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Another irritating problem... At a certain time in the game, I kill off one of the npcs with a rather clumsy hurt() procedure. All works well and he explodes in a nice splatter of blood. However, he won't stay dead. When Dink re-enters the screen, there he is, wandering around... until Dink talks to him, when he re-explodes. How do I make him stay dead???????

int &hold = sp_editor_num(&current_sprite);
editor_type(&hold, 1);

Aah... like the item scripts (potions etc) Thanks scratcher!

I've always wondered what exactly that did. Know I know. Thanks, scratcher. All I used to know was that it was a neccessary part of the potion and enemy scripts.

Also I noticed the enemies use:

editor_type(&hold, 6)

Anyone know why this is and what difference six makes to 1.

Here you go. A list of editor_type numbers:

1 - kill sprite completely
2 - draw pic from enclosed seq/frame data as a sprite WITHOUT hardness
3 - draw pic from enclosed seq/frame data as a BACKGROUND object WITHOUT hardness (can be walked on, but not behind)
4 - draw pic from enclosed seq/frame data as a sprite WITH hardness
5 - draw pic from enclosed seq/frame data as a BACKGROUND object WITH hardness (can't walk on, or behind)
6 - kill sprite, but let him come back after 5 minutes
7 - kill sprite, but let him come back after 3 minutes
8 - kill sprite, but let him come back after 1 minute

Here you go. A list of editor_type numbers...

Cool, thanks, magicman. I'm going to copy and past that into a text file that I'll place with the other dink tutorials I have (I have pretty much all of them).

That list is already in the DinkC Reference (pretty much any version, I think).

That list is already in the DinkC Reference (pretty much any version, I think).

What with university I havn't had the time to read through such a large diocument. Nor have I had the inlination to do so, even before I started at university.

But, if you wanted to learn what editor_type did, the DinkC Reference would be the first place to look.

That's why you can search the document using #command_name .

Speaking of the DinkC Reference, that is one brilliant piece of work. It's constantly open when I'm scripting... so thanks everyone who put it together!

That's why you can search the document using #command_name .

Really? Cool! I didn't know that.