Some suggestions

[JamesGresty]

good thinking, at the moment, have you done anything about them walking around? How can I add that?

 

[Pieter Boelen]

All I did was to make them stand still. Which does prevent them walking around. But it's still rather silly that way. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mybad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="mybad.gif" />

 

[JamesGresty]

How do i make them move?

 

[Pieter Boelen]

<i>LAi_SetStayType(ch);</i> for standing still and <i>LAi_SetCitizenType(ch);</i> for walking around.

 

[JamesGresty]

thanks

 

[JamesGresty]

aah!

I added on the character code from the previous page that you posted, straight onto your version of Eleuthera.c

Now the soldiers on either side of the plantation gate dont appear, nor do any of the slaves............!?

Any idea why?

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Uhm... no. Attached version works for me. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dunno.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="dunno.gif" />

 

[JamesGresty]

thank you, mine must be different somehow....

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Use WinMerge to see what's different; maybe you can figure out where it goes wrong?

 

[JamesGresty]

"winmerge?"

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Check the <a href="http://forum.piratesahoy.net//index.php?showtopic=11380" target="_blank">Tools, Tutorials and Information</a> thread. WinMerge is most useful for code-work. As it Notepad++.

 

[JamesGresty]

so what does f11 do? In build 13 it kinda applied any new settings without having to start again....?

 

[JamesGresty]

Okay, here are the dialogs that I made for the slaves on the plantation:

(One conversation is kinda unfair to the player, lol!):

View attachment Plantation_Slave.h

View attachment Plantation_Slave.c

 

[Pieter Boelen]

F11 = reinitialization. It adds any new characters and ships without starting a new game and you can manually add other stuff there too.
I don't think it works for locations. The file is PROGRAM\Reinit.c.

Nice job on that dialog file! The "unfair" option is also funny. And pretty harmless too. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_mrgreen1.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="icon_mrgreen1.gif" />

 

[JamesGresty]

Thanks!, you are meant to say something small before turning into them, but I dont think it comes up...

 

[JamesGresty]

So if i am gonna change a dialog file, or change/add characters, all i have to do is press f11?!

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Changing a dialog file doesn't require you to press F11 at all. It doesn't even require you to close the game.
You can have the game in windowed mode and just Alt+Tab, make your adjustment, then talk again.
For adding characters, F11 should work. Changing I'm not sure; you'd have to try.

 

[JamesGresty]

thanks, ur right

 

[JamesGresty]

What determines where an item appears, and how do I make multiple ones appear in any one location, such as on the shore?

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Do you want to place a specific item on a random item locator?