[Help] How to get ID of an NPC ?

[SaLeM]

[SOLVED] How to get ID of an NPC ?

Yes, I need to know the ID of an NPC, but I don't know how. I tried using something like "Self", "Self.id" and that stuff, but do not work.

ty

 

[Mokerhamer]

Yes, I need to know the ID of an NPC for an NPC script, but I don't know how. I tried using something like "Self", "Self.id" and that stuff, but do not work.

ty

could u explain it an bit more + post the script in here?

 

[SaLeM]

Of course:

function creatureSayCallback(cid, type, msg)
  msg = string.lower(msg)
    if(npcHandler.focus ~= cid) then
      return FALSE
    end
    if (msg == 'name') then
      selfSay(getCreatureName(NPCid))
    end
  return TRUE
end

The plan is to make the NPC say its own name, so I need its uid.

 

[slaw]

Hmm, i think NPC have somethink like players have "cid" so NPC must have too but other.

Actually i don't know what is uid of NPC, but you can try by getThingfromPos:

npcpos = {x.....
getnpc = getThingfromPos(npcpos)

So we will get - getnpc.uid

But if your NPC is auto moving, then i don't know how

 

[SaLeM]

I get this error:

Lua Script Error: [Npc interface]
data/npc/scripts/taxi.luanCreatureSay

luaGetCreatureName(). Creature not found

What can I do?

 

[slaw]

doTeleportThing(npc.uid,newnpcpos,0)

 

[SaLeM]

As far as I have read out there, the getThingfromPos funcion is bugged. Anyway I don't need it anymore, I finally found the function that gives NPC uid.

Thanks.

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