NPC Chat above head

[Invictus 24]

Hi, I was wondering how do i go about adding 'chats' to some new NPC's?

Such as the guardian below - i'd like to do it on others.

 

 

 

Edited August 18, 2022 by Metin2 Dev
Core X - External 2 Internal

[Timasu 30]

Go in locale.lua and search locale.monster_chat

[Invictus 24]

What defines how long between intervals of the separate messages? I've added the chat to 3 new NPC's each have 2 sayings, none of them are speaking

 

Edited August 18, 2022 by Metin2 Dev
Core X - External 2 Internal

[ATAG 309]

 

if (bMonsterChatType != MONSTER_CHAT_WAIT)

   return;

  if (IsGuardNPC())

  {

   if (number(0, 6))

    return;

  }

  else

  {

   if (number(0, 30))

    return;

  }

  snprintf(sbuf, sizeof(sbuf), "(locale.monster_chat[%i] and locale.monster_chat[%i][number(1, table.getn(locale.monster_chat[%i]))] or '')", GetRaceNum(), GetRaceNum(), GetRaceNum());

 

it's called in every 5 seconds as i see.

[Invictus 24]

:? odd situation, or many something i'm missing. Just switched the vnums in the chat, to make sure it was right. I put the guardians one to 20381 ( my auctioneer) and no chat goes above his head. is there any other places we've got to alter to make sure hes allowed to chat? :?

[martysama0134 6971]

A monster can have 12 sentences (first 3 for wait, other 3 for attack, chase 3, attacked 3), and infinite for NPCs.

enum EMonsterChatState
{
	MONSTER_CHAT_WAIT,
	MONSTER_CHAT_ATTACK,
	MONSTER_CHAT_CHASE,
	MONSTER_CHAT_ATTACKED,
};

void CHARACTER::MonsterChat(BYTE bMonsterChatType)
{
	if (IsPC())
		return;

	char sbuf[256+1];

	if (IsMonster())
	{
		if (number(0, 60))
			return;

		snprintf(sbuf, sizeof(sbuf),
				"(locale.monster_chat[%i] and locale.monster_chat[%i][%d] or '')",
				GetRaceNum(), GetRaceNum(), bMonsterChatType*3 + number(1, 3));
	}
	else
	{
		if (bMonsterChatType != MONSTER_CHAT_WAIT)
			return;

		if (IsGuardNPC())
		{
			if (number(0, 6))
				return;
		}
		else
		{
			if (number(0, 30))
				return;
		}

		snprintf(sbuf, sizeof(sbuf), "(locale.monster_chat[%i] and locale.monster_chat[%i][number(1, table.getn(locale.monster_chat[%i]))] or '')", GetRaceNum(), GetRaceNum(), GetRaceNum());
	}

	std::string text = quest::ScriptToString(sbuf);

	if (text.empty())
		return;

	struct packet_chat pack_chat;

	pack_chat.header    = HEADER_GC_CHAT;
	pack_chat.size	= sizeof(struct packet_chat) + text.size() + 1;
	pack_chat.type      = CHAT_TYPE_TALKING;
	pack_chat.id        = GetVID();
	pack_chat.bEmpire	= 0;

	TEMP_BUFFER buf;
	buf.write(&pack_chat, sizeof(struct packet_chat));
	buf.write(text.c_str(), text.size() + 1);

	PacketAround(buf.read_peek(), buf.size());
}