Sandbox Start Program

AndyLangel · Post by **AndyLangel** » May 25th, 2010, 12:51 pm

Hello everyone!

I was just wondering if there was a way i could make my own 'SandBoxLauncher'. Well, i know i can make one in Visual Basic, but i have an issue-

Is there anyway to open the SandBoxLauncher and see what it does? or open the Launcher File? Has anyone done this before?

Basically, i am looking for a way to find what is needed to make a executable file that will start my game. The only information i really require is how i would go about making a Visual Basic program open a map and begin the game- without ever starting the official Sandbox launcher.

Any ideas?

EDIT:

Found that 'CLICK_ME_TO_START' thing, edited it and now it opens up in RPG, mode.... i assume this would be along the lines of a proper executable for my map? Also, anyone know if there is a way to have it open right up to my map, rather than to the main menu?

Runescapedj · Post by **Runescapedj** » May 25th, 2010, 1:49 pm

maybe you can just make a shortcut on your desk to the map?
Is that what you meant?

AndyLangel · Post by **AndyLangel** » May 25th, 2010, 2:48 pm

that would work, yes- but how do you make the map open? can you just click on the map file and it opens? O.o

Also, side not-

Anyone know what each Trigger Type is good for? is there like a list for them or something? they seem to be quite... odd

Runescapedj · Post by **Runescapedj** » May 25th, 2010, 3:05 pm

no, triggers are for example to open doors, if you hit a key with trigger 5, than (with the right coding) the door(s) with trigger 5 will open, you can do this without coding using teleporters.

I hope this helps

AndyLangel · Post by **AndyLangel** » May 25th, 2010, 4:29 pm

but what about the trigger type?

such as NPCs should be trigger type 11, and trigger type 1 is for teleporting...

idk, just wanted to know what they were all for, since most act different from the rest.

Aslo, on yet another side note: this code isn't working quite right, the stuff in the Trade tab doesn't show up, any suggestions?

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level_trigger_3 = [showgui Trader]

newgui Trader [
	guitext "Hello there! Would you be interested in some of my goods?"
	guibar
	guilist [
		guibutton "Iron Ore: 3gp" [
			if ( >= $gold 3) [
				gold = ( - $gold 1)
				ironore = ( + $ironore 1)
				echo "You bought 1 iron ore."
			]
			if ( < $gold 3) [
				echo "You do not have enough gold to purchase that."
			]
		]
		guibar
		guibutton "Iron Bar: 5gp" [
			if ( >= $gold 5) [
				gold = ( - $gold 5)
				ironbar = ( + $ironbar 1)
				echo "You bought 1 iron bar."
			]
			if ( < $gold 5) [
				echo "You do not have enough gold to purchase that."
			]
		]
		guibar
		guibutton "Sword: 20gp" [
			if ( >= $gold 20) [
				gold = ( - $gold 20)
				sword = ( + $sword 1)
				echo "You bought 1 sword."
			]
			if ( < $gold 20) [
				echo "You do not have enough gold to purchase that."
			]
		]
	]
	guitab "Trade" [
		guilist [
			guibutton "Iron Ore: 1gp" [
				if ( >= $ironore 1) [
					ironore = ( - $ironore 1)
					gold = ( + $gold 1)
					echo "You sold 1 iron ore for 1 gold."
				]
				if ( < $ironore 1) [
					echo "You don't have any iron ore to sell!"
				]
			]
			guibutton "Iron Bar: 3gp" [
				if ( >= $ironbar 1) [
					ironbar = ( - $ironbar 1)
					gold = ( + $ gold 3)
					echo "You sold 1 iron bar for 3 gold."
				]
				if ( < $ironbar 1) [
					echo "You don't have any iron bar to sell!."
				]
			]
			guibutton "Sword: 15gp" [
				if ( >= $sword 1) [
					sword = ( - $sword 1)
					gold = ( + $gold 15)
					echo "You sold 1 sword for 15 gold."
				]
				if ( < $sword 1) [
					echo "You don't have any sword to sell!"
				]
			]
		]
	]
]

Post by **arcones** » May 26th, 2010, 9:15 am

Andy wrote:but what about the trigger type?

such as NPCs should be trigger type 11, and trigger type 1 is for teleporting...

idk, just wanted to know what they were all for, since most act different from the rest.

