4 replies to this topic

[Konalan]

I've been combing the tutorials for tips on how to do this but I'm still stumped.  What I want to do is add a reply to an existing dialog.  I suspect I will want to use APPEND but from what I gather, that is used for adding whole states to a dialog whereas I want to edit and existing state.

I want to go from this:

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN ExistingDialog
SAY ~stuff~

IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~existing reply1~ GOTO whatever1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~existing reply2~ GOTO whatever2
END

To this:

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN ExistingDialog
SAY ~stuff~

IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~existing reply1~ GOTO whatever1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~existing reply2~ GOTO whatever2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~new reply~ GOTO newstate
END

Edited by Konalan, 11 February 2009 - 11:50 AM.

[Kaeloree]

EXTEND_BOTTOM DASLAVE1 2
  + ~InParty("Xulaye") InMyArea("Xulaye") !StateCheck("Xulaye",CD_STATE_NOTVALID)~ + ~I have changed my mind.  You will leave for the pits immediately.~ + 4
END

From Xulaye.

Written out:

EXTEND_BOTTOM DIALOGUEFILE STATE
  + ~InParty("Xulaye") InMyArea("Xulaye") !StateCheck("Xulaye",CD_STATE_NOTVALID)~ + ~I have changed my mind.  You will leave for the pits immediately.~ + 4
END

Make sense?

You've got EXTEND_TOP, too--with that you can also specify exactly where you want your option to go by adding "#3" or "#2" after the state reference. I'm not sure how that works for EXTEND_BOTTOM.

[Konalan]

Yeah that helps. I'll try it and see what happens.

[berelinde]

Please, please, oh pretty please do not use EXTEND_TOP. You will break the mods of everyone who is using ADD_TRANS_ACTION for specific transitions.

[Kaeloree]

^ There you go, then.