Platinum Arts Sandbox - Free 3D Game Maker Forum

Hi all,

I have been experimenting with PAS for about 3 days and have looked at the various games available (The Golden Coin being my favorite) and i wish to create my own. However what i want to create is not very simple in my mind and a still have some questions on how to use PAS.

Im not sure where this topic should have gone as it is detailing a project but also asks questions so if i have placed it in the wrong spot i apologise =)

My idea is this; I wish for a game where the world is created as you play, there will be two forces (light and darknesses) and every decision you make influences each sides grip on the world. For example, the first quest you choose to do a task for either an angel or a demon, both standing in front of you (showing the obvious choice between the two, other choices will not be so obvious) the task is simple, kill the other in the room. If you choose to slay the demon his hold over the area is gone and a town begins to flourish. Want that town to grow? collect coins and give it to the mayor etc etc etc.

What I am wondering is this; is this possible. Is it possible to code that if a certain circumstance is true or a level trigger is set of an object spawns. Is it possible to have that town spring up if you slay the demon or is that just not possible. If it is impossible i have another query that may make it work.

Is it possible to travel to other maps e.g. Can i create a town map and then a seperate forest map and make it so if a circumstance is true i travel from the village map to the forest map.

I would love some help on this project as i have a good idea but am simply not skilled enough yet to pull it off, any advice and/or criticism is always welcome =)
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These are more general PAS questions i have;

I don't quite understand how to make a character talk, i have read the FAQ and have put it into my script and put in the rc/pink model but when i walk up to her she simply won't talk

Is it possible to increase the size of your map but not loose the work you have done on it so far?



thanks in advanced,

qwerty2jam

qwerty2jam wrote:(The Golden Coin being my favorite)

thanks!!! You can take a look at TGC scripts packages/base/quests.cfg (open with a text editor)
nice play with PAS!!!

Sorry ive been looking for that file but just can't find it. It is not in the normal PAS folders and no folders were created that has that title, have i done something wrong in installing or am i just not looking at the right places?

worlds that change dynamically is not really sandbox's forte...

you can always create a lot of maps, one for each stage of influence, but we don't really have a good implementation for multimap worlds right now...
I'm currently working on a new version of the RPG which would work a lot better with multimap setups

I'm sad to say this, but this is perhaps not the best engine for what you's want to get done

I don't know about a dynamic map, but I also had trouble making characters talk. I found out that if you go to the esc menu in edit mode then gui->cfg->load you will see the config file. If you edit it like in the FAQ it won't do what you want automatically. You have to press the exec button at the bottom. Also try to find the .cfg file that sandbox makes when it saves. If you find it and you are using a mac please tell me where it is. as for making your map bigger, I don't know if you can.

Thanks for the responses guys,

Hirato, it might not be seemless but i would none the less like to try linking at least one map, if it does not work i have an idea in mind that will make my idea work still, so I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to do this (just to try)

Xenone, thanks for the help ill use it right away but sadly i am not using mac so i won't be able to find that file for you =(

Later today maybe early tomorow ill be posting a project summary, some screenshots and a request for help for my project...is the 'show of your work' forum the best place to post this?

well your idea is possible. You just have to make many maps, and when you do sth, for example kill a demon, then youll teleport to angel world etc. Your idea is pretty similar what I wanted to do with sandbox , but I never really did it, im now thinking of another engine for my game, but not because it isnt possible to make it with sandbox, its very possible.