Here's a link for Sauerbraten's Trigger states

Tells you what each one does

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    level_trigger_3 = [showgui Trader]

    newgui Trader [
       guitext "Hello there! Would you be interested in some of my goods?"
       guibar
       guilist [
          guibutton "Iron Ore: 3gp" [
             if ( >= $gold 3) [     //I don't know for sure if it should be exactly like that... ( >= because your saying two different things... it's a less than equals thingy...
                gold = ( - $gold 1)
                ironore = ( + $ironore 1)
                echo "You bought 1 iron ore."
             ]
             if ( < $gold 3) [
                echo "You do not have enough gold to purchase that."
             ]
          ]
          guibar
          guibutton "Iron Bar: 5gp" [
             if ( >= $gold 5) [
                gold = ( - $gold 5)
                ironbar = ( + $ironbar 1)
                echo "You bought 1 iron bar."
             ]
             if ( < $gold 5) [
                echo "You do not have enough gold to purchase that."
             ]
          ]
          guibar
          guibutton "Sword: 20gp" [
             if ( >= $gold 20) [
                gold = ( - $gold 20)
                sword = ( + $sword 1)
                echo "You bought 1 sword."
             ]
             if ( < $gold 20) [
                echo "You do not have enough gold to purchase that."
             ]
          ]
       ]
       guitab "Trade" [
          guilist [
             guibutton "Iron Ore: 1gp" [
                if ( >= $ironore 1) [ 
                   ironore = ( - $ironore 1)
                   gold = ( + $gold 1)
                   echo "You sold 1 iron ore for 1 gold."
                ]
                if ( < $ironore 1) [
                   echo "You don't have any iron ore to sell!"
                ]
             ]
             guibutton "Iron Bar: 3gp" [
                if ( >= $ironbar 1) [
                   ironbar = ( - $ironbar 1)
                   gold = ( + $ gold 3)
                   echo "You sold 1 iron bar for 3 gold."
                ]
                if ( < $ironbar 1) [
                   echo "You don't have any iron bar to sell!."
                ]
             ]
             guibutton "Sword: 15gp" [
                if ( >= $sword 1) [
                   sword = ( - $sword 1)
                   gold = ( + $gold 15)
                   echo "You sold 1 sword for 15 gold."
                ]
                if ( < $sword 1) [
                   echo "You don't have any sword to sell!"
                ]
             ]
          ]
       ]
    ] //other than that it looks fine...

Did you at all happen to take that from Gobologna's shop script?
Hope that helps!

Arc

Runescapedj · Post by **Runescapedj** » May 26th, 2010, 9:52 am

You know I'm not that good in coding Arc,
But I think you made a mistake, watch for the arrow (------------------------------>):

arcones wrote:

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    level_trigger_3 = [showgui Trader]

    newgui Trader [
       guitext "Hello there! Would you be interested in some of my goods?"
       guibar
       guilist [
          guibutton "Iron Ore: 3gp" [
             if ( >= $gold 3) [     //I don't know for sure if it should be exactly like that... ( >= because your saying two different things... it's a less than equals thingy...
                gold = ( - $gold 1) ----------------------------------------------------------> - 1 gold?
                ironore = ( + $ironore 1)
                echo "You bought 1 iron ore."
             ]
             if ( < $gold 3) [
                echo "You do not have enough gold to purchase that."
             ]
          ]
          guibar
          guibutton "Iron Bar: 5gp" [
             if ( >= $gold 5) [
                gold = ( - $gold 5)
                ironbar = ( + $ironbar 1)
                echo "You bought 1 iron bar."
             ]
             if ( < $gold 5) [
                echo "You do not have enough gold to purchase that."
             ]
          ]
          guibar
          guibutton "Sword: 20gp" [
             if ( >= $gold 20) [
                gold = ( - $gold 20)
                sword = ( + $sword 1)
                echo "You bought 1 sword."
             ]
             if ( < $gold 20) [
                echo "You do not have enough gold to purchase that."
             ]
          ]
       ]
       guitab "Trade" [
          guilist [
             guibutton "Iron Ore: 1gp" [
                if ( >= $ironore 1) [ 
                   ironore = ( - $ironore 1)
                   gold = ( + $gold 1)
                   echo "You sold 1 iron ore for 1 gold."
                ]
                if ( < $ironore 1) [
                   echo "You don't have any iron ore to sell!"
                ]
             ]
             guibutton "Iron Bar: 3gp" [
                if ( >= $ironbar 1) [
                   ironbar = ( - $ironbar 1)
                   gold = ( + $ gold 3)
                   echo "You sold 1 iron bar for 3 gold."
                ]
                if ( < $ironbar 1) [
                   echo "You don't have any iron bar to sell!."
                ]
             ]
             guibutton "Sword: 15gp" [
                if ( >= $sword 1) [
                   sword = ( - $sword 1)
                   gold = ( + $gold 15)
                   echo "You sold 1 sword for 15 gold."
                ]
                if ( < $sword 1) [
                   echo "You don't have any sword to sell!"
                ]
             ]
          ]
       ]
    ] //other than that it looks fine...

