Comments

• runtmc

  March 2016

  Can you just implement the book as a menu instead of a separate scene?

  
  

  Either that our write the scene number of the last loaded scene to a global variable on "use" of the inventory item and you can use that to load back afterwards? 
• ChrisIceBox

  March 2016

  You can use the Engine: Check scene Action to check the previous scene, and follow it up with an Engine: Change scene Action to go back accordingly (e.g. "if the last scene was Basement, load Basement).
  
  However, that will quickly get complicated as you add more scenes to your game.  The following script command will load the previous scene:
  
  AC.KickStarter.sceneChanger.ChangeScene (AC.KickStarter.sceneChanger.previousSceneInfo, true);
  
  You can place that line within the Run function of a custom Action, and run that Action in place of AC's regular Engine: Change scene Action.
  
• binary1

  March 2016

  Thanks.  I'll give that a try.  For now, I'm using the journal asset.  The main problem I have is that whenever I click on the page right and page left arrows, the player character moves right or left respectively.  Is there something I missed in setting things up?  It is a 2.5D point-and-click game.
• ChrisIceBox

  March 2016

  If you need to disable any of AC's systems (in this case, Movement and I'd imagine Interaction too), you can use the Engine: Manage systems Action.
  
  Place this in an ActionList Asset and run it when you open the journal.  If you need to run it through script, you can call the AC.AdvGame.RunActionListAsset function.
  
• binary1

  March 2016

  That worked perfectly!  I put it in the action list and then re-enabled everything with a stop reading button.