Technical Info concerning Interiors

[sandor]

Packages explained

For technical terms the post "AI Packages Technical terms".

The first package we'll to look into:

Travel --> Service Package

Necessary for bartering.

First look at the menu Character and select the submenu Packages.
Look for the following package: aaaServicesEditorLoc8x12. This is a standard package for letting a NPC barter. Double-click and you'll see the screenshot AI Package 1.

If you go back and select the same package and right-click, you could make a new package, as I did for RPC18.

Go to the NPC to which you want to add a package. Double click. Select "edit base". Now you'll see screenshot NPC 2 (for RPC18, Nirtunus). Here you'll see an option Autocalc stats, unselect it (if selected). Now you can change the data in the AI menu, after you're done, reselect the Autocalc stats.

Select the AI button. You'll see screenshot NPC AI 3 with all the packages for Nirtunus. Here you can select what the NPC sells/buys, if the NPC repairs items or not etc. The bartering gold can be altered, as well (Auto calc unselected).

How do you insert the package?
Open the character, packages menu as described before. Select the package you'll need, and drag it from there into the AI window of the NPC (*).

Double-click at the service package: StsRaaaServicesEditorLoc8x2.
Now you'll see the next screenshot: NPC AI Service 4.
As you see "Offer services" is selected (as we are making a service package).

Two things are important: The schedule and the location.

The schedule for Nirtunus is from 8 am to 10 am.
Duration means in this case two hours: 8 am + 2 makes 10 am.
It means he will barter from 8 am until 10 am.

Select the tab: Location, you'll see the next screenshot, NPC AI Service Location 5. In the location tab select "near editor location". This is near where you placed the NPC in the cell. I selected a radius of 1024. This means the NPC will walk around, if you set it to 0, he'll wil remain on the same spot.

If you select "Continue if PC is near" (only intended for shopkeepers) the NPC wil continue bartering even after 10 am (e.g. a shopkeeper NPC). After the PC is gone the next package will be executed. If you defined the next package to start at 10 am and the PC leaves at 11 am, the next package will start at 11 am and not at 10 am!

In my case I didn't select it, Nirtunus will start to wander after 10 am.

(*) If you right-click in this window you can select new and create a new package, as well.

sandor has attached these images (downsized versions):

AI Package 1.jpg (67.44 KB) | NPC 2.jpg (95.28 KB) | NPC AI 3.jpg (74 KB) | NPC AI Service 4.jpg (67.46 KB) | NPC AI Service Location 5.jpg (84 KB)