Question about dialogue topics

[SuperQuail]

Hello everyone. This is a quick question about Morrowind dialogue.

 

 

I'm creating a mod that adds a tavern with a rent-able room.

 

Would it be better for me to handle the renting of the room through a new topic (e.g. rent room) instead of adding to the existing 'beds' topic?

 

I understand that creating new dialogue in an existing topic can cause problems with mods that alter the same topic, such as LGNPCs.

 

Thanks

[abot]

Use the standard beds topic. Standards when implemented are good. To do a proper job, you will have to make a new global short variable (e.g. Rent_my_tavern) and filter the bed access properly in dialog and using a local script attached to your publican NPC (templates for this are already present, take a look at how this is implemented e.g. in Tribunal.esm using the Rent_MH_Guar global variable and script HessionScript) Edited September 12, 2017 by abot

[SuperQuail]

Thanks. I'm OK with using a global variable and local script, it's literally just the dialogue that confuses me so much.

 

Does it matter where in the 'beds' topic I add my NPC's responses (i.e. above or below existing responses)?

 

The CS seems to mark the responses next to yours at changed even though they aren't. Does this matter?

[abot]

Thanks. I'm OK with using a global variable and local script, it's literally just the dialogue that confuses me so much.

there are several dialog tuorials around, but the gist of it is: first INFO line whose filters condition are all verified as true is executed, lines below are skipped

so basically order is

do option 1

do option 2

ask if you want option 1 or option 2

which is reversed to what happens in game

 

The lines change before/after the current line is because dialog is stored as a doubly linked list, they are not really needed as the engine can make them on the fly but only TESTool cleans them automatically

Edited September 20, 2017 by abot

[SuperQuail]

Yeah, I've been looking at that guide already.

Thanks for responding.

[RubberMan01]

Looking at Abot's advice which is spot on I only have one thing to add. When you make a new global variable add your initials to the start of it

 

i.e. RM_variable_name

 

Cuts down the change of it being overwritten by another mod. Especially if you use common wording as your variable

 

i.e. wait