RPGDialog - NPC interaction system

#101 Making a search for eg. the name answer2, dident bring any results in all my project. And looking at the actual code in editorMain.cs I can see code like;

for(%i=1;%i<=$RPGDialog::Answer[$RPGDialog::CurrentQuestion,0];%i++)
               {
                  (Answer@%i).delete();
                  (Action@%i).delete();
                  (editAnswer@%i@Button).delete();
                  (moveAnswer@%i@UpButton).delete();
                  (moveAnswer@%i@DownButton).delete();
               }

Not sure, because im no code shark. But it seems like it do the first one in the planned array but then halts in the coming ones.? Or did you rename the variables to X2 ?

And, are you sure you added all script files to your projects stringing, not just simple folder placement ?

#102 umm im pretty sure that all the file are in the right place.. but whenever i hit the delete button the darn thing crashes. I can seem to figure this one out.
also is there some way to hook a "spawner" into the mission editor so that the npcs are mission specific?

#103 Well not sure whats going on there Jonathan -maybe a 'new' implementation is the next thing to do :/

Anyways, theres 2 things I am going to look at 'Not using spawn spheres, but the spawn script' because thats missing I think;

I want the NPC's to have a 'facing' when they spawn in, and I am also interested in giving them default, and aktivation animations....

Maybe like;

SpawnNPC("Bili Nadr", "Bili", "Bili.png", 1, "25 11 13", "SpawnFacing", IdleAnim, ActivAnim);

Off to research...

#104 He he, thanks to quick talk in the dev channel [TORK]Beffy suggested I should go into the game, get ID of one of the NPC's and then write (in the console) echo(ID.getTransform());

The result i got was; 654 50 126.723 1 0 0 0 (for this specific char at its position and the default spawn facing.
Ran to it and talked, and then tried another dump; 654 50 126.723 0 0 1 3.50487

SpawnNPC("Bili Nadr", "Bili", "Bili.png", 1, "654 50 126.723  0 0 1 3.50487"); did the trick

Thanks, and wohoo!

#105 Ok, I am coming into this new and very new to torque, is there a lazy, all in one commented script that someone cares to share covering the functionality above. It would be great to have the script and a short paragraph saying "the aim of this is to....".

Would just save us newbies the hassle of going through all this and understand hwo this works.

I am also looking for RPG script(ers) to help with my www.cursedempire.com indie game.

Hope some one can help,

Chris

#106 Here's a fun piece of code.
You must have the Bot spawner object resource installed.

Add this to the end of ~/server/scripts/RPGDialog.cs

//<ActionList>Spawn(spawner)
function Spawn(%spawner,%client,%sender,%npcFile)
{
   Spawn(%spawner);
   CloseDialog(%client,%sender,%npcFile);
}

Drop a bot spawner object and note the object number in the editor (like 4147).
Edit an NPC answer and add the Spawn() function to the actions list like: Spawn(4147)
Save the NPC script (in game).
When you talk to the NPC and get that answer the bot spawner object spawns bots.
Use trade/reward system for mission items, etc.
Instant missions, enjoy.


Ari
"Don't drink and serverCmd."

#107 Hello folks, thought I'd just posted here but it's vanished!

I've got this working in TSE but still have to back up to talk to the NPC again, even after implementing the code to fix this as shown above. I'm getting some console errors of the following nature, don't know if they are relevant.

(0): Unable to find function CloseQuestion
getSubStr(...): error, starting position and desired length must be >= 0: (0, -1)
getSubStr(...): error, starting position and desired length must be >= 0: (0, -1)
Syntax error in input.
getSubStr(...): error, starting position and desired length must be >= 0: (0, -1)
getSubStr(...): error, starting position and desired length must be >= 0: (0, -1)
Syntax error in input.

So there appears to be a function missing. It's not in the code above, but it's not in the original file either. Any help greatly appreciated.

Dave.

#108 Wow, this is one of the most useful resources I have ever seen!

I am wondering about the difference in what is posted here, and in what BrokeAss is using, his GUI looks different (as someone noted above)

Also, big one! Why does the delete and backspace key not work while editing question text?

#109 I have another question/comment... has anyone had an issue where the ingame dialog editor loses 3 characters at a time from the end of QuestionText and AnswerText? It looks like the getText function is messing up.

#110 This is such an AWESOME resource. Nelson did an amazing job on it. :D

I just have one problem, though; it seems like my game will freeze randomly some times when I use the TalkTo command. Has anyone else had this problem?

#111 Yep, I get the missing text problem as well.

Also just for anyone else, if you get the closeQuestion error I described above, change the command to closeDialog and it will work OK.

Now..!! The NPC that I am talking to does not display his name in the dialog question box. It seems to be set in script by the %senderName variable, which relies on %sender being sent to the functions. Does anyone know how/where %sender should be set?

Thanks,

Dave.

#112 This is just awesome!!!

Very easy to implement

#113 Best Resorce ever!

#114 The download link itself seems to be broken now.

#115 Download link is working for me.

Has anyone created conditionals for the NPC dialog so that for instance it will change dialog after we have completed a quest.

#116 I intergreated this into 1.4, but the editor is REALY bugy... REALY REALY bugy.

1)No backspace in some text fields.
2)When you save , the editor strips portions of words from the file (funcitions also()) Leaving you with

""I dot kn why thi is happinin to m" Clo ()"

3) the editor dosn't update when you make changes to a script, you have to goto the next or previous ones and back again to see changes.If you are lucky.

