Sleeta

Let's say I have an NPC who will only remain in the party if you stay in a certain area, and would leave if you left that area? IE, would initiate his or her parting dialogue and return to the specified area. How would I handle that?

In the same vein, how would I make it so that the NPC would initiate dialogue and leave immediately after a certain quest was completed?

Thanks for any help.

EDIT: Fixed! Just a death variable problem. Eheh.

Has anyone out there tried/thought of a Cernd Romance? Yeah, while I'm not incredibly taken with the guy myself, he IS one of the few Bioware NPCs who makes an effort to get to know you. And you, in turn, get to repay him by turning against him through virtue of a forced skewed opinion in the game when his quest pops up, and heralding him towards a very unsatisfying ending in ToB.

Working on Phenalope as I am, I'm really not in any position to take on any new projects. (Although I am THE original "I HAVE FIFTEEN PROJECTS GOING AT ONCE THAT SHALL NEVER SEE COMPLETION" girl, which I am deliberately avoiding to finish Phenalope) Still, this is something I'd like to see come about. Even if not a romance, just a bit of extra interaction, something that could maybe ensure he has a destiny that's a little more cheerful and a lot less prone to making you hear angsty emo music in your head whenever you think about it.

The same can be said of all the other NPCs. I know there's a Viconia and an Imoen relationship mod in the works, which I'm eagerly awaiting, and I'd love to see the same crop up on some of the other NPCs. The one that leaps immediately to mind, aside from Cernd, was Minsc, who had virtually no interactivity at all, and really deserved some.

In Minsc's case, think of it this way; he's just lost Dynaheir (even though he asks Aerie to become his witch, there's gotta be some emotional stuff left untouched there), and his biography frelling TELLS you he's becoming more dependant on Boo, likely because of it. Minsc's a sweet, kind guy who's probably extremely lonely at heart (and would be even more so if you just abandoned him in Athkatla to make room for someone else, you heartless person, you), and he really deserves to have someone being an actual friend to him. Hey, the PC isn't the only one who's had some hard times, so why can't we be his friend and sympathetic ear too? Minsc isn't nearly as stupid as he seems, just childike, and he's prone to some great insights, but . . . you know the song. "Everybody needs somebody, sometimes . . . "

I'll say the same of Jaheira, too. She's a stronger person than Minsc, emotionally and mentally, so she wouldn't need the same coddling, but why can't we exchange a kind word with her now and then? She mothers (nags) us enough, and the most we get (if we're female, mind) is telling her there's no shame in her sorrow when she wakes up from a nightmare.

There's so much that can be done with these NPCs that HASN'T been. Of course, it's clearly a time and commitment thing, and not everybody wants the same thing. But adding more interaction (bless you, Edwin Romance Mod and Laufey and Dorotea! Bless you!), even if just on a friendly level, is something I'd personally like to see.

Anybody else interested?



As an aside, I . . . read about that Minsc romance mod that was floating around and isn't going to see completion and is basically up for grabs. Is it STILL up for grabs? Is there STILL interest? Because, y'know, I thought maybe, when Phenalope was done, if people thought it was okay, I might . . . *trails off, muttering*

Interjections by an NPC into a standard game conversation, that is -- I seem to have developed something of a block on these things. I swear, I cannot figure out how to do these at all. I tend to learn by example, so if someone could post how to do them with a few small examples, it would really help me.