How do you script talking?

[jakeob22]

I dont know how to script it so that if you press "enter" next to my character it makes them talk. I want them to give you a quest that you can do. So can anybody help me make sombody that you can talk to that gives you a quest. And after I make that guy how do I script the rest of the quest?

[emplay]

Call PlayerMessage

[jakeob22]

where do I put that message to get him to say somthing.

P.S. Do I need to do playermessage(Hi my name is bob) ?

[Ruins of Hell]

You would put under Sub ScriptedNpc. Like this

```
Case 1
Call PlayerMsg (index, "Hi my name is bob")

```
Sorry if this doesn't work, i'm tired…

[emplay]

it will work srry i forgot to abbreviate message to Msg

[Ruins of Hell]

Also, you can't make it so that Enter makes you talk with monsters. It's control. You have to set the NPC's behavior to Scripted and put it under Script 1.

[Agoraphobic]

Here is a tutorial that will hopefully help.
http://www.touchofdeathforums.com/smf/index.php/topic,38183.0.html

[Patrick]

@The:

> You would put under Sub ScriptedNpc. Like this
>
> ```
> Case 1
> Call PlayerMsg (index, "Hi my name is bob")
>
> ```
> Sorry if this doesn't work, i'm tired…

It's
Case 1
Call PlayerMsg (index, "lulz!", BLACK)

[Ruins of Hell]

Sorry, forgot the colors, thanks for the help Frogurt Friday - мсичġġєт…  You also need to change the case accordingly. So let's say this is my script.

Case 1
Call PlayerMsg (index, "Hi my name is bob", BLACK)

Case 1
Call PlayerMsg (index, "Hi my name is bob", BLACK)

WRONG! Here's the right way.

Case 1
Call PlayerMsg (index, "Hi my name is bob", BLACK)

Case 2
Call PlayerMsg (index, "Hi my name is bob", BLACK)

The difference is the cases. You would have to keep going up for each new script.

[Godlord]

@The:

> Sorry, forgot the colors, thanks for the help Frogurt Friday - мсичġġєт…  You also need to change the case accordingly. So let's say this is my script.
>
> Case 1
> Call PlayerMsg (index, "Hi my name is bob", BLACK)
>
> Case 1
> Call PlayerMsg (index, "Hi my name is bob", BLACK)
>
> WRONG! Here's the right way.
>
> Case 1
> Call PlayerMsg (index, "Hi my name is bob", BLACK)
>
> Case 2
> Call PlayerMsg (index, "Hi my name is bob", BLACK)
>
> The difference is the cases. You would have to keep going up for each new script.

If someone doesn't know that yet, then I recommend him/her to read [these](http://www.touchofdeathforums.com/smf/index.php/topic,48978.0.html).

Regards,
  Godlord.

[jakeob22]

Thanks everybody you have all helped alot! Now I'm going to try to get it to work and post another question here if I have one.

[jakeob22]

I went to character behavior and put it as scripted. Then I put the script at number one. I targeted my character and hit ctrl and it kind of showed me walking into him. The thing I typed was:

Sub ScriptedNPC(index, Script)
Select Case Script
    Case 0
        Call PlayerMsg(index, "NPCz Work", 15)
    Case 1
        Call PlayerMsg(index, "Shawn: Hi! Welcome to my house!", RED)
End Select
End Sub

[Godlord]

> Sub ScriptedNPC(Index, Script)
>     Select Case Script
>         Case 0
>             Call PlayerMsg(Index, "NPCz Work", WHITE)
>             Exit Sub
>
>         Case 1
>             Call PlayerMsg(Index, "Shawn: Hi! Welcome to my house!", BRIGHTGREEN)
>             Exit Sub
>     End Select
> End Sub

Fixed that.

Regards,
  Godlord.

[jakeob22]

I targeted with the code you gave me and hit ctrl. It just kind of looked like I was walking in to him. I need help to get the message at the bottom when I hit ctrl when targeting. Any ideas?

[Godlord]

@jakeob22:

> I targeted with the code you gave me and hit ctrl. It just kind of looked like I was walking in to him. I need help to get the message at the bottom when I hit ctrl when targeting. Any ideas?

That's vague, rephrase please. Explain clearly what the problem is and what you want.

Regards,
  Godlord.

[Patrick]

he pressed control and the walking (attack) animation happened. I don't think he selected it as a scripted NPC.

[xelander]

I think it allways happen.

[emplay]

It's always going to play the attack animation even if it's a friendly npc. i don't think there is anyway to stop it from playing.

[Ruins of Hell]

Go to the NPC editor… Click the NPC you want to talk... Go to the top right corner... And there's a section called behavior with a drop down box... Go down to Scripted... Now there's a script selector, put it at one... Now try again... And next time...

Read the goddamned tutorials.