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[Mnemonic]

Well, I don't know what's the problem now. Try putting a Game.Msg() here and there to see if your script is executed at all and if the button presses are handled. Also you can paste the resulting two files here, we'll take a look.

[Magnolia]

I tried the different messages, no luck.
 
Here is the window file

WINDOW
{
  X = 200
  Y = 200
  WIDTH = 300
  HEIGHT = 304
  NAME = "keypad"
  SCRIPT = "scenes\FrontAnimals\scr\keypadbuttons.script"
  IMAGE = "scenes\FrontAnimals\keypad1.png"
 
  STATIC
  {
    VISIBLE = TRUE
  }


  BUTTON
  {
    IMAGE = "objects\1a.png"
    NAME = "key1"
    X = 42
    Y = 57
    WIDTH = 54
    HEIGHT = 51
    VISIBLE = FALSE
    PARENT_NOTIFY = TRUE
  }

  BUTTON
  {
    IMAGE = "objects\2a.png"
    NAME = "key2"
    X = 113
    Y = 58
    WIDTH = 52
    HEIGHT = 50
    VISIBLE = FALSE
    PARENT_NOTIFY = TRUE
  }

BUTTON
  {
    IMAGE = "objects\3a.png"
    NAME = "key3"
    X = 187
    Y = 58
    WIDTH = 52
    HEIGHT = 50
    VISIBLE = FALSE
    PARENT_NOTIFY = TRUE
  }

BUTTON
  {
    IMAGE = "objects\4a.png"
    NAME = "key4"
    X = 42
    Y = 128
    WIDTH = 52
    HEIGHT = 50
    VISIBLE = FALSE
    PARENT_NOTIFY = TRUE
  }

BUTTON
  {
    IMAGE = "objects\5a.png"
    NAME = "key5"
    X = 115
    Y = 128
    WIDTH = 52
    HEIGHT = 50
    VISIBLE = FALSE
    PARENT_NOTIFY = TRUE
  }

BUTTON
  {
    IMAGE = "objects\6a.png"
    NAME = "key6"
    X = 186
    Y = 128
    WIDTH = 52
    HEIGHT = 50
    VISIBLE = FALSE
    PARENT_NOTIFY = TRUE
  }

BUTTON
  {
    IMAGE = "objects\7a.png"
    NAME = "key7"
    X = 42
    Y = 200
    WIDTH = 52
    HEIGHT = 50
    VISIBLE = FALSE
    PARENT_NOTIFY = TRUE
  }

BUTTON
  {
    IMAGE = "objects\8a.png"
    NAME = "key8"
    X = 115
    Y = 200
    WIDTH = 52
    HEIGHT = 50
    VISIBLE = FALSE
    PARENT_NOTIFY = TRUE
  }

BUTTON
  {
    IMAGE = "objects\9a.png"
    NAME = "key9"
    X = 187
    Y = 200
    WIDTH = 52
    HEIGHT = 50
    VISIBLE = FALSE
    PARENT_NOTIFY = TRUE
  }
}

and here is the script file:

#include "scripts\base.inc"

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
on "key1"
{
  Game.Msg("This is my test method");
  AddKey("key1");
  this.PlaySound("sound\keypad1.ogg");
  var Button1 = this.GetControl("key1");
  Button1.SetImage("objects\1a.png");
}
on "key2"
{
  Game.Msg("This is my test method2");
  AddKey("key2");
}
on "key3"
{
  AddKey("key3");
}
on "key4"
{
  AddKey("key4");
}
on "key5"
{
  AddKey("key5");
}
on "key6"
{
  AddKey("key6");
}
on "key7"
{
  AddKey("key7");
}
on "key8"
{
  AddKey("key8");
}
on "key9"
{
  AddKey("key9");
}

var Pressed = "";
function AddKey(KeyName)
{
 Pressed = Pressed + KeyName;
 if (Pressed=="key1key2key3")
 {
   Game.Msg("This is my test method");
 }
}

[Mnemonic]

Ow, I see, I see. The problem is the buttons are invisible (VISIBLE = FALSE). You'll have to make them visible, because otherwise the player can't click them. Other than that the code is ok, I tested it and it works.

[Magnolia]

You're right!!!That fixed it.

OK then.  If I use this to turn an object on:

var Button1 = this.GetControl("key1");
Button1.SetImage("objects\1a.png");

and I use this for checking what keys are on:

Pressed = Pressed + KeyName;
if (Pressed=="key1key2key3")

If the above turns out to be a false statement, they selected the wrong buttons, how do I turn off the objects I set with the Button1.SetImage?

