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[rkitting]

Hello,

I'm using Game.Reset() to restart my game, but also detaching and attaching the game.script in the first scene (menu). This all works fine, but the mouse freezes for 2 seconds while game.script is being loaded again.
Is there a better way to restart a game or some hidden function not mentioned in the docs?
Thx a lot.

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[metamorphium]

So that's you! We were talking about your game yesterday in the channel!  

I'm not sure why you want to detach your game.script. I myself used for example in Ghost in the Sheet the following logic. I've a global variable called GameInit which is an object initialized in the game.script. This object has 2 methods (Init for setting all variables and Done for releasing occupied global memory resources.

Code: WME Script

1. #include "scripts/base.inc"
2.  
3. method Done() //abbreviated version
4. {
5.                 global WinMenu;
6.                 Game.UnloadObject(WinMenu);
7.                 Game.DeleteWindow(KostWindow);
8.                 Game.DeleteWindow(SkipWindow);
9.                
10.                 Game.DeleteWindow(EavesWindow);
11.                 Game.UnloadObject(EavesObject);
12.                 Game.UnloadObject(Sounder);
13.                 Game.UnloadObject(teleObject);
14.                 Game.UnloadObject(lanovkaPuzzle);
15.                
16.                 Game.DeleteEntity(FluentSound1);
17.                 Game.DeleteEntity(FluentSound2);
18.                 Game.DeleteEntity(FluentSound3);
19.                
20.                 Game.UnloadObject(talkRobot);
21. }
22.  
23. method Init()
24. {
25.                 Keyboard = Game.Keyboard;
26.                 Scene = Game.Scene;
27.                
28.                 // Load the window for Bone
29.                 KostWindow = Game.LoadWindow("windows\kost.window");
30.                
31.                 // Load the window for Skipping cutscenes
32.                 SkipWindow = Game.LoadWindow("windows\skip.window");
33.                 SkipWindow.Visible = false;
34.                
35.                 ElektrikaPuzzle = new Object("SklepElektrika\scr\elektrika.script");
36.                 ElektrikaPuzzle.Initialize();
37.                
38.                 PlynObject = new Object("HalaB_GasPanel\scr\plynObject.script");
39.                
40.                 var win = Game.LoadWindow("interface\system\caption.window");
41.                 global WinCaption = win.GetWidget("caption");
42.                
43.                 FluentSound1 = Game.CreateEntity();
44.                 FluentSound2 = Game.CreateEntity();
45.                 FluentSound3 = Game.CreateEntity();
46.                
47.                 talkRobot = new Object("scripts\talkRobot.script");
48.                
49.                 Game.RemoveWaitCursor();
50.  //               etc... etc... abbreviated for simplicity
51. }
52.  
53.  

Now on my restart I call it like this:

Code: WME Script

1.         global GameInit;
2.         GameInit.done();
3.         Game.Reset();
4.         GameInit.Init();
5.  
6.         Game.ChangeScene("scenes\Intro\Intro.scene");   
7.  

No delays or nothing.

[Mnemonic]

Loading the script should not freeze the game. It depends on what the script is actually doing when it's executed.

[rkitting]

Thanks a lot! This really helped. I call GameInit.Done() and Game.Reset() from the menu button when I want to restart.
Next problem is when I use it while the actor is talking. I call actor.StopTalking(), and it returns successful, but you can still hear him talking.

Do I have to somehow unload the character (which game_loop.script does not like)?