Banters Going Off One After Another

[CoM_Solaufein]

I've been getting reports on my mod's NPC banters going off one after another. I have them set up on a timer. Samples below.

 

NPCs BCS file for the banters:

IF
InParty(Myself)
RealGlobalTimerExpired("CallistoTalkTimer","GLOBAL")
See(Player1)
!StateCheck(Player1,CD_STATE_NOTVALID) 
!StateCheck(Myself,CD_STATE_NOTVALID)
CombatCounter(0)
!See([ENEMY])
OR(9)
Global("CallistoTalk","GLOBAL",1)
Global("CallistoTalk","GLOBAL",3)
Global("CallistoTalk","GLOBAL",5)
Global("CallistoTalk","GLOBAL",7)
Global("CallistoTalk","GLOBAL",9)
Global("CallistoTalk","GLOBAL",11)
Global("CallistoTalk","GLOBAL",13)
Global("CallistoTalk","GLOBAL",15)
Global("CallistoTalk","GLOBAL",17)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
IncrementGlobal("CallistoTalk","GLOBAL",1)
SetGlobal("CallistoTalkCheck","GLOBAL",1)
Interact(Player1)
END

IF
InParty(Myself)
Global("CallistoTalkCheck","GLOBAL",1)
!AreaType(DUNGEON)
See(Player1)
!StateCheck(Player1,CD_STATE_NOTVALID) 
!StateCheck(Myself,CD_STATE_NOTVALID)
CombatCounter(0)
!See([ENEMY])
OR(9)
Global("CallistoTalk","GLOBAL",2)
Global("CallistoTalk","GLOBAL",4)
Global("CallistoTalk","GLOBAL",6)
Global("CallistoTalk","GLOBAL",8)
Global("CallistoTalk","GLOBAL",10)
Global("CallistoTalk","GLOBAL",12)
Global("CallistoTalk","GLOBAL",14)
Global("CallistoTalk","GLOBAL",16)
Global("CallistoTalk","GLOBAL",18)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
Interact(Player1)
END

Sample of the trigger in the dialog file:

IF ~Global("CallistoTalk","GLOBAL",2)~ THEN BEGIN pc_chat2
SAY @22
++ @23 DO ~RealSetGlobalTimer("CallistoTalkTimer","GLOBAL",2000) SetGlobal("CallistoTalkCheck","GLOBAL",0) SetGlobal("CallistoTalk","GLOBAL",3)~ + pcc2a
++ @24 DO ~RealSetGlobalTimer("CallistoTalkTimer","GLOBAL",2000) SetGlobal("CallistoTalkCheck","GLOBAL",0) SetGlobal("CallistoTalk","GLOBAL",3)~ + pcc2b
++ @25 DO ~RealSetGlobalTimer("CallistoTalkTimer","GLOBAL",2000) SetGlobal("CallistoTalkCheck","GLOBAL",0) SetGlobal("CallistoTalk","GLOBAL",3)~ + pcc2c
END

[Jarno Mikkola]

Hmm, I would advice resetting the timer in this:

...
Global("CallistoTalk","GLOBAL",18)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
SetGlobalTimer("CallistoTalkTimer","GLOBAL",2000)  <---added line
Interact(Player1)
END

I could be totally off though.

[jastey]

Setting the timer in the dialogue is good, too.

 

Weird, I don't see a problem in your code. ?

I would erase the "Interact(Player1)" in your first script block, but I don't think it makes any harm, either.

[CoM_Solaufein]

In regards to this code, my NPC starts to stutter as if its trying to start a dialog with my character but the dialog window doesn't show up. I have to click on the game's dialog on the menu and point it at my NPC in order to start the dialog that my NPC is stuttering about.

[jastey]

Interact() calls the B.DLG. If you can Start the dialogue by clicking, it is in the J.dlg.

[cmorgan]

There are also some old posts about oddities with RealSetGlobalTimer() and related commands (soemthing about action queues and such) - the safest way to code this is

 

 

IF ~Global("CallistoTalk","GLOBAL",2)~ THEN BEGIN pc_chat2
  SAY @22
  ++ @23 DO ~SetGlobal("CallistoTalkCheck","GLOBAL",0) SetGlobal("CallistoTalk","GLOBAL",3) RealSetGlobalTimer("CallistoTalkTimer","GLOBAL",2000)~ + pcc2a
  ++ @24 DO ~SetGlobal("CallistoTalkCheck","GLOBAL",0) SetGlobal("CallistoTalk","GLOBAL",3) RealSetGlobalTimer("CallistoTalkTimer","GLOBAL",2000)~ + pcc2b
  ++ @25 DO ~SetGlobal("CallistoTalkCheck","GLOBAL",0) SetGlobal("CallistoTalk","GLOBAL",3) RealSetGlobalTimer("CallistoTalkTimer","GLOBAL",2000)~ + pcc2c
END

 

The "set in script and advance in dialogue" is still the safest way of making sure things work right, so I would not move that to a script block.

 

The stutter is probably like what Jastey indicated - check Callisto's APPEND and see if it is to the J ( StartDialogNoSet() ) or B ( Interact() ). If the weighting works, I would not bother remapping the doialogue states; I'd just swap out the script call from I() to SDNS()

[CoM_Solaufein]

Couple months behind. Thanks for the suggestions.