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[Sillara]

Umm. I have a feeling I have done something dreadfully wrong. I just want my NPC to romance only female, good, human, Elf, or half-elf. I am pretty sure there is a problem here. What should I get rid of to make it right?

Thanks!
Sillara, the confused

IF
Global("MyNPCMatch","GLOBAL",0)
Global("CheckMyNPCMatch","GLOBAL",0)
Gender(Player1,FEMALE)
!Global("AnotherMaleRomanceActive","GLOBAL",2)
!Global("GabberRomanceActive","GLOBAL",3)
Alignment(Player1,MASK_GOOD)
OR(3)
Race(Player1,HUMAN)
Race(Player1,HALF_ELF)
Race(Player1,ELF)

IF
Global("MyNPCMatch","GLOBAL",0)
Global("CheckMyNPCMatch","GLOBAL",0)
OR(4)
!Gender(Player1,FEMALE)
Global("AnotherMaleRomanceActive","GLOBAL",2)
Global("GabberRomanceActive","GLOBAL",3)
!Alignment(Player1,MASK_GOOD)

THEN
RESPONSE #100
SetGlobal("CheckMyNPCMatch","GLOBAL",1)

THEN
RESPONSE #100
SetGlobal("CheckMyNPCMatch","GLOBAL",1)
SetGlobal("MyNPCMatch","GLOBAL",1)
END

[Sillara]

Sorry. I guess I'll keep quiet then. I've only recently de-compiled a bunch of codes, and I have not yet had time to read through them. I had hoped by posting this before I read through that I would have some ideas of what to look for. Sorry. I did not mean to be a pain.

Sillara, the chastened

[Sillara]

You all thought this thread had died, didn't you? Ha-ha! Far from it! I have returned with another question!!!!

Where do I set the timer for my LoveTalks? I know how long I want it to be (2400), with a 30 second delay, but I do not know WHERE to put this. Could someone tell me which file and which form this goes in? I know how long they are for the Bioware NPCs. (Anomen, for instance, is 3600 with a 10 second delay.) I do not know WHERE this goes. Please help!!

Sillara

[Kismet]

The timers get set (and checked) in the NPC's script generally. You could set them in the dialog file, but it's probably neater to set them in the script. The only delay I can see in Anomen's romance timer is if the timer expires and you've just finished resting (maybe to give the rest movie a chance to finish). Is that what you mean by delay?

[dorotea]

This should start your romance and run the first 6 LoveTalks in equal intervals of 3600 sec. Try to figure out what is happening in this script - it is a very simplified version but it works.


//--------------THIS GOETH INTO MyNPC.bcs----------------------

IF
InParty(Myself)
Global("MyNPCLoveTalk","LOCALS",0)
Global("MyNPCRomanceActive","GLOBAL",1)
Global("SomeOtherCondition","GLOBAL",1)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
RealSetGlobalTimer("MyNPCLoveTalkTime","GLOBAL",100)
IncrementGlobal("MyNPCLoveTalk","LOCALS",1)

END

IF
InParty(Myself)
RealGlobalTimerExpired("MyNPCLoveTalkTime","GLOBAL")
Global("MyNPCRomanceActive","GLOBAL",1)
See(Player1)
CombatCounter(0)
!See([ENEMY])
!Range([NEUTRAL],10)
OR(6)
Global("MyNPCLoveTalk","LOCALS",1)
Global("MyNPCLoveTalk","LOCALS",3)
Global("MyNPCLoveTalk","LOCALS",5)
Global("MyNPCLoveTalk","LOCALS",7)
Global("MyNPCLoveTalk","LOCALS",9)
Global("MyNPCLoveTalk","LOCALS",11)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
MoveViewObject("MyNPC",INSTANT)
IncrementGlobal("MyNPCLoveTalk","LOCALS",1)
PlaySong(MyMusic)
Interact(Player1)
END

IF
InParty(Myself)
RealGlobalTimerExpired("MyNPCLoveTalkTime","GLOBAL")
Global("MyNPCRomanceActive","GLOBAL",1)
OR(5)
Global("MyNPCLoveTalk","LOCALS",2)
Global("MyNPCLoveTalk","LOCALS",4)
Global("MyNPCLoveTalk","LOCALS",6)
Global("MyNPCLoveTalk","LOCALS",
Global("MyNPCLoveTalk","LOCALS",10)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
IncrementGlobal("MyNPCLoveTalk","LOCALS",1)
RealSetGlobalTimer("MyNPCLoveTalkTime","GLOBAL",3600)
END

[Sillara]

(dances a dance of joy) Thank you, dorotea!!! I understand it now!!!! Hurrah!!!!!!!

Sillara

[dorotea]

Hmm, I honestly cannot understand your proposed algorithm - maybe a snippet of code will help to explain?


