here is my system.vc

event // autoevent
{
palettemorph(0,0,0,0,63); // sets the palette
setplayer(0); // lets you control entity #0 (the one you just spawned)
}
int boxpic;

void TextBox(string a, string b, string c)
{
int thx, thy; //x & y positions of textbox

boxpic = loadimage("textbox.pcx"); //textbox pic
thx=screenx/2-160;
thy=screeny-65;

unpress(0);
while(!b1)
{
UpdateControls();

Render();
TcopySprite(thx, thy-1, 320, 66, boxpic);
GotoXY(thx+6,thy+5);
PrintString(1,a);
GotoXY(thx+6,thy+24);
PrintString(1,b);
GotoXY(thx+6, thy+43);
PrintString(1,c);
ShowPage();
}
free(boxpic);
}

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Que Sera Sera, Whatever will be, will be.-Doris Day, "The Man Who Knew Too Much"

Well, I'm lazy; so I'm not gonna read the first post. I do, however, see a few mistakes in the above code.

event // autoevent
{
palettemorph(0,0,0,0,63); // sets the palette
setplayer(0);
}

All events should be in map.vc, not system.

setplayer(0);
This will give you control of an entitiy pre-placed uding MapEd. I don't know if that's what you want.


As for the textbox function, you'll probably want your printstrings to use font 0, unless you loaded a new one
printstring(0, a); // etc...

You can also have the boxpcii variable, int boxpic; inside the function with the thx and thy

void TextBox(string a, string b, string c)
{
int thx, thy; //x & y positions of textbox
int boxpic;

boxpic = loadimage("textbox.pcx"); //textbox pic
thx=screenx/2-160;
thy=screeny-65;

unpress(0);
while(!b1)
{
UpdateControls();
Render();
TcopySprite(thx, thy-1, 320, 66, boxpic);
GotoXY(thx+6,thy+5);
PrintString(0,a);
GotoXY(thx+6,thy+24);
PrintString(0,b);
GotoXY(thx+6, thy+43);
PrintString(0,c);
ShowPage();
}
free(boxpic);
}

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TheGerf, not just any gerf.

Make sure that
event // autoevent
{
palettemorph(0,0,0,0,63);
setplayer(0);
}
that event is the first one to appear in the map.vc, as the first one is auto.

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TheGerf, not just any gerf.

Don't worry about it, you are much appreciated in your efforts.

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nt

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Que Sera Sera, Whatever will be, will be.-Doris Day, "The Man Who Knew Too Much"