AGIWiki/Special flags

Some flags have special meaning to the interpreter:

Flag	Name in defines.txt	Name in VB Syntax1	Meaning (when set)
0	ego_on_water	EgoOnWater	This indicates that egos baseline (the bottom row of pixels) is completely on water (pixels with a priority of 3)
1	ego_hidden	EgoIsHidden	Ego is completely hidden by something else on screen
2	input_received2	InputEntered	Input has been recieved from the player
3	ego_touching_signal_line	EgoOnSignalLine	All or part of egos baseline (the bottom row of pixels) is touching a signal line (pixels with a priority of 2)
4	input_parsed	InputParsed	The input recieved from the player has been parsed (the said command has returned true at some point)
5	new_room	NewRoomInitialEntry	This is the the first cycle in a new room
6	game_restarted	GameRestarted	This is the first cycle since the game has been restarted
7	script_buffer_blocked	ScriptBufferBlocked	Prevents the interpreter from writing to the script buffer
8	joystick_sensitivity_set	EnableJoystickSensitivity	Indicates that v15 specifies the joystick sensitivity
9	sound_on	SoundOn	The sound is on
10	trace_enabled	DebugMode	Trace mode is enabled
11	first_logic0_cycle	Logic0InitialEntry	This is the first time logic 0 has been executed
12	game_restored	GameRestored	This is the first cycle since a game has been restored
13	inventory_select_enabled	InventorySelectEnabled	The player is allowed to select an inventory item in the inventory screen. When the item has been selected, v25 (selected_inventory_item) is set to the number of the item selected (or 255 if ESC is pressed).
14	menu_enabled	EnableMenus	The menu is enabled
15	windows_remain	MsgWindowRemain	Windows created by print and similar commands remain on screen until the close.window command is used. If this flag is not set, the windows remain on screen until the user presses a key or for the time specified by v21 (window_close_time).

¹ The VB Syntax is supported by WinAGI but not by AGI Studio

² In older versions of the AGI Studio Template Game, input_received was misspelled as input_recieved.

See Also

• Special variables

Sources

• AGI Studio help file

Data types

• Data types
  • Numbers
  • Variables
    • Special variables
  • Flags
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  • Messages
  • Animated objects
  • Inventory items
  • Strings
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