Hello everyone, I'm having a little bit of an issue with assigning dialogues to NPCs.
I've managed to create a thieving system similar to Gothic 1, based on Returning 2.0's code. I wanted to share it but it doesn't work XD
If your dexterity is lower than the target's, they should turn around and start a conversation with you where you can try to talk your way out or get attacked.
Problem is, I can't get them to talk, at all. The Npcs turn around, look at me for a split second, then go back to their duties, if I talk to them they won't recognize the theft and act normal.
Going logically from point A to point B, this is the code of what happens.
Hero gets caught by focused NPC
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var oCNpc _hero; _hero = Hlp_GetNpc(PC_HERO);
var c_npc pNpc; pNpc = MEM_PtrToInst(_hero.focus_vob);
var C_NPC thiefcatcher;
[...]
if(pNpc.aivar[AIV_PlayerHasPickedMyPocket] == FALSE && !Npc_CanSeeNpc(pNpc,hero)&& hero.attribute[ATR_DEXTERITY] < pNpc.attribute[ATR_DEXTERITY] && pNpc.npcType != npctype_friend)
{
thiefcatcher = hlp_getnpc(pNpc);
hero_caughtstealing = true;
AI_TurnToNpc(pNpc,_hero);
//npc_clearaiqueue(pNpc);
b_resetthieflevel();
//b_clearperceptions(pNpc);
AI_StartState(pNpc,zs_observeplayer,1,"");
};
Into ZS_ObservePlayer loop I put a condition that checks if the one who's looking at the player is the one who caught him (the thiefcatcher)
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func int ZS_ObservePlayer_Loop()
{
if(hero_caughtstealing == TRUE)
{
b_assigncatchertalk(self);
};
[...]
};
Calling B_AssignCatcherTalk() that should assign the "Got you" dialogues I wrote to the NPC that has the same ID of the thiefcatcher
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func void b_assigncatchertalk(var C_Npc slf)
{
if(Hlp_GetInstanceID(slf) == Hlp_GetInstanceID(thiefcatcher))
{
b_assigntalkgotyou(slf);
};
};
This is B_AssignTalkGotYou()
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func void B_AssignTalkGotYou(var C_Npc slf)
{
dia_assigntalkgotyou.npc = Hlp_GetInstanceID(slf);
};
And then the dialogues:
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instance dia_assigntalkgotyou(c_info) {
nr = 1;
condition = dia_assigntalkgotyou_condition;
information = dia_assigntalkgotyou_info;
permanent = true;
important = true;
};
[...]
I put as condition the hero_caughtstealing variable.
I made the game print me the name of the thiefcatcher NPC to see if I did something wrong, but it correctly writes down the name of the NPC that caught me.
Problem is, I don't know why it won't talk to me.
Cheers!