How to get NPCs to use furniture when player enters a trigger?

[Estroya]

I'm currently trying to get NPCs to go a specific place or use a specific furniture when the player enters a trigger. What I want to have is that I could let the Merhcant walk around in his shop, but when the player goes to the counter then the merchant should come to the player to sell his stuff, so you don't have to search the merchant or have to walk behind the counter.

 

I tried it with this script:

 

 

 

Actor Property Merchant Auto
GlobalVariable Property InTrigger Auto
Package Property WorkPackage Auto


Event OnTriggerEnter(ObjectReference akTriggerRef)

If akTriggerRef == Game.GetPlayer()     ;checks for player
debug.notification("Entered Trigger")
If (Merchant.GetCurrentPackage() == WorkPackage)     ;checks if NPC is working
InTrigger.SetValue(1)     ;set global to 1 so alternate package should become active
Debug.notification("global is set")
EndIf
EndIf

EndEvent


Event OnTriggerLeave(ObjectReference akTriggerRef)

If akTriggerRef == Game.GetPlayer()
debug.notification("Leaving Trigger")
InTrigger.SetValue(0)     ;reset global to 0 to make previous package active
Endif

EndEvent

 

 

 

And that didn't work. I couldn't find any scripting reference that forces NPCs to use a furniture, thats why i did the step with the package.

[fore]

Your script seems ok, except that you might need an evaluatepackage() after setvalue().

 

What we don't see is the package itself. Is it a sittarget with the proper condition, overruling other packages?

[Estroya]

Thanks for the help, I got it to work. I had to add a evalutatepackage() and a utility.wait() after setvalue(). Seems like the game needs a short time to tell the package that the global has changed.