4)each time you hit save, random letters and words are striped from the file..even if you were not working on that question.

5)Editing a answer asked you if you realy want to deleate the answer when you press "OK"

More...

I will post the revlent console logs when i get a chance.

Im loving this script only resorce! I even have fully voiced over Scripts!

And i am getting by by hand editing the DLQ and DLA files.

#117 Allyn, I posted some info about it stripping the 3 chars off the end. The workaround is to edit the files in a text editor, as you are doing. Once you get the hang of the file layout, it's much easier than using the gui editors.

#118 Allyn:-

Found this in another thread by Jase talking about possible bugs in 1.4.. try this....

It would seem that guiMLTextCtrl/guiMLTextEditCtrl is defunct. Backspace/delete doesn't work for removing characters, but backspace will move the cursor position back one space. You can, however, delete the text by selecting the characters you want deleted and hitting backspace or delete, but it leaves behind a single character which is a nuisance to get rid of.

Also, when using .getText() it removes the last three characters; and trying to resize it causes some weird behaviour.

Not sure if any of these problems happen with other GUI controls, haven't gotten around to testing them.

-Jase

[UPDATE]

Okay, I did some quick fixes to get guiMLTextEditCtrl to work pretty much how it should. However, I think there are some underlying issues going on and it should be looked into more fully. I've only recently really started delving into the GUI controls code and seeing how things are put together, so you know your way around better than I do.

Heres the fixes, as follows, for anyone who needs a quick fix for immediate use(such as myself). Look for the arrowed lines :-

guiMLTextEditCtrl.cc

void GuiMLTextEditCtrl::handleDeleteKeys(const GuiEvent& event)
{
   if ( isSelectionActive() )
   {
      mSelectionActive = false;
      deleteChars(mSelectionStart, mSelectionEnd + 1);
      mCursorPosition = mSelectionStart;
   }
   else
   {
      switch ( event.keyCode )
      {
         case KEY_BACKSPACE:
            if (mCursorPosition != 0)
            {
               // delete one character left
               //deleteChars(mCursorPosition-1, mCursorPosition-1);
               deleteChars(mCursorPosition-1, mCursorPosition);  //  <-----------------------------
               setUpdate();
            }
            break;

         case KEY_DELETE:
            if (mCursorPosition != mTextBuffer.length())
            {
               // delete one character right
               //deleteChars(mCursorPosition, mCursorPosition);
               deleteChars(mCursorPosition, mCursorPosition+1);  //  <-----------------------------
               setUpdate();
            }
            break;

        default:
            AssertFatal(false, "Unknown key code received!");
      }
   }
}

That will fix the backspace/delete issues. And...

- guiMLTextCtrl.cc

//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
const char* GuiMLTextCtrl::getTextContent()
{
   if ( mTextBuffer.length() > 0 )
   {
      char* returnString = Con::getReturnBuffer( mTextBuffer.length() + 1 );
      //mTextBuffer.get(returnString, mTextBuffer.length()  );
      mTextBuffer.get(returnString, mTextBuffer.length() +3 );  <---------------------------------
      return returnString;
   }

   return( "" );
}

That will fix the issue with using a script call to getText().

I've also noticed one other oddity about the control, the left justified text is actually a little bit too left justified, hiding the first character.

I'm sure theres a few other things that can be found that aren't quite right.. but for what I need it for, it works well enough.

Hope it helps.

-Jase

Again.. not my code, but I added this and it seems to do the trick in 1.4 :)

It's also worth doing some other searches on gui text controls, it looks like some bugs got in when converted to unicode and theres some fixes out there for passwords and being a few chars out of place.

What I can say, is after adding all these, this resource works fine for me in 1.4 as delivered and I can easily use the supplied Gui for editing my questions and answers.

Now, what I need is an upgraded resource that allows me to search on my database to see if the question asker has a certain item in their inventory and changes the window size of the response based on the number of answers available, or has the asker already done that quest, but hey each day I am getting closer and some of these I am getting close to:)

Regards

Graham

#119 Im back on this one after a 6 month hiatus...

I have a few questions about the "Action List". When in the Question Editor, I have three entries in the right hand box that will add actions. one is RPGDialog link, Name and Player Name.
BUT... in the Answers editor, I have a big empty box on the right, with nothing in it... Isnt this supposed to contain all posible actions, so you can quickly click them and edit them???

In RPGDialog.cs it says
// The commented out lines that start with are used when populating the action
// list on the RPGDialog Editor.

but when I uncomment them nothing happens... is anything supposed to...?

BTW I also get a few weird errors with the text... but i thught tat was only a 1.4 issue??/

Thanks

Mark

PS: apart from this I have lots of lovely NPC's with different bodies different names and different conversations... its getting there... (Thanks to Chris and Christian)
All I need now is this reward thing OH! and has anyone thought of this one... for an NPC to choose which question to show, depending on some variable being set previously... like a different NPC's conversation for example?
NPC 1 "go and ask NPC 2 for the password"
NPC 2 "Th password is Fish"
back to NPC1 "Hello again, do you know the password now?"

#120 Mark - How I would do that is, when you go to NPC2 and ask for the password, create a trigger(Action) that changes the 'Start Question' to "Hello again, do you know the password now?" Hope that makes sense.