How to make a "password" in a game

[leadbelly]

In my game there is a part where you have to find out the password to the computer to continue on.

How can i make it so you have to answer the right digits to get to the next point in the game?

 

[FallaciaSonata]

I would recommend using a Conditional Branch event. Enter what you want the password to be, and require the player to put it in to activate the door opening or whatever. In the Else branch, simply put "Access Denied", or whatever your computer says when this password is invalid.

 

[leadbelly]

i was trying to do that but i dont know where i put the password.
is it a switch?
varriable??

can u maybe do it and take a screen shot of what the event should ook like when it is done?

 

[Brewmeister]

 

@>Text: Enter Password

@>Input Number:[0001: password], 5 digit(s)

@>Conditional Branch: Variable [0001: password] == 12345

  @>Text: You log into the computer

  @>

 : Else

  @>Text: Invalid Password.

    :   :You get Nothing. You lose.

    :   :Good day, Sir!

  @>

 : Branch End

@>

 

 

[leadbelly]

oh man thanks... :smoke:

 

[FallaciaSonata]

I would set it up like this:

The player has access to the computer and the password. If he finds the computer first, then this happens: It turns on, asks for password, but the player can't do it because he doesn't have the password.

So....after the player finally finds the password (which is hidden elsewhere, perhaps in a book) and returns to the computer, allow an event to run that lets the computer accept the password and opens the door.

I don't know how to bring up a menu where the player puts in actual letters and numbers. I'm still a noob, myself. :biggrin:

Edit: Yeah....just now noticed the "Imput Number" option. Uh..... :blush:

 

[Unka Josh]

There's another way to do it, if you want the password to be a word.

Create one more Actor slot than you need. Go on and name it something memorable, like "Password Input."

Now use Name Input Processing to get the password.

You can set a Conditional Branch to check whether a name is equal to, say, a password, the answer to a riddle, whatever...

 

[leadbelly]

iiight. thanks for all the help!

 

[Glitchfinder]

There's another way to do it, if you want the password to be a word.

Create one more Actor slot than you need. Go on and name it something memorable, like "Password Input."

Now use Name Input Processing to get the password.

You can set a Conditional Branch to check whether a name is equal to, say, a password, the answer to a riddle, whatever...

Or you could use the event text input script I'm reasonably certain I saw lying around this script forums from ages ago.

 

[memyselforwho]

 

@>Text: Enter Password

@>Input Number:[0001: password], 5 digit(s)

@>Conditional Branch: Variable [0001: password] == 12345

  @>Text: You log into the computer

  @>

 : Else

  @>Text: Invalid Password.

    :   :You get Nothing. You lose.

    :   :Good day, Sir!

  @>

 : Branch End

@>

 

How do I make it so I can add the "name change" password thing in with the conditional branch?

 

[Glitchfinder]

How do I make it so I can add the "name change" password thing in with the conditional branch?

Go to the bottom of page four of the Condition branch, and add this code:

$data_actors[1].name == "Aluxes"

Just change the number to the number of the character whose name is a password, and the text in quotes to the password. Just leave the qoutes there, though. Currently, it will activate the conditional branch if Actor 1 is named Aluxes. (The default name)

 

[memyselforwho]

How do I make it so I can add the "name change" password thing in with the conditional branch?

Go to the bottom of page four of the Condition branch, and add this code:

$data_actors[1].name == "Aluxes"

Just change the number to the number of the character whose name is a password, and the text in quotes to the password. Just leave the qoutes there, though. Currently, it will activate the conditional branch if Actor 1 is named Aluxes. (The default name)

Ah perfect! Thanks a lot man, it's greatly appreciated. :grin: