Castle Paradox

[Master K]

First part of my problem:

1. My mother movement thread, which is still unfinished. I still need help there...

2. Is there a way to have an NPC walk to a certain spot automatically in a script? Say, a wandering character moving to a certain spot, ignoring obstructions (Like the player?)

[Bob the Hamster]

[TMC]

Old habits die hard. If there are multiple NPCs on the map (and the others continue to move), it's better to instead do

[Bob the Hamster]

[mswguest]

I don't think I ever knew these commands existed, although they must have been in What's New at some point. I'm starting to like the plotdict's organization a little less. To me, these commands belong with moving NPCs or with suspending/resuming, not with "advanced commands". In fact, that section should probably be split up; what makes a command "advanced"? Here's my quick attempt:

All the hero picture/palette stuff could go in a new category called Hero Properties

All the NPC stuff could go in a new category called NPC Properties

All the 'special script' stuff could go in a new category called Altering Special Plotscripts

All the harm tile, foot offset, NPC over hero, and map edge stuff could go in Tweaking Maps

The find hero, hero by slot, etc stuff could go in a new category called Hero Referencing

The hero stats, levels, EXP and stuff could go in the new Hero Properties category

Read and write global could go in Working With Variables

The general game data stuff could have its own category, perhaps merged with the special plotscripts category, since they're together in custom

Allow minimap and save everywhere could probably go in Tweaking Maps, or maybe Miscellaneous

The saving stuff could have a new category Saving Games

Import and export globals in Working With Variables

Run script by ID, I'm not sure, but I'm guessing Flow Control...?

Cap stuff could go under the new General Game Data category

Not sure where to put the trace stuff, I guess Miscellaneous

The map state stuff can go in Tweaking Maps, and it seems to do a good job explaining how advanced it is; tile animation stuff too

Milliseconds seems like it ought to be in Miscellaneous with days of play, etc.


PS: sorry to hijack this thread, but it seems like the problem should be solved, yes?

[Bob the Hamster]

I like your suggestions, although what if we just completely abandoned the categories, and just put everything in a big alphabetical list. That would encourage people to search for keywords (which is the only way I ever find any command)

Although if you are volunteering to organize the plotdict.xml file, I am going to basically agree with any scheme of order you come up with, no questions asked :)

[mswguest]

Well, I think it's nice to have the commands grouped like they are, because there is ALSO the alphabetical list.

I guess if I'm the one making a fuss, I ought to do it, huh? I really don't know how. I'm guessing I could just copy and paste the stuff that's there to move it, but making a new category, and putting the link to it at the beginning, I'd have no clue on. If I fiddle with it and get it working right (I imagine it can't be THAT hard), under the scheme I just proposed, could I email you the new xml file? Would I have to do the html file too?

[mswguest]

Oh, there's another problem. When I open the xml document, I just get a huge white screen with all the text with no organization at all (using internet explorer). The HTML version is the only version I use, and it seems to work fine. I don't THINK I've ever noticed this before, because I always just used the HTML one.

[Bob the Hamster]

The xml version has to be edited in a text editor If you open it with Notepad+ or something like, it should be cleaner to look at. Each command should be in a neatly indented block for easy copy-and-paste.

The html version is generated from the xml version. There is no way to generate the xml from the html

I didn't mean to guilt you into doing this-- if you aren't in the mood for it, don't worry about it :)

[TMC]