JoFlashStudios Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 I'm wondering if anyone can give me some ideas of how I can output information computed within a script. The only method I'm aware of is SendMessageToPC(), but I'm wondering if there are others. Specifically, I'm trying to figure out if there is any way to create dynamic conversation or a dynamic talk bubble in the upper left corner of the screen. (Like all the Selkath on Mannan who won't talk to you.) Can anyone give me some ideas of how to output / display script-generated info, or is SendMessageToPC() the only possible way to do it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastmaniac Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 There is one way I can think of right now: You can use a dialog file to create the 'bubbles' by only creating an entry node under the root node without creating a reply. This way these 'bubbles' will appear instead of the full dialog screen. Now you can bind the nodes with the output you chose to a conditional script to check a global number (example) while you're main script that is triggered outside of the dialog sets the global number and starts the conversation with the PC. Hope you understood what I meant to say. If you didn't, I'll explain it in more detail... Fastmaniac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoFlashStudios Posted June 7, 2011 Author Share Posted June 7, 2011 I wasn't aware that you could display a global in a dlg. How is this done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VarsityPuppet Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 SendMessageToPC() is the best way to do it.. not sure about the only way... definitely the easiest way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastmaniac Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 I wasn't saying that you can display them directly... You can put every possible output of the script in the dialog file like: Root -> Output 1 -> Output 2 -> Output 3 etc. And on each of these nodes you attach a conditional script for choosing which of the result the actual 'main' script has set. The Global Numbers was just an example... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoFlashStudios Posted June 8, 2011 Author Share Posted June 8, 2011 Alright, thanks for making that clear. Unfortunately, I think I'm going to have to go with SendMessageToPC(), since there are several thousand possible outcomes. Thanks anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastmaniac Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Yeah, that would be more effective... But no Problem, anytime... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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