pla_f12079de-5ad0-4ee0-9f83-a50678836a8b&utm_source=lslibrary&utm_medium=ui-thumb

[LaZ00L1]

Thanks for the tutorial!  I was wondering if destroying things other than warps and gravlines was possible, though I think I'll avoid blowing up platforms until it gets fixed.  And thanks for pointing out that script names should be lowercase, as I was wondering why certain things weren't working.  Very helpful!

[PJBottomz]

@LaZ00L1

It's not possible to do any of that yet, but Terry said it might be implimented in the next patch.

@Vimol

Ah, yes, this has been explained before. See, those won't go away until there is some kind of say or reply command. I think there's a way to not have to do this. It was done in Reactor Disaster, which is a downloadable level. I'm not totally sure how they did it though.