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lethal255
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 Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 5:49 pm Post subject: This is really begining to make me mad... |
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alright, for the past week i've been trying to work out this bug involving npc references with no luck
Ok, here's my problem. In the process of making a custom menu, I've needed to make a section where you pick a job. The NPc's are generated through seperate scripts like so:
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if(check tag(tag:Have Kngiht)) then (
alter NPC (NPC reference(0,NPC copy count(0)),NPCstat:picture,10)
alter NPC (NPC reference(0,NPC copy count(0)),NPCstat:palette,2)
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which works fine, on till I try loading a seconded one. When I do this, both npc's pictures and palettes are changed to the same. So the basic dillemma is:Ohr reconognizes all npc's as the same, regardless of copy count. How do I fix this???
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Moogle1
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| Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 6:08 pm Post subject: |
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You can't alter NPC references, only IDs.
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Flamer
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| Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 6:23 pm Post subject: Re: This is really begining to make me mad... |
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| lethal255 wrote: | | Code: |
if(check tag(tag:Have Kngiht)) then (
alter NPC (NPC reference(0,NPC copy count(0)),NPCstat:picture,10)
alter NPC (NPC reference(0,NPC copy count(0)),NPCstat:palette,2)
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alright, I see two problems with this script.
(1) This isn't as serious as the one below, I'll explain below.
"NPC copy count(0)" returns the number of NPCs that is using the NPC ID 0. which will mean that "NPC reference" will always refer to the same NPC.
(2) This is the seriously one.
"alter NPC" changes the properties of the ID of that NPC, meaning that every NPC that uses that ID number will be changed regardless of whether it was referenced or not.
Solution.
Ok, since I don't know exactly how your script is setup and how you are using the NPCs, I'll just you two scenarios that I've used/use.
(1) use "Change NPC ID(NPC reference(NPC:knight,selection),Selected)"
this will change the NPC's ID, so it will use a different NPC ID property set, thus changing it's look. This is a lot more confusing to use, since you will need to focus on storing NPC references in variables or global variables.
(2) use "alter NPC", but every NPC will need to have a different NPC ID property set, it's basically what you have done, but all the NPCs will need to be unique.
method (2) is a lot easier to understand and manipulate
method (1) is more advanced, take a while to understand and works a look faster than method (2) when you're using many NPCs.
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Soule X
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Location: Indiana
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 1:50 am Post subject: |
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| The NPC copy count command confuses me. I haven't used it in a while, but when I did it seemed like it was returning a high number like 10 or something when there were only 2 NPCs. |
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Uncommon
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 7:39 am Post subject: |
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| Seemed? If you want to be certain, you could always use "show value", you know. |
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lethal255
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 1:03 pm Post subject: |
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damn, It changes every npc? this is gonna suck.
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RPGCreations
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 1:20 pm Post subject: |
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All copies of an NPC willbe the same. You will need to use seperate NPCs or possibly tiles if you just need portraits.
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lethal255
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, I just relized how only change one copy of the same npc id would be impossible, seeing as how the ohr can only hold 35 diffrent npc's at a time.
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