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Greets Destroyers:

Making a merchant in couldn't be simpler !
Make any Sprite you want where you want the player to talk to for services such as an Inn, Items, Weapons, Armor, or Runestones.

NOTE: They do not have to have a Sprite Message if you just want them to be a Merchant ..

From there, put a Merchant Tile anywhere Up, Down, Left, or Right of the Sprite:

Like so:

In this, when you talk with this Sprite, IF there is a Sprite Message attached to the Sprite, it will be run first, but after that, it will do a quick scan on all four corners to see if there is a Merchant Tile. In this case, there is, so the Items Merchant routine will pop up !

To prevent the Merchant Check from coming up after you have finished your Sprite Message, use or . Normally you wouldn't do this but it's there if you need it.

That's all there is to it !
You are encouraged to download the Answers world file which addresses questions like this and those that are more complex as well. If you ask me a good question that cannot be easily explained in Q & A, then I will make a Custom Room in the Answers world explaining in detail your answer. You can download the Answers world by clicking .

Hope This Helps !

This is the most complex of all of the types of inquiries you can conduct in and, as such, it will be a little longer to explain.

from the Editor:

(choose the image you want)

There is not enough room in the 9-character space to enter in multiple-choices for the default inquiry line, nor is there enough space to enter multiple labels on the single label input line so you must enter in a custom line of "code" on the 5th line. A check is made for this so it is perfectly valid.

Let's enter the text first:
We know Lord Mordred has
escaped to one of three
places, but which one ?

Now put the cursor on the 5th line. You cannot have displayed text on the 5th line and you must always enter your line of inquiry "code" on the 5th line, if you want to have a multiple-choice question. A basic error check is made to ensure it is on the 5th line, but you can screw it up if you're not careful.

Hit to select the Inquiry icon which is used only for this special data to follow, then type out (and do not worry that the text scrolls off the screen):
ice mountain,ice,shadow forest,shade,murmuring swamp,swamp

What this means is there will be 3 choices, and choosing the first will jump to the page with the LABEL ICE, the 2nd choice will go to the LABEL SHADE, and the last choice will go to the LABEL SWAMP.
Press now to go to the next line, in this case, the start of Page #2.

If the player hits , this is counted as a valid choice and ignores the choices skipping to the next page (the one you are on now), so go ahead and type for this page #2:
Ah, you are not ready yet.
Prepare yourself,
return and we will decide
where to go from there.
And on the 5th line hit to select the Terminate Icon since you don't want it to continue to the next page, where we will have our choices.

will have two additional lines above and below giving you seven lines total per Sprite Messenger page, but you can only enter commands in the TOP and BOTTOM so you can have 5 lines of text displayed unhindered and uninterrupted by any additional commands.

You should be on Page #2 now so go ahead and type:
Very well ! We will go to the
Ice Mountains to look for
him !

You could enter optional flag-setting commands here and, of course you need another Terminate Icon so this choice won't spill into the 2nd one.

We need to enter a LABEL for this page, our first choice, so hit and type in the label:
and

Now hit or hit the down arrow key on the last 5th line to go to Page #3 and type:
I see.. We will search for
him in the Shadow Forest !

You could enter optional flag-setting commands here and, of course you need another Terminate Icon so this choice won't spill into the 3rd, the last one.

There is a different LABEL for this page, so to enter it hit and type it in:
and .

Hit or hit the down arrow key on the last 5th line one more time to go to Page #4 and type out:
We have a boat ready,
so we will row through
the Murmuring Swamp
to locate him !

You could enter optional flag-setting commands here and, of course, since this is the last page of this Sprite Messenger, you do not need a Terminate Icon as it will end normally without it.

Type in the last 3rd LABEL for this page, so to enter it hit and key out:
followed by .

For you advanced Worldbuilders, you can also hit and select the Label Icon followed by the label name for this page. You can only have one per page and although there is a rudimentary error check, you could confuse it if you are not careful.

For this will be the only way to enter a label for a page.

YOU'RE DOING GOOD !

The last inquiry type is the easiest one to learn so take a break if you need it, and we will finish this up presently ...