What I would do is say your talks 1,3,4 and 6 are for 'everybody' and 2 and 5 are 'romance only'. I never seen it done mind it - but I think it can be managed so:


IF
InParty(Myself)
RealGlobalTimerExpired("MyNPCLoveTalkTime","GLOBAL")
Global("MyNPCTalkActive","GLOBAL",1)
See(Player1)
CombatCounter(0)
!See([ENEMY])
!Range([NEUTRAL],10)
OR(4)
Global("MyNPCLoveTalk","LOCALS",1)
Global("MyNPCLoveTalk","LOCALS",5)
Global("MyNPCLoveTalk","LOCALS",7)
Global("MyNPCLoveTalk","LOCALS",11)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
MoveViewObject("MyNPC",INSTANT)
IncrementGlobal("MyNPCLoveTalk","LOCALS",1)
PlaySong(MyMusic)
Interact(Player1)
END

IF
InParty(Myself)
RealGlobalTimerExpired("MyNPCLoveTalkTime","GLOBAL")
Global("MyNPCTalkActive","GLOBAL",1)
Global("MyNPCRomanceActive","GLOBAL",1)
See(Player1)
CombatCounter(0)
!See([ENEMY])
!Range([NEUTRAL],10)
OR(2)
Global("MyNPCLoveTalk","LOCALS",3)
Global("MyNPCLoveTalk","LOCALS",9)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
MoveViewObject("MyNPC",INSTANT)
IncrementGlobal("MyNPCLoveTalk","LOCALS",1)
PlaySong(MyMusic)
Interact(Player1)
END

IF
InParty(Myself)
RealGlobalTimerExpired("MyNPCLoveTalkTime","GLOBAL")
Global("MyNPCTalkActive","GLOBAL",1)
!Global("MyNPCRomanceActive","GLOBAL",1)
See(Player1)
CombatCounter(0)
!See([ENEMY])
!Range([NEUTRAL],10)
OR(2)
Global("MyNPCLoveTalk","LOCALS",3)
Global("MyNPCLoveTalk","LOCALS",9)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
IncrementGlobal("MyNPCLoveTalk","LOCALS",1)
END

IF
InParty(Myself)
RealGlobalTimerExpired("MyNPCLoveTalkTime","GLOBAL")
Global("MyNPCTalkActive","GLOBAL",1)
OR(3)
Global("MyNPCLoveTalk","LOCALS",2)
Global("MyNPCLoveTalk","LOCALS",6)
Global("MyNPCLoveTalk","LOCALS",
THEN
RESPONSE #100
IncrementGlobal("MyNPCLoveTalk","LOCALS",1)
RealSetGlobalTimer("MyNPCLoveTalkTime","GLOBAL",3600)
END

IF
InParty(Myself)
RealGlobalTimerExpired("MyNPCLoveTalkTime","GLOBAL")
Global("MyNPCTalkActive","GLOBAL",1)
Global("MyNPCRomanceActive","GLOBAL",1)
OR(2)
Global("MyNPCLoveTalk","LOCALS",4)
Global("MyNPCLoveTalk","LOCALS",10)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
IncrementGlobal("MyNPCLoveTalk","LOCALS",1)
RealSetGlobalTimer("MyNPCLoveTalkTime","GLOBAL",3600)
END

IF
InParty(Myself)
RealGlobalTimerExpired("MyNPCLoveTalkTime","GLOBAL")
Global("MyNPCTalkActive","GLOBAL",1)
!Global("MyNPCRomanceActive","GLOBAL",1)
OR(2)
Global("MyNPCLoveTalk","LOCALS",4)
Global("MyNPCLoveTalk","LOCALS",10)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
IncrementGlobal("MyNPCLoveTalk","LOCALS",1)
RealSetGlobalTimer("MyNPCLoveTalkTime","GLOBAL",10)
END

See - if romance is not active the talks will be skipped.

If you put the talks into the BMyNPC.d - you don't need the Weights at all, as the dialog will be scanned top to bottom. If it is not new NPC but existing one - put weights

#-100
#-99
#-98 etc

Also don't forget to put

IF ~Global("MyNPCLoveTalk","LOCALS",2)~ THEN BEGIN LOVE_TALK1
Say ~Oh my flower! yada yada~
...

into every new love talk -> here 2 is for lovetalk 1 as you can imagine. It gets reset to 1 at the start of the romance and to 2 just before the coversation, then to 3 when the Timer is reset, etc.


I just made it all up on the fly - so I cannot be blamed if it does not work.

[dorotea]

and after occuring prohibit the "banter" copy from showing up. I think it might work.

I would not do it this way - simply because it is a bit cumbersome, but you can try.

Just put !("InRomance","GLOBAL", 1) in your banter conditions - so they never show up if PC is romanced... But what are you going to do if romance is broken after some of them already happened? Maybe you can leave 'heartbreaking' PC with no banters at all from that NPC. And ("InRomance","GLOBAL", 0) into condition. Otherweise you are in trouble. The way I suggested is more elegant - but that will make all your banters happen timed and accompanied by romance music. On the other hand you can only put music on the 'lyrical' talks.