Unrelated question:

Is there a way to tell where my 'x' and 'y' coordinates are in the window mode?  During a scene edit, they will display on the screen but window mode doesn't.

[Mnemonic]

If the above turns out to be a false statement, they selected the wrong buttons, how do I turn off the objects I set with the Button1.SetImage?

You could use some simple loop to go through all the buttons and set their images back to normal. Something like (untested):

Code: [Select]

for(var i=1; i<=9; i=i+1)
{
   var Btn = this.GetControl("num" + i);
   Btn.SetImage("objects\" + i + "a.png");
}


Is there a way to tell where my 'x' and 'y' coordinates are in the window mode?  During a scene edit, they will display on the screen but window mode doesn't.

Unfortunately there's no GUI tool for editing windows yet. You can only check the coordinates when running the game in debug mode.

[Magnolia]

I am curious, why will this not work (see changes in red)?  Can you not use an "if" without it being attached to a function or something else?  I tried with a variable and no go.  Or did I script it wrong? The variable is defined as:  var keyspressed;

Is this engine capable of nested if's?

on "key9"
{
  AddKey("key9");
  this.PlaySound("sound\keypad9.ogg");
  var Button9 = this.GetControl("key9");
  Button9.SetImage("objects\keypad9_gray.png");
  keyspressed = keyspressed + 1;
}

var Pressed = "";
function AddKey(KeyName)
{
 Pressed = Pressed + KeyName;
 if (Pressed=="key4key1key3")
 {
   self.Close();
   Game.ChangeScene("scenes\EntranceHall\EntranceHall.scene");
 }
}

 if (keyspressed==3)
 {
  Game.Msg("This is a test");
}

[Mnemonic]

To better understand how the scripts are executed, imagine your window has the following script attached:

Code: [Select]

some_code_1

on "SomeEvent"
{
  event_handling_code
}

some_code_2

function SomeFunc()
{
  function_code
}

some_code_3

When the window is created, all the code outside functions and event handlers is executed, in this case the script will execute: some_code_1, some_code_2, some_code_3.
After that the script stays persistent in memory and only waits for the events to be triggered.
It means the "if" code in your example will only be executed once, when the window is created.

I really don't see any reason why this code couldn't be inside the AddKey() function. You need to check the number of pressed key only when some of them has been pressed anyway...

[Magnolia]

That description helps ALOT!!!

Where would I work a counter in the Addkey function.  I only want to flip the images after 3 keys have been clicked on, and then reset the counter to zero so it can be started over.  I tried this:

var Pressed = "";
function AddKey(KeyName)
{
 Pressed = Pressed + KeyName;
 keyspressed = keyspressed + 1;
 if (Pressed=="key1key2key3")
 {
   self.Close();
   Game.ChangeScene("scenes\EntranceHall\EntranceHall.scene");
 }
 else
    if (keyspressed > 3)
{
  Game.Msg("This is a buttontest");
  var Btn1 = this.GetControl("key1");
  Btn1.SetImage("objects\keypad1.png");
  var Btn2 = this.GetControl("key2");
  Btn2.SetImage("objects\keypad2.png");
  var Btn3 = this.GetControl("key3");
  Btn3.SetImage("objects\keypad3.png");
  var Btn4 = this.GetControl("key4");
  Btn4.SetImage("objects\keypad4.png");
  var Btn5 = this.GetControl("key5");
  Btn5.SetImage("objects\keypad5.png");
  var Btn6 = this.GetControl("key6");
  Btn6.SetImage("objects\keypad6.png");
  var Btn7 = this.GetControl("key7");
  Btn7.SetImage("objects\keypad7.png");
  var Btn8 = this.GetControl("key8");
  Btn8.SetImage("objects\keypad8.png");
  var Btn9 = this.GetControl("key9");
  Btn9.SetImage("objects\keypad9.png");
  keyspressed = 0;
 }
}

But it doesn't seem to recognize the "keyspressed" variable's value.  I also tried adding it to the "on key#" paragraphs by adding +1 to it there.

[Mnemonic]

Um, and where is the "keyspressed" variable declared? It definitely should recognize it.

[Magnolia]

I have it up at the top:

#include "scripts\base.inc"

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
var keyspressed;
on "key1"
{
  AddKey("key1");
  this.PlaySound("sound\keypad1.ogg");
  var Button1 = this.GetControl("key1");
  Button1.SetImage("objects\keypad1_gray.png"); 
}

[Mnemonic]

It should work then. Are you getting some compile errors or..?