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[Daeva]

Right, I have set up an encounter, however, I cannot seem to work out how to have the creatures dimension door in rather than merely appearing. I asume you merely make the graphics for dimension door appear in the location(s) of the spawning creature(s) but how do I go about doing this and how do I make them appear during the graphics (like the cowled wizards) rather than before or after them?


Does anyone know how to do this?

[SConrad]

A tip would be to check out the cutscene from leaving Chateau Irenicus.

[igi]

Another tip would be to check the
IESDP

[Nastian]

I think that you may want to use a script:

IF
    Global("yyy","xxx",0)
THEN
    RESPONSE #100
       SetGlobal("yyy","xxx",1)
        CreateCreatureDoor("zzz",[x.y],z)
END

yyy - your condition (for example MyNPC)
xxx - area code (for example AR0700)
zzz - creature file (for example Karan)

x & y - coordinations (for example 323.1020)
z - clockwise direction (from 1-15?)

Of course you should append it to xxx area script.

But beware - I never try it myself!

[SConrad]

Of course you should append it to xxx area script.

Actually, the only thing you need to remember is to use this action:

CreateCreatureDoor(S:NewObject*,P:Location*,I:Face*)

...which can be found in IESDP, as igi said.

You don't have to append it to the area script if you don't want to, as you can easily use it in another script, a dialogue or a cutscene as well.

[Daeva]

Thanks, I'll give all those things a try...