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Well, I don't have time to go theme hunting right now, but if someone wants to suggest something that I can just drop into place, I'll consider it.

Please continue this discussion on the same thread as before.  I don't see the point in copying the old thread as a new one.

Basically I think you just need to use change music commands instead of play/stop clip commands and things will work out better for you.  Change music is right below start/stop clip.

All the forum titles are always underlined for me.

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Actually I don't think you need script for this because you could switch to a sprite whose max speed is higher and use special functions and inventory to control how long that lasts before another function is activated that switches you back to the normal sprite.  But to implement it in script, you just need to have another counter to check in OnAfterMoveSprites; when it times out, you set the MoveSpeed back to 10.

It should be very easy to represent the countdown as a bar -- you already have it.  Just make a global function that subtracts 1 from it every frame.  You really don't need script for that.

Also, I see that you are using an Alter Inventory type function with your nitro boost -- why not just set the function to use 1 "Speed Boost" item.  Then it will automatically not activate if you don't have any, and the action of the function can be "Raise Event" or whatever you want.

Background music is triggered when switching to a map.  Apparently the current design doesn't see loading a game as switching to a map but just picking up where you left off.  There are a couple ways around this:

• Put functions at the save points that activate constantly and have the background music clip associated with them.  I'm not sure whether it would work better to set the function to "Play clip" or to "Change music" on that clip.  But the idea is, if the music is already playing it will simply continue to play (as long as you don't have "Allow interrupt/restart" checked), otherwise it will begin playing.  So when you come back after loading a saved game and happen to be touching the function, the music will start up as a result of touching the function.  I would say to associate the clip with your save function, but hopefully your save function is set to activate only on initial touch, and I don't know if it would be triggered after a load (because you were already touching the function when you saved).
• Have your save functions switch to another map instead of saving (and check the box for "Remember Old Map").  This other map will be the central point for saving games (you could have a menu with multiple save slots there).  On this map you will have the save function activate a series of functions: first transport the player sprite to a special location on the map and second, save the game.  The special location on the map should switch to the old map with "<Return to old map>".  Part of returning to the old map should implicitly activate the music for that map.  For a sample of this method of saving games from a separate map (and multiple save slots) see the Game Academy Demo project in the project listing.

I recommend the second solution -- it's cleaner and more powerful I think.

It was a good effort durnurd.  I couldn't have done better myself, and I would have used it.  But it looks like we're fortunate enough to have a pro here to which nobody can compare .  Thanks, "Pax"!

At least you get the little light bulb above your "Pum"s head, durnurd  :idea:

Hm... this is probably the first anyone has heard of the name of that creature.