Less Generic NPC Project: Maar Gan - Volunteers?

Dark Master · Post by **Dark Master** » Sun Jun 20, 2004 4:07 am

Ah, that would be fantastic, I've heard a little about cleaning the esp but I don't understand what it means.

DM

Dark Master · Post by **Dark Master** » Sun Jun 20, 2004 5:56 am

JesterKing, check your email inbox my friend. I've sent you a screenshot of Mabrelle Geles' dialogue in game, which I'll do for at least 50% of the characters made by people on the X-Box, since you don't get to see the mod in action, at least this way you get some sense of acchivement, because you can see your own work in the game. As I said I'll do it for at least 50% of your characters, but (and this applies to both you and Beornica) if you want a screenshot of any of the others, just request it, and I'll do it.

To everyone else, I've included a couple of things that JK had his character say below, since I think they have a lot of potential to be developed on if you're stuck for ideas regarding rumours/and or secrets, or even if you aren't:

Little Secret: Don’t spread it around that you heard it from me, especially not to those Redoran Guards, but I heard that Ravila Neryon, that guard who has a monument in her honour at the outpost, was something more than a light drinker when it came to Greef, and when she died ‘heroically in battle’ she was stone drunk.

Latest Rumours: There was a Redguard ‘professor’ from the mainland marching all through town proclaiming how we were all going to die a while back. Somehting about standing around all day and having a diet of entirely kwama eggs and bread not being healthy. Bah, some people are such fools.

It might be interesting to hear more about this 'professor' and/or Ravila Neryon.

Edit: It might also be worth mentioning that the follwing three NPCs are based in Maar Gan and make up the Ashlands scouting team, for your someone in particular, or little advice (chat to one of the scouts before wandering off into the wild maybe).

Nuleno Tedas - leader of the team, Ashlands expert - Outpost
Bugdurash - Wildlife expert (monsters of the Ashlands etc) - Tradehouse
Yeherrad - Ruins of the Ashlands - His house

DM

~NOBODY~ · Post by **~NOBODY~** » Sun Jun 20, 2004 8:25 am

Ok. I'll get the latest version of Khuul and clean it. And I wanted to ask, did you intentionally delete the "Argonian" topic in Ald Velothi plugin?

Dark Master · Post by **Dark Master** » Sun Jun 20, 2004 8:43 am

You've just made something crystal clear for me. You'll notice if you talk to the racist that she mentions 'worthless lizards' instead of Arogonian, and this was because when I was testing her, she wouldn't say, despite me telling it to 'addTopic, "Arogonian" '. I must have deleted it by accident. Is there anyway I can fix this in an updated version of Ald Velothi? I was planning one soon anyway to fix typos.

In my own defence it was late at night.

EDIT: Anybody who wants to do the warrior orc in the tradehouse will have to write dialogue for: flame antronch, frost antronch, storm antronch, winged twilight, dremora/lord, golden saint, deadroth, clanfear, hunger, ogrim, and any other deadra I've forgotten, as this guy is a warrior who will have encountered them before in ruins etc. It wouldn't normally be neccessary, except that one of my NPC's refers the player to him.

DM

Dark Master · Post by **Dark Master** » Sun Jun 20, 2004 11:04 am

OK, you know the healer that is part of that Mages guild quest? Well I've just spent all afternoon setting her up with the ability to heal the player, cure them of blight disease or of common disease. The blight cure costs 30 drakes, the common disease cure is free, and the healing costs 20 drakes. If you can't afford her services, she'll also do it for free. If you want to mention that in your NPC's dialogue it would be cool.

~NOBODY~ · Post by **~NOBODY~** » Sun Jun 20, 2004 11:27 am

Ok. solved that problem. BTW, did you change NPCs? Like changed their stats, or added\removed a script, etc.?

Dark Master · Post by **Dark Master** » Sun Jun 20, 2004 11:32 am

All the less generic NPCs have the nolore script attached. When you say solved the problem, do you mean the topic Arogonian that got deleted? BTW check your PMs, I think I sent you something eairlier.

Edit: My healer woman vanishes after a certain Mages Guild quest, if you take the option of not killing her, @Nobody, is there anyway you could edit this so that third option of 'I won't kill you, but you don't have to leave, I'll just tell Ranis you're dead' appears, and you can still complete the quest for the Mages guild, and keep this healer alive? She's one of my favourite characters...

DM

Lordzod · Post by **Lordzod** » Sun Jun 20, 2004 3:14 pm

I'm gonna take a couple of NPCs. DM pm'ed me about this forum a while back so....

