Displaying Party Location and Time

There are several 'Global' scripts that can be defined to modify the text location, the text, and the text color of information pertaining to the party location and time-of-day. All these scripts should be attached to the 'Global' Special Ability named “Global_Display”.


Information is passed to the script and returned from the script in the 'Hook Parameters'. In all cases, the following hook parameters are passed to the script:


Common Parameters that can be modified


Hook Parameter[5] and Hook Parameter[6] contains the default x- and y-location of the text on the screen. The script can modify these.


Hook Parameter[7] contains the default text that will be displayed. The text may be modified by the script


Hook Parameter[8] contains the default color of the text (“White”). Other colors are: “Blue”, “Green”, “Yellow”, “Red”, and “Orange”.


Parameters Specific to Individual Scripts

Script “LocationText”

Hook Parameter [1] and [2] are the default x and y-location of the party.

Example: “123” and “148”

Hook Parameter[7] is the default text: example “7,9”.

Script named “FacingText”



Hook Parameter [1] is the integer that defines the party's direction. 0 = North; 1 = East; etc. clockwise.

Hook Parameter is the default text. Example “South”

Script named “SearchingText”

Hook Parameter[1] is non-zero if the party is searching.


Script named “TimeText”

Hook parameters[1], [2], and [3] are the time in days, hours, and minutes.

Hook Parameter[7] is the default text. Example: “68:11:46”.