NPC dialogue

[OddGuy]

In the process of creating a plugin, I have come across a few difficulties when attempting to create new NPC dialogue: it seems that everything will work fine when I'm in the editor, but when I test the plug-in out, my NPC has no dialogue options at all. Any suggestions? :ranting:

[Peregrine]

I think you just forgot to assign a greeting to that npc. If there's nothing for them in the greeting tab, the game won't allow them to talk at all, no matter what you've set elsewhere.

[OddGuy]

And how exactly would I go about assigning him a greeting?

[ThetaOrionis01]

If you don't assign your NPC a greeting, the game should default to a standard greeting. To make a greeting NPC specific go the conditions section of the dialogue editor, and select your NPC ID from the drop-down menu.

 

Have you attached a nolore script to your NPC? This would remove a lot of standard dialogue from your NPC. If you haven't, your NPC should have standard topics.

 

Are there any blank lines in the dialogue editor which could prevent responses from showing up?

 

Is your NPC based on a creature? If so, you have to specify a response with the ID function for every topic you want the creature NPC to talk about.

 

What happens if you filter dialogue in the editor for your NPC? Do topics and responses show up when the dialogue is filtered?

 

Have you made new topics for your NPC? If so, you have to introduce them with the 'AddTopic' function in the results field of the NPC's greeting (ideally this should be a greeting specific to that NPC )

 

Have you attached too many conditions to the responses you want your NPC to have? If there is no response for which all conditions are met the topic won't show.

[OddGuy]

alright... my brain's hurting, but here goes: i have deleted all standard topics from his dialogue, and assigned him four new ones. problem is, the new ones don't show up when i talk to him in-game.

[ThetaOrionis01]

You need to introduce the topics. Best way to to this is in the NPC's greeting;

 

In the results field, type

 

AddTopic "New Topic 1"

AddTopic "New Topic 2"

etc

 

 

That should add the topic to the list. If they don't show up right away, close the dialogue and talk to the NPC again.

[OddGuy]

alright, i think it worked. thanks, theta.