Configuration Configurating NPC.xml Files

[frankfarmer]

1. When you open a NPC.xml file it will look like this [in most cases]

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<npc name="Avar Tar" script="default.lua" walkinterval="2000" floorchange="0">
    <health now="100" max="100"/>
    <look type="73" head="20" body="30" legs="40" feet="50" addons="0"/>
</npc>
    <parameters>
        <parameter key="message_greet" value="Hello |PLAYERNAME|."/>
        <parameter key="message_farewell" value="Goodbye."/>
        <parameter key="message_walkaway" value="Goodbye." />
    </parameters>

This is boring, because when a NPC looks like this, it will only greet the player and will say goodbye to the player. So it have no use actually.

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2. Too make the NPC more fun to interact with you need to edit it.

How about changing the greet & farewell messages and also adding some keywords

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<npc name="Avar Tar" script="default.lua" walkinterval="2000" floorchange="0">
    <health now="100" max="100"/>
    <look type="73" head="20" body="30" legs="40" feet="50" addons="0"/>
</npc>
    <parameters>
        <parameter key="message_greet" value="Hello |PLAYERNAME|. Why are you here?"/>
        <parameter key="message_farewell" value="Farewell |PLAYERNAME|..."/>
        <parameter key="message_walkaway" value="Hmph, you keep walking..." />
[COLOR="Red"]
        <parameter key="module_keywords" value="1" />[/COLOR]
        <parameter key="keywords" value="[COLOR="Blue"]job[/COLOR];[COLOR="Blue"]name[/COLOR];[COLOR="Blue"]quest[/COLOR];" />
        <parameter key="[COLOR="Blue"]keyword_reply1[/COLOR]" value="Im an Avar Tar, you know.. a picture on a forum." />
        <parameter key="[COLOR="Blue"]keyword_reply2[/COLOR]" value="I'd got the name from my master. Nobody understands it." />
        <parameter key="[COLOR="Blue"]keyword_reply3[/COLOR]" value="I know some quests but.. i don't think you will finish them, you low level noob.." />
    </parameters>

Let me explain the keywords functionality

This is very important, you need it to activate the keyword function

[COLOR="Red"]<parameter key="module_keywords" value="1" />[/COLOR]

This is how the keyword works, you can make 1-100 keywords if you like but remember to change the number 1-2-3-4-5-6 etc.

<parameter key="keywords" value="job[COLOR="Blue"](keyword1)[/COLOR];name[COLOR="Blue"](keyword2)[/COLOR];quest[COLOR="Blue"](keyword3)[/COLOR];" />

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3. If you want to add a function like a hint on what to ask next you do this

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<npc name="Avar Tar" script="default.lua" walkinterval="2000" floorchange="0">
    <health now="100" max="100"/>
    <look type="73" head="20" body="30" legs="40" feet="50" addons="0"/>
</npc>
    <parameters>
        <parameter key="message_greet" value="Hello |PLAYERNAME|."/>
        <parameter key="message_farewell" value="Farewell |PLAYERNAME|..."/>
        <parameter key="message_walkaway" value="Hmph, you keep walking..." />

        <parameter key="module_keywords" value="1" />
        <parameter key="keywords" value="job;name;quest;" />
        <parameter key="keyword_reply1" value="Im an Avar Tar, you know.. a picture on a forum." />
        <parameter key="keyword_reply2" value="When I was young I did a [COLOR="Red"]{quest}[/COLOR] and i had to find a forum and then I got the name from the administrator. " />
        <parameter key="keyword_reply3" value="I know some quests but.. i don't think you will finish them, you low level noob.." />
    </parameters>

When you put {around} the word it will be highlighted.

Example:

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That should do the trick, these are the basics needed to create NPC's.

Good luck!

 

[nystrom]

Ty I used this today! ++rep

btw isnt the script supose to look at this?

<npc name="Avar Tar" script="default.lua" walkinterval="2000" floorchange="0">
    <health now="100" max="100"/>
    <look type="73" head="20" body="30" legs="40" feet="50" addons="0"/>
    <parameters>
        <parameter key="message_greet" value="Hello |PLAYERNAME|."/>
        <parameter key="message_farewell" value="Goodbye."/>
        <parameter key="message_walkaway" value="Goodbye." />
    </parameters>
</npc>

 

[frankfarmer]

Ty I used this today! ++rep

btw isnt the script supose to look at this?

<npc name="Avar Tar" script="default.lua" walkinterval="2000" floorchange="0">
    <health now="100" max="100"/>
    <look type="73" head="20" body="30" legs="40" feet="50" addons="0"/>
    <parameters>
        <parameter key="message_greet" value="Hello |PLAYERNAME|."/>
        <parameter key="message_farewell" value="Goodbye."/>
        <parameter key="message_walkaway" value="Goodbye." />
    </parameters>
</npc>

Well, that's a good start. Normally, npcs looks like this

<npc name="Avar Tar" script="default.lua" walkinterval="2000" floorchange="0">
    <health now="100" max="100"/>
    <look type="73" head="20" body="30" legs="40" feet="50" addons="0"/>
</npc>

Then they suck :d

 

[Cykotitan]

You can drop walkinterval/floorchange/health now\max in all of your scripts.

 

[frankfarmer]

You can drop walkinterval/floorchange/health now\max in all of your scripts.

<npc name="Avar Tar" script="default.lua"
<look type="73" head="20" body="30" legs="40" feet="50" addons="0"/>
</npc>

Like that?

 

[Cykotitan]

<npc name="Avar Tar" script="default.lua"[B][COLOR="Red"][SIZE="4"]>[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B]
<look type="73" head="20" body="30" legs="40" feet="50" addons="0"/>
</npc>

keep in mind that walkinterval defaults to 1500, not 2000.
not sure if that changed in 0.3

 

[frankfarmer]

<npc name="Avar Tar" script="default.lua"[B][COLOR="Red"][SIZE="4"]>[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B]
<look type="73" head="20" body="30" legs="40" feet="50" addons="0"/>
</npc>

keep in mind that walkinterval defaults to 1500, not 2000.
not sure if that changed in 0.3

Great.

 

[chojrak]

Great tutorial, finnaly i can create npcs for my ot!

 

[HGL]

thx too, it's helpfull.