The new marketplace flavor object not working`?

Pixiewrath · 07-14-2012, 07:01 PM

A new item was released recently that supposedly lets you change mobs into NPCs.While they do become unattackable and won't attack you, I see no way to make them talk.I only get the aggro etc flavor texts on them and those don't trigger for obvious reasons.Is it possible to actually make them speak or is that broken?

General_Info · 07-15-2012, 07:50 AM

me thinks it is like galaxies 'flavor' mmeans purely cosmetic npcs that wont attack you. although there is always the possiblity they may expand apon them in future so you can create dialog for them to use with player interaction.

msgnomer · 07-15-2012, 03:29 PM

I hope you're wrong General_Info, though I suppose there's a real possibility you are correct. I had so many plans for NPCs that would have something to say if you clicked on them! I knew a dialogue tree was probably out of the question but I was hoping for at least a single line dialogue like a sign might provide. Still going to hope.

General_Info · 07-15-2012, 04:55 PM

msgnomer wrote:

I hope you're wrong General_Info, though I suppose there's a real possibility you are correct. I had so many plans for NPCs that would have something to say if you clicked on them! I knew a dialogue tree was probably out of the question but I was hoping for at least a single line dialogue like a sign might provide. Still going to hope.

well it depends on how they setup dialog trees. arcanum has a simple enough dialog system each npc has a config file first there is the npc's first chatter with line references on the end to give the player response chocies, then those responses have numbers on them to refer to the npc's chatter which again links to player responses.

Pixiewrath · 07-15-2012, 07:23 PM

I wanted to add a few as well, but if they don't say anything it's much of a waste.I'd rather have seen this feature to make mobs into corpses, and removing the mob name text.There is no good way to get corpses nowadays and it would improve things a lot.

Juravael · 07-18-2012, 11:15 PM

I too was thinking along the same lines that we would be able to make them speak when approached or clicked on. I had a lot of ideas for using this effect but now it's not so interesting after I tried it.

Still it is nice to have another tool that we can use.

07-14-2012, 07:01 PM	#1
Pixiewrath Server: The Bazaar Guild: Aristocrats Rank: Marquis / Markesa 200kgsp 1yr Loremaster Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 964	A new item was released recently that supposedly lets you change mobs into NPCs.While they do become unattackable and won't attack you, I see no way to make them talk.I only get the aggro etc flavor texts on them and those don't trigger for obvious reasons.Is it possible to actually make them speak or is that broken? __________________

07-15-2012, 07:50 AM	#2
General_Info Lord Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 658	me thinks it is like galaxies 'flavor' mmeans purely cosmetic npcs that wont attack you. although there is always the possiblity they may expand apon them in future so you can create dialog for them to use with player interaction. __________________

07-15-2012, 03:29 PM	#3
msgnomer Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 825	I hope you're wrong General_Info, though I suppose there's a real possibility you are correct. I had so many plans for NPCs that would have something to say if you clicked on them! I knew a dialogue tree was probably out of the question but I was hoping for at least a single line dialogue like a sign might provide. Still going to hope. __________________ Please visit my dungeons by Hedvika on AB: Hall of Fame: Help Feed the Dragons! (No, you won't be the food!) Look for Poet's Dungeon: The Mad Poet's Release returning soon. ---------- Aluriel's chronicle of a scavanger hunt through 50 player decorated homes and guildhalls:.... http://photobucket.com/AlurielsAdventure

07-15-2012, 04:55 PM	#4
General_Info Lord Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 658	msgnomer wrote: I hope you're wrong General_Info, though I suppose there's a real possibility you are correct. I had so many plans for NPCs that would have something to say if you clicked on them! I knew a dialogue tree was probably out of the question but I was hoping for at least a single line dialogue like a sign might provide. Still going to hope. well it depends on how they setup dialog trees. arcanum has a simple enough dialog system each npc has a config file first there is the npc's first chatter with line references on the end to give the player response chocies, then those responses have numbers on them to refer to the npc's chatter which again links to player responses. __________________

07-15-2012, 07:23 PM	#5
Pixiewrath Server: The Bazaar Guild: Aristocrats Rank: Marquis / Markesa 200kgsp 1yr Loremaster Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 964	I wanted to add a few as well, but if they don't say anything it's much of a waste.I'd rather have seen this feature to make mobs into corpses, and removing the mob name text.There is no good way to get corpses nowadays and it would improve things a lot. __________________

07-18-2012, 11:15 PM	#6
Juravael Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 997	I too was thinking along the same lines that we would be able to make them speak when approached or clicked on. I had a lot of ideas for using this effect but now it's not so interesting after I tried it. Still it is nice to have another tool that we can use.