[Sillara]

All right, I am back! I am in the midst of coding my flirt packs, and things are going swimmingly. I have hit a slight snag, however. Looking at the example in the (excellent!) tutorial, I have a question. If the PC chooses the option that leads to disabling the flirts, it immediately exits. How can I give my NPC a chance to respond to this? The coding example that I am looking at is the following:

~IncrementGlobal("FWCaileanFlirtCount","LOCALS",1)~ + Kiss4
++ ~Cailean, I like you very much, but please don't flirt with me anymore.~ DO ~SetGlobal("FWCaiDisableFlirts","GLOBAL",1)~ EXIT
++ ~(Say nothing.)~ EXIT
END

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks!
Sillara

[Sillara]

And while I'm at it, I also have some bath flirts. (It seems they are flirt pack staples now!) How can I get them to show up in the flirt pack only when appropriate (i.e., in an inn or outdoor areas with water such as Windspear Hills)? Do I need to make another set of flirt pack coding that is triggered when in those areas and which includes the bathing flirt? Or is there some code I can add which adds that as an option only when in those areas?

Thanks!

Sillara

[Grim Squeaker]

Well you'd do something like this:

~IncrementGlobal("FWCaileanFlirtCount","LOCALS",1)~ + Kiss4
++ ~Cailean, I like you very much, but please don't flirt with me anymore.~ DO ~SetGlobal("FWCaiDisableFlirts","GLOBAL",1)~ GOTO NPCResponse
++ ~(Say nothing.)~ EXIT
END

As for the area checks, if you look at the code you'll see them there:
e.g.

+ ~RandomNum(4,1)
OR(10)
AreaCheck("AR0704")
AreaCheck("AR0709")
AreaCheck("AR0406")
AreaCheck("AR0513")
AreaCheck("AR0509")
AreaCheck("AR0021")
AreaCheck("AR0313")
AreaCheck("AR1105")
AreaCheck("AR2010")
AreaCheck("AR1602")~ + ~(Bathe with Viconia)~ //Transistions etc...

Each of those AR####s is the area code for an area where you can bathe. For a list of SoA area codes goto here and for ToB see here.

[Sillara]

Thank you for the quick reply!! That helped!

SofT

[Sillara]

The incompetent modder returns! I have another question about flirt pack coding. (Can anyone guess what I am doing now? )

I know that the flirt packs get put in the J file, and it appears that they are appended. That means that they get a double END at the end, correct? Well, suppose I want the bath flirts to show up only in the appropriate areas. Do I put the double END before the only-sometimes-there bath flirt or after it? I realize that if I put it there before I would need another one after it, but I do need the before double END at all?

I also have another, more involved question. There is a period during the romance when neither the early flirts or the late ones are appropriate. Therefore, I was planning to temporarily disable the flirts with a short line or two of explanation (similar to how they arranged Anomen's romance during his bad moods). I was thinking I could track this with a Global variable, but I am not sure what that will do for later. For example, the early flirts check for TsujathaRomanceActive=1, and the later ones check for TsujathaRomanceActive=2 among others. Suppose I added an extra variable, such TsujathaShy or TsujathaHuffy or what have you. Something like this:

IF ~IsGabber(Player1)
CombatCounter(0)
Global("TsujathaRomanceActive","GLOBAL",2)
Global("TsujathaHuffy","GLOBAL",1)~
SAY ~(Tsujatha is huffy.)~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT.

Assuming I had properly set the TsujathaHuffy Global earlier, would this work? And when I wanted to resume the flirts, would I have to do something else to the TsujathaHuffy variable? Or could I just not have it checked for? Like this:

IF ~IsGabber(Player1)
CombatCounter(0)
Global("TsujathaRomanceActive","GLOBAL",2)~ THEN BEGIN TsuFlirtBaseLate
SAY ~(Blah blah blah)~
+ ~RandomNum(4,1)~ + ~(1. Touch Tsujatha?s cheek.)~ DO ~ + EarlyTSJCheek1
+ ~RandomNum(4,2)~ + ~(1. Touch Tsujatha?s cheek.)~ DO ~ + EarlyTSJCheek2
+ ~RandomNum(4,3)~ + ~(1. Touch Tsujatha?s cheek.)~ DO ~ + EarlyTSJCheek3
+ ~RandomNum(4,4)~ + ~(1. Touch Tsujatha?s cheek.)~ DO ~ + EarlyTSJCheek4

Etc.

Would that work?

Thank you in advance for the help.
Sillara

Edit: I have another question! Is this correct:
IF ~~ THEN DO RestParty ()
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END

I have it at the end of a specific flirt. Does the RestParty () go before or after the EXIT? Thanks!