Adding characters to game

[Adamski62]

Hi

As you know I have altered the appearance of 33_Ronald and capistan , so what i'd like to know is.....

(a) If your not bothered about a character having a unique name or type,... dose it still have to be added into init c. ?

(b) If you want to give them a name and type,... is it correct adding them to init c. like this

makeref(model,Models[n]);
model.description = "He's big, he's bad, and he's let the hair grow longer, but most of all he is loyal to those who deserve it.";
model.id = "33_Ronal2";
model.FaceId = "Big_Ron" ;
model.nation = PIRATE;
model.price = 1500;
model.assigned = true;
model.ani = "33_Ronal2";
model.height = 2.10;
model.name = "Big_Ron"; <--- Dose name need adding anywhere else?
AssignModelType(isstart, &model, "Mates", 1.0);
AssignModelType(isstart, &model, OFFIC_TYPE_BOATSWAIN, 1.0);
n++;

makeref(model,Models[n]);
model.description = "Crew cut,grey trousers, red leather boots, and a shirt that fits loose and will show off some muscles! D'ye have an earing?";
model.id = "capstan";
model.FaceId = "capstan";
model.nation = PIRATE;
model.price = 1500;
model.assigned = true;
model.ani = "capstan";
model.name = "capstan";
AssignModelType(isstart, &model, "Mates", 1.0);
AssignModelType(isstart, &model, OFFIC_TYPE_CANNONEER, 1.0);

©Supposing the above is correct,.... Can they now be bought from a tailor shop and hired at tavern?

I hope it's right , if it is I can copy this to a readme file for easier setup for anyone who downloads's them to copy to their own init file.

If it is I'll put em on ftp tomorrow.

Cheers
damski

 

[Pieter Boelen]

<!--quoteo(post=241299:date=Feb 26 2008, 01:36 AM:name=damski62)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (damski62 @ Feb 26 2008, 01:36 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=241299"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->(a) If your not bothered about a character having a unique name or type,... dose it still have to be added into init c. ?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->Characters not added in initModels.c cannot be used by the game, except as pre-defined quest characters in the characters\init files. However, your characters should be walking around at random and be used as officers and such, so they do need adding.

<!--quoteo(post=241299:date=Feb 26 2008, 01:36 AM:name=damski62)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (damski62 @ Feb 26 2008, 01:36 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=241299"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->(b) If you want to give them a name and type,... is it correct adding them to init c. like this<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->You need a <i>.name</i> and <i>.lastname</i> attribute. If you miss one of them, you'll get a random first or lastname, if you miss both, you get a completely random name. Example:<!--c1--><div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain'><!--ec1-->    makeref(model,Models[n]);
    model.description =  "Give me something with black trousers and vest, in the Russian style.";
    model.id       =  "Blaze";
    model.FaceId    = 16;
    model.nation      =  SPAIN;
    model.price       =  500;
    model.assigned    =  true;
    model.name = "Nathaniel";
    model.lastname = "Hawk";
    n++;<!--c2--></div><!--ec2-->These names also need adding to RESOURCE\INI\TEXTS\ENGLISH\characters_names.txt. However, the <i>.name</i> and <i>.lastname</i> attributes are only used in the Choose Character interface for when you want to use that model as your starting character.
As for type: Looks good to me. You can also assign your models to certain nations only with a line like <i>AssignModelTypeNation(isstart, &model, "Sailors", 0.5, PIRATE);</i>.

Also you need to change your FaceID's. If you want them to have interface pictures, you must add the textures in RESOURCE\Textures\INTERFACES\PORTRAITS. You need a number for that. Then you should use that number as the FaceID. Again see above example. Nathaniel Hawk uses the <i>face_16.tga.tx</i> files. And you must set 33_Ronal2's <i>.ani</i> attribute to <i>"33_Ronald"</i> so that he uses Ronald's animation file. You can remove capstan's <i>.ani</i> attribute altogether. He should use <i>"man"</i>, which character do by default if they don't have a <i>.ani</i> attribute set. And when you modified the model description, you need to add the new description into RESOURCE\INI\TEXTS\ENGLISH\models_description.txt as well.

<!--quoteo(post=241299:date=Feb 26 2008, 01:36 AM:name=damski62)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (damski62 @ Feb 26 2008, 01:36 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=241299"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Can they now be bought from a tailor shop and hired at tavern?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->Yep. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/yes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="yes.gif" />

 

[Adamski62]

Hi
Thanks for the info & advice Pieter,

It's all working as should be now. I'll put em on the ftp for download soon.

damski.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Thanks very much. Looking forward to it. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/doff.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="doff.gif" />