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[Rastor]

DLTCEP can be found at http://www.dragonlancetc.com

What you want to do doesn't require any area editing, changing a script can do it.

IF
Global("MyNPCExists","ARXXXX",0)
THEN
RESPONSE #1
SetGlobal("MyNPCExists","ARXXX",1)
CreateCreature("cre_filename",[position.coordinates],direction)
END

[Rastor]

In game, go to the place where you want your NPC to appear (You might have to have Debug Mode on for this) and hit the x key. That will give you the x,y coordinates. Those would be the coordinates that you would put into the position coordinates of the script.

So, for instance, if you want an NPC to appear at (x,y)=(676,546) of AR1500 (I don't know off the top of my head what this is), your script would be:

IF
Global("MyNpcExists","AR1500",0)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
SetGlobal("MyNpcExists","AR1500",1) // Change the globals so you don't get the endless NPC bug
CreateCreature("cre_filename",[676.546],1) // The 1 indicates which direction the NPC faces
END

The position (1, in the above example) indicates which direction the NPC faces. A position of 0 is due south, with the values increasing to 15 as the NPC turns clockwise.

To append the script to the game and spawn your NPC, use a WeiDU .tp2 file and add to it:

EXTEND_BOTTOM ~ar1500.bcs~ ~mynpc.baf~

For containers, you should be able to create the items inside the container using that container's unique ID. Otherwise, you can do a READ/WRITE_BYTE to add your items in.

[Caswallon]

For just browsing an area, I find Infinity Explorer to be most convenient, though you can't actually edit with it.

You basically have two ways of putting a creature into an area:
- really put it as an actor into the area;
- spawn it with the area script.
The later method is what Rastor is trying to explain.

So if you want to find out which creatures are in an area, look under the "actors" tab of that area, and take a look at the attached script (if there is one).

Edited by Caswallon, 26 July 2004 - 01:10 AM.