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Alex, I need help

by Bob · in Marble Blast · 11/17/2003 (7:21 pm) · 7 replies

Hello, I have 2 questions.
1. How do I make a help trigger work. I can't seem to get text to display on the screen.
2. How do I adjust the time on a time travel bonus?

#1
11/18/2003 (12:03 pm)
1) The help trigger is working fine for me... just put your text in the text field and make sure you hit APPLY. Other than that it works just like any other trigger. I just tested it on my powerbook and had no problem. The changes won't register if you don't hit apply, though.

2) The bonus is always 5 seconds, there is no option to adjust it - I usually just put several of them near each other if I want a longer bonus, and shorter bonuses probably wouldn't make it worth going off the path to get the powerup.

-Alex
#2
11/18/2003 (12:15 pm)
There is a way to change the time bonus length. Select a Time bonus powerup, press F3 and add a dynamic field. Enter the name as "timeBonus" without quotes and the value is the time bonus in milliseconds (e.g. 6 secs = 6000, 2.55 mins = 175000). Then click OK then Apply. I found this out by looking at the level Skee Ball Bonus. I hope that helps you!

marbleman
#3
11/18/2003 (12:29 pm)
Woah, cool :) the things you learn... thanks, Kenneth!
#4
11/18/2003 (12:56 pm)
Thanks for the time travel tip!
Uh, there is no spot to enter text at.
#5
11/19/2003 (10:03 am)
Did you highlight a Time Travel powerup first?

marbleman
#6
11/19/2003 (12:38 pm)
Oh, hmm, you will have to do the same thing as with the time bonus, then - add a dynamic field named "text" and put whatever you want it to say in there :)

Sorry about that, its been a while since I made any MB levels -.-;;
#7
12/14/2003 (1:09 pm)
There is a place to submit text, but only if it's a ready-made trigger. I never knew you could make your own!

-Hen