If you ever played Fate Of Atlantis™ or The Dig™, you must have noticed that at some point in the game it was amazingly possible to switch control to another character. This is supported by the engine, too!
You can use the SETPLAYER command at any time. Any item in the game can easily become the player's character.
ROOM main
{
BGSOUND { "snd/indysong.mid" }
IMAGE { "gr/street_2.gif" }
WALK { "gr/street_2_bm.gif" }
ITEM Indy // My hero :)
{
ANIMATION
{
// --- standby images ---
0 0 "gr/indy_d.gif" 1 // Looking South
0 1 "gr/indy_r.gif" 1 // Looking West
0 2 "gr/indy_u.gif" 1 // Looking North
0 3 "gr/indy_l.gif" 1 // Looking East
// --- walking animation ---
1 0 "gr/indy_wd.gif" 4 // Looking South
1 1 "gr/indy_wr.gif" 6 // Looking West
1 2 "gr/indy_wu.gif" 4 // Looking North
1 3 "gr/indy_wl.gif" 6 // Looking East
// --- talking animation ---
2 0 "gr/indy_td.gif" 7 // Looking South
2 1 "gr/indy_tr.gif" 4 // Looking West
2 2 "gr/indy_tu.gif" 1 // Looking North
2 3 "gr/indy_tl.gif" 4 // Looking East
}
POSITION { 140 140 0 }
COMMAND talk indy
{
SAY sophia "I give you control again"
SETPLAYER indy
}
}
ITEM sophia // My alternate hero :)
{
IMAGE
{
// --- standby images ---
0 1 "gr/sophia_r.gif" // Looking West
0 3 "gr/sophia_l.gif" // Looking East
// --- walking animation ---
1 1 "gr/sophia_r.gif" // Looking West
1 3 "gr/sophia_l.gif" // Looking East
// --- talking animation ---
2 1 "gr/sophia_tr.gif"// Looking West
2 3 "gr/sophia_tl.gif"// Looking East
}
INK { 4 } // Sophia's speech will be green :)
POSITION { 250 142 0 }
COMMAND talk sophia
{
SAY indy "Ok, you are the master now."
SETPLAYER sophia // Here it is!
}
}
}
Neat, uh? ;-)