ScrollWaves Window

This editor window lets you set up events that occur when the scroll view hits certain trigger points on the background map. An event can create a bad dude, execute an ActionList or start a Formation. Each event has a left trigger point or a right trigger point or both. These are x (horizontal) positions along the background map. The left point triggers the event when it is hit by the right edge of the screen. The right point triggers when it is hit by the left edge of the screen.

In the ScrollWaves window, events are represented by a crosshair or a bob image (for bad dudes, if the image is in a loaded chunk). Events can be selected and dragged to new positions using the mouse. The trigger point(s) of the selected event are displayed as vertical lines, with tabs at the top for repositioning. You can scroll around the map using the cursor keys. Hold down ALT, SHIFT or CTRL to scroll around in larger increments.

New
Creates a new event. The event will be positioned in the middle of the editor view.

Del
Delete the selected event.

Trg
Selects which trigger points are active.

ApCnt
The number of times the event can be triggered. A Zero in this field means that the event will be triggered every time one of the trigger points is hit.

ALst/Dude/Fmtn
The cycle gadget determines the nature of the event. The options are 'ALst', 'Dude' or 'Fmtn'. If set to 'ALst' the event will execute the ActionList specified in the string gadget. It will be executed on a global context, and the position of the event crosshair is not used. For 'Dude' events, a new BadDude object will be created and the ActionList in the string gadget will executed upon it. The ScrollWaves editor will look for a bob image to use for displaying the dude by searching through the ActionList. If a reference to an image (or anim) is found, the loaded bob chunks are searched and if possible the image is displayed. 'Fmtn' events start a Formation, specified in the string gadget. The '?' button lets you browse through loaded ActionLists or Formations using a requester.

NOTE: At the moment, ActionList type events are not available for ScrollWaves.