Script to Spawn NPC...

[Jacob Dakari]

Ok, so I've gone through the tutorials, and everything has been working out beautifully, except that I can't get the NPC to spawn in the place that I want her to spawn before I recruit her. I tried using several different scripts, but when I did, it said error on whatever part of the script. That's just my luck too, I'm near completion of the mod, and I fail because I'm too ADD to actually type the script in correctly (no doubt that's what I did, I probably added stuff from the tut that wasn't supposed to be there ) but I just wanted to see if there was an easier script that I could use to spawn her...

[Ferc Kast]

This script should do the trick for you.

void main()
{
vector vPosition=Vector(0.0, 0.0, 0.0); //X, Y, Z coordinates

location lWhereToSpawn=Location(vPosition,0.0); //Orientation, I believe

CreateObject( OBJECT_TYPE_CREATURE,
"my_character",lWhereToSpawn);}

 

You can find the X, Y, Z coordinates through the whereami cheat code in K1 or Glovemaster's FindMe power from his Handy Force Powers (2.0) mod for TSL.

[Jacob Dakari]

The ",WheretoSpawn" what is that?

[LiquidZoo]

The ",WheretoSpawn" what is that?

 

lWheretoSpawn is the variable name used in the script example above.

 

(that's a lowercase L, and a capital W)

[Jacob Dakari]

@Ferc...

 

That script didn't work either... I'm seriously thinking that it maybe that my computer is retarded and can only script once.

[Marius Fett]

Try this:

 

void main()
{
CreateObject(OBJECT_TYPE_CREATURE, "resref", Location(Vector(X.XX,4Y.YY,Z.ZZ), R.RR)); 
}

 

Replace X.XX, Y.YY and Z.ZZ with the X,Y,Z co-ordinates respectively, the R.RR with the orientation and the resref with your NPC's resref.

[Jacob Dakari]

What is orientation?

[Marius Fett]

Orientation is the direction which the NPC, Placeable or whatever the object/creature you're spawning faces.

 

Here are the basic directions and their corresponding numbers, though you can experiment and use numbers in between to be more precise:

 

North: 0.00

East: 90.00

South: 180.00

West: 270.00

 

-DDD

[glovemaster]

So orientation is basically a bearing (or angle) 0-360 degrees

[Jacob Dakari]

Thanks, I always use 0.00 but basically because I had no clue what it was. ^_^