Getting input from the player

migueldeluis

Just starting with twine 1.x, loving it, but it seems that some documentation is missing. In particular, how do I get input from the player?

I have tried <<textinput $playerName>> but it doesn't seem to work.

AntonMuerte

Try...

<<textbox "$playerName" "" "Passage_to_link_to">>[code]

There's a slight difference if you're using SugarCube though. If you look on my posts you'll see my question about it, but using phone at the moment so can't answer fully.

TheMadExile

@AntonMuerte:  <<textbox>> is the SugarCube text input macro.  The vanilla headers use <<textinput>>.


@migueldeluis:  I'm assuming that you're using one of the vanilla headers (e.g. Jonah, Sugarcane) for the story format.  As far as I can tell from looking at its wiki page and the code, you must:
[list type=decimal]
Either specify the built-in button argument for one of the <<textinput>> macros on the page or supply a separate <<button>> macro.
Use one of those buttons to navigate to the next passage.  Navigating via any other means will not properly set the $variables.  (This seems like a bizarre restriction to me, but whatever.)

For example:

Specify the built-in button argument for the <<textinput>> macro (if you have more than one, then the last one is a good candidate):


<<textinput $playerName [[Next|passage]]>>


Or use the separate <<button>> macro:


<<textinput $playerName>><<button [[Next|passage]]>>


AntonMuerte

Thanks for correcting me. I was on my phone and I remember asking about it a while back but forgot it was about SugarCube.