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DragonTayl

Posted: Friday, 05 July 08:54PM

BIOWARE: a "preview" button for submitting to these message boards would help. I sure hope this posts nicely. I'd hate a typo to make my post look bad.

1. NPC Monolog/Conversation

2. What it does: This script allows an NPC to run through several lines of his/her own "over the head" text.

3. Notes: 
I searched the boards and found this question came up a lot but there were no solutions that I could find. I finally figured this out and have tested it.

This script is set up for one NPC to talk as though giving a lecture. I haven't tested modifications on making two NPCs talk to each other, but that's coming shortly as I have another place where I want two NPCs to talk to each other.

First you must go into the NPC's OnSpawn event and simply uncomment the line:

SetSpawnInCondition (NW_FLAG_HEARTBEAT_EVENT);

found in the Custom User Defined Events section to activate the NPC's Heartbeat event. Don't forget to save the script under a different name so you don't over-write the default script (and don't forget to assign your new script to the NPC's OnSpawn event).

Next, you'll need to place the following script in the OnEnter event of a generic trigger defining the area in which you want the player to cause this conversation, or you might try placing it in the NPC's OnPerceive event (though I have not tested that). This script speaks the first line of the conversation and sets a local variable on the NPC that will control the flow of script.

NWScript:

void main()
{
  object oPriest=GetObjectByTag("fc_PlatformPriest");
  AssignCommand(oPriest, SpeakString("According to thy instructions, oh Great Mictlantecuhtli, we have weeded out the unworthy from our potential supplicants."));
  SetLocalInt(oPriest, "iShowLine", 1);
}

Then this is the template (complete with custom content from my module - sorry about the stereotypical cult-sacrificing-victims side-plot) for the custom conversation. Place this script in the NPC's OnUserDefined event. The example stops mid-conversation but by then you should have figured out the concept.

NWScript:

//::///////////////////////////////////////////////
//:: Default: On User Defined
//:: NW_C2_DEFAULTD
//:: Copyright (c) 2002 Bioware Corp.
//:://////////////////////////////////////////////
/*
    Determines the course of action to be taken
    on a user defined event.
*/
//:://////////////////////////////////////////////
//:: Created By: Don Moar
//:: Created On: April 28, 2002
//:://////////////////////////////////////////////
void main()
{
    // enter desired behaviour here
    // 1001 = OnHeartbeat Event.
    int nEvent = GetUserDefinedEventNumber();
    if (nEvent == 1001)
      {
        object oPriest=GetObjectByTag("fc_PlatformPriest");
        // Check to see if the priest is conversing.
        // (Basically, is the last line still over his head?)
        // If so, wait for next heartbeat.
        if (IsInConversation(oPriest) == FALSE && GetIsInCombat(oPriest) == FALSE)
          {
            int iLine=GetLocalInt(oPriest, "iShowLine");
            object oVictim1=GetNearestObjectByTag("fc_PlatformVictim", OBJECT_SELF, 1);
            object oPC=GetFirstPC();
            switch(iLine)
              {
                case 1:
                  AssignCommand(oPriest, SpeakString("Now we are prepared to sacrifice them to thee, oh master!"));
                  SetLocalInt(oPriest, "iShowLine", 2);
                  break;
                case 2:
                  AssignCommand(oPriest, SpeakString("And through thy devine power, let fire fly from my fingertips --"));
                  SetLocalInt(oPriest, "iShowLine", 3);
                  break;
                case 3:
                  AssignCommand(oPriest, SpeakString("And through our gathered witnessing of this event, we shall all receive thy blessing!!"));
                  SetLocalInt(oPriest, "iShowLine", 4);
                  break;
                case 4:
                  AssignCommand(oPriest, SpeakString("Now DIE ye mortal scum! DIE for Mictlantecuhtli!!"));
                  SetLocalInt(oPriest, "iShowLine", 5);
                  break;
                case 5:
                  AssignCommand(oPriest, ActionCastSpellAtObject(SPELL_FLAME_ARROW, oVictim1, METAMAGIC_ANY, TRUE, 0, PROJECTILE_PATH_TYPE_DEFAULT, TRUE));
                  AdjustAlignment(oPC, ALIGNMENT_EVIL, 5);
                  SetLocalInt(oPriest, "iShowLine", 6);
                  break;
                case 6:
                  AssignCommand(oPriest, SpeakString("YES!! Feel the power! Feel the presence of Mictlantecuhtli seeping into your souls!"));
                  SetLocalInt(oPriest, "iShowLine", 7);
                  break;
                case 7:
                  AssignCommand(oPriest, SpeakString("And now for the second of three."));
                  SetLocalInt(oPriest, "iShowLine", 8) ;
                  break;
              }
          }
      };
    return;
}

Please note the last case should still set the NPC's local variable up, or the last line will continually repeat.

Members, please feel free to send me a message through the boards' "My Messages" system.

Hopefully, a multi-NPC conversation script is coming soon as I have a place for that too.

DragonTayl.

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