[Vic7im]

Hello everyone, I'm having a little bit of an issue with assigning dialogues to NPCs.
I've managed to create a thieving system similar to Gothic 1, based on Returning 2.0's code.

If your dexterity is lower than the target's, they should turn around and start a conversation with you where you can try to talk your way out or get attacked.

Problem is, I can't get them to talk, at all. The Npcs turn around, look at me for a split second, then go back to their duties, if I talk to them they won't recognize the theft and act normal.

Going logically from point A to point B, this is the code of what happens.

Hero gets caught by focused NPC

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var oCNpc _hero; _hero = Hlp_GetNpc(PC_HERO);
var c_npc pNpc; pNpc = MEM_PtrToInst(_hero.focus_vob);
var C_NPC thiefcatcher; 	
[...]
if(pNpc.aivar[AIV_PlayerHasPickedMyPocket] == FALSE && !Npc_CanSeeNpc(pNpc,hero)&& hero.attribute[ATR_DEXTERITY] < pNpc.attribute[ATR_DEXTERITY]  && pNpc.npcType != npctype_friend)
{
				thiefcatcher = hlp_getnpc(pNpc);
				hero_caughtstealing = true;
				AI_TurnToNpc(pNpc,_hero);
				//npc_clearaiqueue(pNpc);
				b_resetthieflevel();	
				//b_clearperceptions(pNpc);
				AI_StartState(pNpc,zs_observeplayer,1,"");
};

Into ZS_ObservePlayer loop I put a condition that checks if the one who's looking at the player is the one who caught him (the thiefcatcher)

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func int ZS_ObservePlayer_Loop()
{
	if(hero_caughtstealing == TRUE)
	{
		b_assigncatchertalk(self);
	};
[...]
};

Calling B_AssignCatcherTalk() that should assign the "Got you" dialogues I wrote to the NPC that has the same ID of the thiefcatcher

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func void b_assigncatchertalk(var C_Npc slf)
{
	if(Hlp_GetInstanceID(slf) == Hlp_GetInstanceID(thiefcatcher))
	{
		b_assigntalkgotyou(slf);		
	};
};

This is B_AssignTalkGotYou()

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func void B_AssignTalkGotYou(var C_Npc slf)
{
	dia_assigntalkgotyou.npc = Hlp_GetInstanceID(slf);
};

And then the dialogues:

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instance dia_assigntalkgotyou(c_info) {
    nr = 1;
    condition = dia_assigntalkgotyou_condition;
    information = dia_assigntalkgotyou_info;
    permanent = true;
    important = true;
};

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I put as condition the hero_caughtstealing variable.

I made the game print me the name of the thiefcatcher NPC to see if I did something wrong, but it correctly writes down the name of the NPC that caught me.

Problem is, I don't know why it won't talk to me.

Cheers!

[Cryp18Struct]

The Npcs turn around, look at me for a split second, then go back to their duties

Sounds like the NPC leaves zs_observeplayer immediately.

if (Npc_GetDistToNpc (self, other) > PERC_DIST_INTERMEDIAT)
{
    Npc_ClearAIQueue(self);
    return LOOP_END;
}

if other is invalid then Npc_GetDistToNpc (self, other) will return 2147483647.

I suggest you make a copy of zs_observeplayer called zs_confrontThief or something and use hero instead of other.

[Vic7im]

Sounds like the NPC leaves zs_observeplayer immediately.

if (Npc_GetDistToNpc (self, other) > PERC_DIST_INTERMEDIAT)
{
    Npc_ClearAIQueue(self);
    return LOOP_END;
}

if other is invalid then Npc_GetDistToNpc (self, other) will return 2147483647.

I suggest you make a copy of zs_observeplayer called zs_confrontThief or something and use hero instead of other.

That worked out all right. Thank you!