Ulisamse Soddaniuran- Miner
Uram gro-Glornif – Warrior

Okay, and just to let you guys know, I know how to do multi branching trees in dialogue and choices and what not. So don't worry about me

Dark Master · Post by **Dark Master** » Sun Jun 20, 2004 3:21 pm

Hi, welcome aboard. If you want to draft out the characters I'll send you the .esp file when you're ready, and you can add them in yourself (I think that's what you're suggesting?) Just remember that you'll need those new topics regarding the deadra for that character, since he's one of those that raids shrines etc, and knows about them, and the player is refered to him by my scout orc.

Lordzod · Post by **Lordzod** » Sun Jun 20, 2004 5:15 pm

Yeah, I'll take the .esp file, you can e-mail it to me at djrobson5@yahoo.com.

And about the daedra... Your scout orc refers the PC to which of my NPCs, I don't think you said which one.

Again, I'm glad to be able to help out, I really enjoyed Ald Velothi and Khuul.

Dark Master · Post by **Dark Master** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 12:11 am

[QUOTE=Dark Master]Anybody who wants to do the warrior orc in the tradehouse will have to write dialogue for: flame antronch, frost antronch, storm antronch, winged twilight, dremora/lord, golden saint, deadroth, clanfear, hunger, ogrim, and any other deadra I've forgotten, as this guy is a warrior who will have encountered them before in ruins etc. It wouldn't normally be neccessary, except that one of my NPC's refers the player to him.

DM[/QUOTE]

So thats Uram gro-Glornif – Warrior.

DM

PS I won't be online for the next 36 hours or so, as I'm going to London tonight and won't get back until tommorow evening, but by all means email me the dialogue, gives me something to do when I get back.

beornica · Post by **beornica** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 9:58 am

Man, I just broke into Kind Erushara's hut, and has he EVER got a drinking problem! There are bottles, jugs, and even skooma ALL OVER THE PLACE in there! I'll still make him a poet, (and maybe even a successful one, since he can afford to buy all that alcohol) but maybe it can be use in the rumours and secrets of some other npc's that he is a BIG LUSH.

~NOBODY~ · Post by **~NOBODY~** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 11:49 am

I think I can, DM, though I'm not sure what are you talking about

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blake · Post by **blake** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 8:52 pm

I think he means just altering the script to where she wont dissapear after you talk to her about going into hiding

Dark Master · Post by **Dark Master** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 12:06 pm

Yeah, thats what I mean, sorry for the delay, I was off on a jolly to London.

[QUOTE=beornica]Man, I just broke into Kind Erushara's hut, and has he EVER got a drinking problem! There are bottles, jugs, and even skooma ALL OVER THE PLACE in there! I'll still make him a poet, (and maybe even a successful one, since he can afford to buy all that alcohol) but maybe it can be use in the rumours and secrets of some other npc's that he is a BIG LUSH.[/QUOTE]

lol, sounds like some very promising storylines can develop out of that one!

DM

Dark Master · Post by **Dark Master** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 3:01 pm

I'm just wondering how far everyone has progressed with this. Just me really wondering how you're all doing, so if people could post their progress with the NPCs on here in the next couple of days, that would be great.

Lordzod · Post by **Lordzod** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 5:35 pm

Okay right now, I just got news that we are going to move in about a month up to Portland (we live in Eugene, OR). So that held me up for a day or two, sorry about that.

I've started work today and currently have one of my NPCs done, all thats left is the Orc with all of the daedra stuff added to it, expect that done in 2 days at the most, possibly just one day.

fable · Post by **fable** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 8:03 pm

I'd hoped to get you my 3 NPCs by Saturday, but a planned major upgrade to my computer came through now, instead of next weekend. I'll be dropping off the computer Friday, and won't have it back until Sunday. Chances are, you'll get at least 1 or 2 NPCs late Sunday or Monday.

JesterKing · Post by **JesterKing** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 8:15 pm

Sorry about it taking so long... I have whats his face the warrior like half way done, I havnet really gotten to play all week long, and I kept putting it off. ok well ill finish him today or tomorrow.

beornica · Post by **beornica** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 9:12 pm

Oooo, nice pageful of excuses! haha and here's mine... hmm, I don't even have one. Ah well. All four of them are half done. I probably should just work on one at a time, but I'll be working on one, and think of something I want to tie into another character, and go back to that one... plus the zama-rasours just blather on and on,and I'm trying to figure out a way to make them more concise. So all in all, I'm *hoping* to have them all complete and sent in to The Dark Master by monday evening. I could ostensibly have it in sooner, but my husband keeps hinting that I should have just married morrowind! lol