I looked around in the core includes & stuff, without any luck, but just in case I missed something I'm asking here.
Not holding my breath, tho. But still asking !
Conversation : creating lines on the fly
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Phaenan
, nov. 19 2009 09:43
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Posté 19 novembre 2009 - 09:43
Phaenan
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I've been wondering, since it was possible to some extent in NwN2. Is there a way to create dialog lines on the fly through DAO scripts ? Or at least possible to set custom tokens ?
I looked around in the core includes & stuff, without any luck, but just in case I missed something I'm asking here.
Not holding my breath, tho. But still asking !
I looked around in the core includes & stuff, without any luck, but just in case I missed something I'm asking here.
Not holding my breath, tho. But still asking !
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#2
Posté 19 novembre 2009 - 10:04
kosmonymous
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If its possible to access string references from conversations then it should be possible to change them. I've been thinking of this also..
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Posté 19 novembre 2009 - 11:43
BryanDerksen
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As far as I'm aware, unfortunately no, the game doesn't support this sort of thing very well. Strings in the string table are immutable (by the game anyway - you can change their contents in the toolset easily enough), conversation lines can't be reassociated with new string IDs, and there's a very limited set of macros that to my knowledge only include
The reason why this design decision was made is because of all the voice-over and lip-synching that's used in DA. You can't dynamically generate that stuff in-game. When there are situations where a character refers to the player as "he" or "she", we had two completely separate lines of dialogue with their own separate recorded VO and used a plot flag to select which one of them plays.
I imagine modders will find creative ways to work with these limits, and it's possible that future patches might change how it works, but your policy of non-breath-holding is probably a good one here. Sorry.
The reason why this design decision was made is because of all the voice-over and lip-synching that's used in DA. You can't dynamically generate that stuff in-game. When there are situations where a character refers to the player as "he" or "she", we had two completely separate lines of dialogue with their own separate recorded VO and used a plot flag to select which one of them plays.
I imagine modders will find creative ways to work with these limits, and it's possible that future patches might change how it works, but your policy of non-breath-holding is probably a good one here. Sorry.
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Posté 19 novembre 2009 - 11:58
Phaenan
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Aye, I figured the voice-over would be (one of) the reason behind the disparition of tokens. If I remember correctly that's even written somewhere in the wiki. Pretty much worth it, tho : the VO being a really immersive part in DA. (to the extent of leaving an odd feeling when there is no voice for custom content NPCs)
Plus, most of the time a set of predefined lines selected through plot flags & conditionnals is sufficient.
Plus, most of the time a set of predefined lines selected through plot flags & conditionnals is sufficient.
Modifié par Phaenan, 19 novembre 2009 - 11:59 .
