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[icelandismine]

Alright. I have a sweet NPC (Delan)working intro dialog, entitiled IM#DALEN.dlg I also have the dialog fo when you kick him out, and when you talk to him after wards, entitiled IM#DALP.dlg. Both are contained in a .D file called IM#DALEN. When i use Weidu to install the MOD, plus everything else (.cre, portraits, script making him talk to you as soon as he sees you, etc.) everthing installs and compiles great. When i see him in game, he talks to me and the first part goes alright. But when i kick him out, he says the default goodbye message, such as "ladies goodnight, goodnight ladies", and leaves permenantly. How do I get him to use the text i wrote for him? I assigned him in his .cre file the IM#DALE.dlg file as his initial dialog. Here is what the Append portion fo my TP2 file:

Note: I actually only have the IM#DALE, the IM#DALP, and soon I will have a BIM#DAL, but i was using the NPC making tutorial and didn;t know what this part really did. How do i get the NPC to use IM#DALP dialog, and latter, the BIM#DAL?
Thanks! (I also have TOB, patched, installed.)

APPEND ~pdialog.2da~
~IM#DALE IM#DALN IM#DALP IM#DALJ IM#DALD IM#D25P IM#DA25J IM#D25D IM#DA25~
UNLESS ~IM#DALE~

[SConrad]

Have you the phrase 'BEGIN IM#DALP' in your .d-file?

[icelandismine]

Yep. I wish it was that simple

This is the bottom of my IM#DALE.d, which also has the IM#DALE.dlg file in it.

BEGIN IM#DALP

IF ~Global("DalenJoined","LOCALS",1)~ THEN BEGIN KickOut
SAY ~So, I guess this is it, huh?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Whoops, I meant to get rid of some other idiot.~ DO ~JoinParty()~ EXIT
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Sure is. Now get the hell away from me!~ DO ~SetGlobal("DalenJoined","LOCALS",0)~ EXIT
END

IF ~Global("DalenJoined","LOCALS",0)~ THEN BEGIN Rejoin
SAY ~(Sob) Do....do you want me back?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Yes. Let's go.~ ~SetGlobal("DalenJoined","LOCALS",1) JoinParty()~ EXIT
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~No, I just want to annoy you further.~ EXIT
END

[Rastor]

Is IM#DALE his Death Variable?

The first value in pdialog.2da (where you have IM#DALE) needs to be whatever his Death Variable (Scripting Variable) is.

[icelandismine]

Fixed! Thanks! One last question though. Whenever I move him, he stops after a few steps. I think it does this when attacking too. How do I get hom to behave normally?

[hlidskialf]

He's trying to start a dialog but not finding a valid trigger. Check out that he has a valid state.

[icelandismine]

THANK YOU ALL!

THRU YOUR HELP, NOT ONLY DOES HE WORK HE......BANTERS!

I <3 U ALL

WORSHIP ME, THE MOD GOD

(settles down)
I'm better now, but seriously, thanks.