Worked on this for a bit and just wanted to see if the concept was feasible and if the script is a decent representation of the above idea...
Instead of multiple scripts for each ad I tried to just make one $npc object that would basically stream out 3 ads per instance of the script out of 4 possible ads. As it stands (I think :)), as I had some trouble figuring out how to avoid this, no same two ads may run one after the other, but the same ad may run in the same instance of the script. So potentially ad 2 could run, then ad 4, then ad 2 again.. but also maybe ad 1, ad 4, then ad 2.. until it all blends into a cacophony of light and crazed fast-forwarded whispering..and you ignore it.
I just envisioned it as something one would encounter in the main walk area of Cordoba Mallplex.
First script I done so please tear it apart with criticism..e.g. if there's an easier way to do it... I believe I secured against infinite loops, but still when I was writing it I realized the potential for infinite loops..scary stuff... I'll ad/change the actual messages if the basic framework works.
--of course, one issue is that these holoads would be pretty perpetual, but the $npc hoload object disappears after you finally 'ignore' the bombardment...
//Holowall script
uses $holographic_advertisement_script
set %a 0
set %b 3
create $room "%unseen"
rename %npc "two wall-like formations of holo-ads flanking you"
describe %npc as "At least twenty or thirty different compartmentalized holo-ads, each piece floating in segments arranged along two wall like planes that flank you. Each seperate ad is set at varying distances from the other. A flood of whispers emanates from each segment, personally directed at different shoppers."
move %npc to %location
tell %player "You can't help but notice the mass of mutating holo-ads aligning floating like near solid walls of color on either side of you."
//To give some sense of permenance to the non-permenant :P
label "choosead"
if equals 0 %b //Check if three ads have run and stop if so
tell %player "You become used to the continual bombardment of targeted ads and no longer pay attention."
jump "end"
endif
random %rand 4
if equals 1 %rand
if notequals 1 %a
jump "onead"
else
jump "choosead"
endif
elseif equals 2 %rand
if notequals 2 %a
jump "twoad"
else
jump "choosead"
endif
elseif equals 3 %rand
if notequals 3 %a
jump "threead"
else
jump "choosead"
endif
elseif equals 4 %rand
if notequals 4 %a
jump "fourad"
else
jump "choosead"
endif
endif
label "end"
move %npc %unseen
stop
// The ads
label "onead"
set %a 1
decrement %b
tell %player "One particular holo-ad to your immediate left suddenly draws your attention, obviously beginning to target you somehow."
pause 4 //Maybe to let the player move along if they want to ignore it...
tell %player "A soft, melodic voice that is hardly recognizable as artificial seems to enter directly into your mind..."
whisper %player "%N, the future of energy production is the future of humankind..."
pause 2
tell %player "In the framed segment, a vivid image of a sapling in a green field grows into a towering mature tree in the space of a view seconds."
whisper %player "ToxPower IS the future of energy production %N..."
pause 2
tell %player "The idyllic scene zooms out slightly to a wider angle, followed by jarringly rapid flashes of various other scenes of growth and generation."
whisper %player "ToxPower: Powering your future, your childrens future, the future of humanity.. empowering YOU."
pause 3
tell %player "The holo-ad increases the speed of its transmission, trying to suck you in futher but eventually blending into everything else due to its obscene speed... now perhaps targeting your subconcious."
pause 15
jump "choosead"
stop
label "twoad"
set %a 2
decrement %b
pause 15
jump "choosead"
stop
label "threead"
set %a 3
decrement %b
pause 15
jump "choosead"
stop
label "fourad"
set %a 3
decrement %b
pause 15
jump "choosead"
stop
(Edited by BuddhaBrand at 4:54 pm on April 11, 2005)
(Edited by BuddhaBrand at 4:57 pm on April 11, 2005)
