Castle Paradox

[*Worthy*]

What commands do not work well with NPC references? For example, whenever I try to create an NPC that's a copy of an NPC & I use a variable for its reference, it copies NPC (0):

testNPC:=NPCreference(5)
createNPC(testNPC,2,3) #this creates a copy of NPC (0), not 5.

Are there any other commands that will not work with an NPC reference? Or am I mistaking when I say "create NPC" does not work with NPC references?

Thanks,

~Worthy
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[Uncommon]

It goes this way:

[*Worthy*]

I see what you're saying, but I meant it the way I typed it: using a variable that refers to an NPC reference when creating an NPC (when I created the NPC, I wanted to use a reference, not the ID #5 because a reference is a quicker command). Thanks for answering my question though; I'll just have to change my "create NPC" commands that use an NPC reference.

Thanks a lot!

~Worthy
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[Me]

NPC references, if I recall correctly, are fairly large negative numbers, like -200 and stuff. This is probably to keep them from interfering with NPC ID numbers, which are small positive numbers. When you "create npc(testnpc,2,3)," you are trying to create a copy of NPC #-234 (or something along that line), and most likely Hamsterspeak goes AGH and changes the huge negative to the number 0.
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[Bob the Hamster]

"create NPC" is the only NPC command that can ONLY accept NPC ID numbers and not references. (Technically, "Alter NPC" and "set NPC speed" only take ID numbers too, but unlike "create NPC" they are capable of gracefully converting references into ID's behind the scenes so you never notice the limitation)

Anyway, you can accomplish the bahaviour you want by using the "get NPC ID" command.