Random NPC comment

[DanTalis]

Hi, is it possible to have an NPC make a random comment (from a list) or ask a random question (from a list)? Thanks.

[Tony Li]

Hi!

In the current version, there are a few ways. They're described in this post.

The quickest way to do a random comment is the RandomElement() Lua function, such as:

• Dialogue Text: [lua( RandomElement("Nice weather.|How about them sports?|Howdy.|Move it, buddy.") )]

The upcoming version 2.0.5 (being released tomorrow) has a new sequencer command, RandomizeNextEntry(). It tells the Dialogue System to choose the next dialogue entry node randomly from the list of valid nodes instead of using the first one in the list.

[DanTalis]

The upcoming version 2.0.5 (being released tomorrow) has a new sequencer command, RandomizeNextEntry(). It tells the Dialogue System to choose the next dialogue entry node randomly from the list of valid nodes instead of using the first one in the list.

That's cool. Will it be easy to implement though? Being new to this asset I'm wondering what having a new sequencer command means. Can I just click on a checkbox to make it work or is it node based?

[Alatriste]

Looking forward to seeing the new improvements you added!!

[Tony Li]

The upcoming version 2.0.5 (being released tomorrow) has a new sequencer command, RandomizeNextEntry(). It tells the Dialogue System to choose the next dialogue entry node randomly from the list of valid nodes instead of using the first one in the list.

That's cool. Will it be easy to implement though? Being new to this asset I'm wondering what having a new sequencer command means. Can I just click on a checkbox to make it work or is it node based?

You'll just need to click the "+" next to the Sequence field, and select Randomize Next Entry from the menu.

[DanTalis]

Great, I'm hoping the 'Trial' will have this feature so I can try to get things working before I buy.

[Tony Li]

Absolutely. The evaluation version has all the features of the paid version. The only differences are that it doesn't come with source code, and there's a little watermark during play.

[indevergames]

The upcoming version 2.0.5 (being released tomorrow) has a new sequencer command, RandomizeNextEntry(). It tells the Dialogue System to choose the next dialogue entry node randomly from the list of valid nodes instead of using the first one in the list.

That's cool. Will it be easy to implement though? Being new to this asset I'm wondering what having a new sequencer command means. Can I just click on a checkbox to make it work or is it node based?

You'll just need to click the "+" next to the Sequence field, and select Randomize Next Entry from the menu.

Hi Tony,
I've been trying to use RandomizeNextEntry() but I'm having behavior that is not ideal. I would assume that this should pick the random entry from the linked entries, but instead it is picking an entry from ANYWHERE in the conversation.

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In my example, I have used RandomizeNextEntry() on the <START> entry. There are only two entries that are linked from the start entry, and I want one of those linked entries to be randomly selected. However, ANY of the entries in the entire conversation are chosen, so it might go immediately from <START> to one of the END entries which aren't even linked to that start entry.

Is there any way to limit the randomized selection to only select from the entries with a link from the original entry that has RandomizeNextEntry() applied?

Thanks in advance!
Ben

[Tony Li]

Hi Ben,

That shouldn't be happening. When you use RandomizeNextEntry(), it make a list of the valid links from the current entry. Then it randomly chooses one of those.

Would it be possible for you to send a reproduction project to tony (at) pixelcrushers.com?