Did you at all happen to take that from Gobologna's shop script?
Hope that helps!

Arc

AndyLangel · Post by **AndyLangel** » May 26th, 2010, 11:05 am

Regarding my code:

>= normally stands for Greater or Equal to- ill double check the argument to make sure its the same for Sandbox code- though, that part of the code was fine- the part i am having issues with is:

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   guitab "Trade" [
      guilist [
         guibutton "Iron Ore: 1gp" [
            if ( >= $ironore 1) [
               ironore = ( - $ironore 1)
               gold = ( + $gold 1)
               echo "You sold 1 iron ore for 1 gold."
            ]
            if ( < $ironore 1) [
               echo "You don't have any iron ore to sell!"
            ]
         ]
         guibutton "Iron Bar: 3gp" [
            if ( >= $ironbar 1) [
               ironbar = ( - $ironbar 1)
               gold = ( + $ gold 3)
               echo "You sold 1 iron bar for 3 gold."
            ]
            if ( < $ironbar 1) [
               echo "You don't have any iron bar to sell!."
            ]
         ]
         guibutton "Sword: 15gp" [
            if ( >= $sword 1) [
               sword = ( - $sword 1)
               gold = ( + $gold 15)
               echo "You sold 1 sword for 15 gold."
            ]
            if ( < $sword 1) [
               echo "You don't have any sword to sell!"
            ]
         ]
      ]
   ]

That tab shows up in my trader's dialog box- but when you click it the tab is empty :s

Anyone have a clue as to why?

Also, check the Sandbox code thing-

>= is Greater than or Equal to, <= is the less than or equal to:

so 'if ( >= $gold 3)' is just checking to see if '$gold' is greater or equal to 3- it works fine in my script as well, i am able to buy all the ore i wish until my 100 gold runs out

Also- wrote this myself.. so.... yeah- probably missed a [ or ] along the way that is causing the entire thing to not work :S or i used a [] in a spot i should have used a ()... not sure. I'll double check it, but i might just re-write the entire system.

Post by **arcones** » May 26th, 2010, 12:37 pm

Well, if the argument is sound then you should be fine... I'd recommend creating an inventory for your bought stuff to show up in (if you haven't done it already

)

Another thing, if you're missing the [] then it would tell you in the top right when you tried to execute the code

I'll hopefully try this code today

EDIT: Ya know what? IF you haven't coded the inventory right, you might not be able to see it... just an idea.

AndyLangel · Post by **AndyLangel** » May 26th, 2010, 3:21 pm

ohh, i never added an inventory- but the issue is with the options for selling stuff is not showing up- ill show you what i mean below

With:

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       guitab "Trade" [
          guilist [
             guibutton "Iron Ore: 1gp" [
                if ( >= $ironore 1) [
                   ironore = ( - $ironore 1)
                   gold = ( + $gold 1)
                   echo "You sold 1 iron ore for 1 gold."
                ]
                if ( < $ironore 1) [
                   echo "You don't have any iron ore to sell!"
                ]
             ]
             guibutton "Iron Bar: 3gp" [
                if ( >= $ironbar 1) [
                   ironbar = ( - $ironbar 1)
                   gold = ( + $ gold 3)
                   echo "You sold 1 iron bar for 3 gold."
                ]
                if ( < $ironbar 1) [
                   echo "You don't have any iron bar to sell!."
                ]
             ]
             guibutton "Sword: 15gp" [
                if ( >= $sword 1) [
                   sword = ( - $sword 1)
                   gold = ( + $gold 15)
                   echo "You sold 1 sword for 15 gold."
                ]
                if ( < $sword 1) [
                   echo "You don't have any sword to sell!"
                ]
             ]
          ]
       ]

i get this:

So i have no clue what im doing wrong :s

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