How to script an NPC into a game - part II

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I still have loads of problems with coding my NPC into the game.

She actually made it into the game (through Creature Editor). She's there, all right, and the .cre file seems to be okay since I can kill her and get the equipment I gave her. So that's something that works.

However, what doesn't work are her script and dialog. I don't know what I did wrong, but whenever I try to click on her, I get the answer "charname" - has nothing to say to you, which is quite odd.

I made a .d file for her and turned it into a .dlg using WeiDU, BUT I didn't give her any script. I guess that's the problem, but I don't know what to do, and most importantly how to do it.

I suppose I should make a script that tells her that, whenever someone clicks on her, a dialog issues, or something like this. Am I right ?

 

you need a script to say how she fights, quests related, reactions to things like reputation and do on. Dialogues you should be able to attatch fairly easily.

as to the dialogue - my question is that dialog.tlk isn't updated and that the dialogue files are called the wrong name.

 

Could you perhaps point me to a tutorial that explains things quite simply (as: so that a moron can me could understand) ?

I tried most tutorials around, but they all assume that you have at least basic knowledge in scripting, and stuff like this.

For instance, someone told me I should put a death variable on my char. huh ?

 

heh, I don't usually use many tutorials, I look at a few on the internet and then play around with a couple of things to see what works and what doesn't.

I suppose looking on the Forgotten Realms forum and the TeamBG website will guide you to a few tutorials that will be of some help.

I don't know much, but I know enough to get a basic NPC working, so I don't really know about the death variable thing, I'll have a look about that - your friend might mean when you make dialogues with other party members.

 

I posted the solution to your problem in the other thread about this.

As to tutorials- http://www.forgottenwars.net