Castle Paradox

[junahu]

Not a very creative waste of a thread I know.

Anyway, if anyone has any neato tricks that save time or make life easier for people then please post them in this thread (And not just keep them to yourselves like the arragant, selfish people you pretend to not be).


Right them like this if possible (so people can tell tips and ordinary posts apart)

Tip!: Want an npc to say lots of different things but don't want to waste tags and time? Try some plotscripting like this

define script(1,speaktonpc1)

global variable(1,npc1)

script,speaktonpc1, begin
if(npc1 << Y)
then,begin
show text box (npc1 + X)
wait for text box
increment(npc1, 1)
end
else, begin
show text box (npc1 + X)
wait for text box
end
end

replace X with the number of the first text box you want the npc to say.
replace Y with the number of the last text box you want the npc to say.

Every time you speak to the npc, it will show the next text box in the sequence until it reaches the final text box (which it will repeat whenever you talk to the npc). Remember to have the script triggered by the npc otherwise nothing will happen

You could also try the script below (used the same way)

define script(1,speaktonpc1)

script,speaktonpc1, begin
show text box (random(X,Y))
wait for text box
end

replace X with the number of the earliest text box you want the npc to say.
replace Y with the number of the latest text box you want the npc to say.

This script will just make the npc say something random.
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[Setu_Firestorm]

My instincts tell me that this should go in the plotscripting forum, but some part of me says that this thread does indeed belong here.
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[Aethereal]

If the entire thread were about plotscripting, sure, it'd belong there. Junahu, I appreciate and support your efforts here with this, but this does belong in the wrong forum...I think the OHR forum is a better place for it. See, this is a design forum, and what you're getting into is implementation, which is very different from design. When you design, you are designing what is to be implemented (everything is implemented when you go to actually put the game together). That's why this shouldn't go here, and why it's getting moved to the OHR forum.
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[junahu]

Sorry? I won't do it again?

But it's nice to hear someone supports my efforts. Although my intentions are often lost in my actions, I do only want to help.
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[junahu]

Tip!: npcs with a blank walkabout, activated when you step on them, make reasonable walls that only npcs are blocked by. Just don't use this too much since a lot of npcs on screen cause slowdown.
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[LeRoy_Leo]

TIP: Blank NPCs you STEP ON make exelent doors with a little Plot Scripting. You can make it so that when you enter a room, you do certain things right away.
Once again. This does things RIGHT WHEN YOU USE THE DOOR.
Otherwise I am almost certain that you have to use another npc later that you can STEP ON.


Example: