script_attach #

Prototypevoid script_attach(int active_sprite)

script_attach() will attach the active_sprite number to the current script.

This is mostly used to attach fake sprite number 1000 to a script, so it will survive when the player changes screens.

// Sample script that will warp the player to screen 400
script_attach(1000);
&player_map = 400;
load_screen();
draw_screen();
kill_this_task();

Attaching the fake sprite number 0 is similar to sprite number 1000, except that the script will die when the player changes screens.

It should be noted that if you are using script_attach to attach actual sprite numbers to a script (rather than just fake sprite numbers 0 or 1000), the script number attached to the sprites will not be updated, so the sprite will still look into their old script for predefined procedures such as talk(), hit(), etc. However the scripts survival will be tethered to the new sprite.

To delve into this deeper and get a full understanding of the difference between an active sprite number attached to a script, and vice-versa see the following thread on the Dink Network: Testing and demonstration of proper workings of script_attach()