That is sort of what I have going already.

And yes, where they are facing would be important for the sake of battles.

Right now I am stuck on trying to get the NPC interaction stuff, since it is hard coded for their places.

Hmm..

Note to self..

For each NPC on the map, I would need to store:

NPC#
Position
Trainer Yes1/No0
Direction facing (1-4)

I think that is it.. I could store 2 per list element. This might work.. will require a bit of a change in how things are done tho. Shouldn't be too difficult to make the changes.. hmm.. *jots code down on paper*

All you need to do is look at the screenshot that is with the one on ticalc, I believe it contains the different ascii sprites used to show the different directions he can go, they will get the same ones.

Well, the player's directions are already programmed in there, no sense in taking them back out. =p

Also, got some real progress!

Alright, first test is mostly a success.

The test is basically making the characters move one slot to the right. They can do this successfully without errors if there is nothing to their right. I will of course need to later on add in checking to see if they are stepping on a tile and replacing it when they walk off. At least, I hope that will be relatively easy.

The reason this was mostly a success was due to the fact that I have lost a space at the end of the string for some reason. I am unsure why. I have compared the strings themselves and they both appear to be identical, save the changes that the program made when it moved the characters. (right now sticking with the pi symbol until bugs are worked out)

I will keep playing with this until it is perfect, then will see about making it work in the actual game engine.

So, as it stands, NPCs can move to the right if they are allowed to.

With my set up, a bunch. I honestly don't know how many there are per map section. I also need to set it up to see how many NPCs there are on the screen and just pick one if there are less than 3, 2 if there are more, and just move them. The way I have it set there will be noticeable lag moving them all at once.

hopefully I will have something this weekend, just depends on how this week plays out

Actually, I could use a bit of help with something if you wouldn't mind. It is something rather simple, and would help in finishing the pokedex set up. http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/gameboy/file/367023/5775

Basically, I need 2 lists made, just dump them in a program called.. ZPLST

I need the weights, 1 per list element
I need the height like: {ft.in,ft.in, etc

If you wouldn't mind. It isn't imperative to have done right now, but would help get something off my back.

Great News! I was able to get Ti Connect to work on my mom's computer.  Now I dodn't have to be at school to trasfer files!

Anyway, here is prgmZPLST.  Is there anything else little that you would like done?

When people at my school found out that Pokemon Purple was in the works, they were estatic.  To answer one of thier questions, how will linking work?