Bartender Goodbyes
and cashiers and shit

Now, if you've got a really good idea for some custom response stuff, submit a 'master goodbye' script that will -always- be used when someone says goodbye somehow.

Normally, one of two scripts will be called, based on the length of the goodbye said to the bartender, a 'short goodbye' or a 'long goodbye' response.

In all cases, the following variables are always provided:
<table cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 border=1>
<tr><td>%npc</td><td>the bartender (food cashier / waiter)</td></tr>
<tr><td>%player</td><td>the person saying goodbye</td></tr>
<tr><td>%question</td><td>what was said</td></tr>
</table>
Example short goodbye script:
<font size="3"><code>
uses $npc_centric_script
random "selection" 5
if equals %selection 5
�do "nod %n"
elseif equals %selection 4
�to %player "Later."
elseif equals %selection 3
�do "wave %n"
elseif equals %selection 2
�to %player "See ya."
else
�// no need to do a damn thing here
endif
</code></font>

Example long goodbye script:
<font size="3"><code>
uses $npc_centric_script
random "selection" 5
if equals %selection 5
�to %player "Yeah yeah, you'll be back."
elseif equals %selection 4
�to %player "Don't be a stranger."
elseif equals %selection 3
�do "address %n"
�do ".nod and .wave at %n as I .clean up."
elseif equals %selection 2
�to %player "Take it easy. I'll probably be here when you get back."
else
�// no need to do a damn thing here
endif
</code></font>

The examples are pretty basic because they kinda need to work for -any- bartender npc right now. I'm looking for more specific scripts for different kinds of bartender npcs.

1. Juan @ Tony's Pizza
   
2. Alice @ Orifice
   
3. Vicki @ Bansupuro Noodle Stand
   
4. Bitchn' Chickn' Staff
   
5. Rosa @ Rosa's Diner
   
6. and many more ...
   

Oh yeah, any pointouts as to the NPCs personas? Does Juan uses a latino words amidst his english? Does Alice call everyone honey? Things like that would be very appreciated, but if none is defined, can we create a persnonality for them?

Oh yeah, any pointouts as to the NPCs personas? Does Juan uses a latino words amidst his english? Does Alice call everyone honey? Things like that would be very appreciated, but if none is defined, can we create a persnonality for them?
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Its less expensive to have a script for each npc that needs to have a custom one or -can- have a custom one.

Rosa: She's an older woman, 60s or so. Simple woman, polite and kind of word. She's had it easy, owning her own business on green and all.

Bitchin Chickin Staff: Standard fast-food teenagers who don't care about you not caring about them not caring about their job.

Alice: Older ex-hooker, flirts with anyone and everyone sooner or later, but not all the time. She uses drugs because she knows shes getting old and is trapped in her life

Rychek: Sometimes a smart-ass, often a dick, he keeps things sane in the bar and won't ever have a bad word about Hookie.

Juan: Mexican who doesn't speak a bit of spanish, Juan isn't too complex or overly friendly.

Vicki: She's a park dweller, thru-and-thru, she don't take any shit, but she knows what fights to pick and when to shut her mouth. Shes not very sexual at all when dealing with her customers, you know, people who eat rat cuisine.

Amy: Simple girl who works at a very sensual club, she knows how to tease enough to get a nicer tip every now and then.

equals/notequals means the two values must/must not be identical.

match/notmatch means the first argument must/must not contain the second argument.

example:

equals "A" "A" �=> true
equals "AA" "A" => false
match "A" "A" => true
match "AA" "A" => true
match "A" "AA" => false, because "A" does not contain "AA"

More practical examples are:
set %question "Yes, you fucking dipshit."
match %question "yes" => true
match %question "fuck" => true
match %question "e" => true
match %question "a" => false (there's no a anywhere in there)

Furthermore, match can take additional things to match against. The arguments for match are: match "phrase" "pattern" (case matters.. 1 or 0) "additional pattern" "additional pattern"... etc.

So because case almost never matters, examples would look like this:

match %question "yes" 0 "yeah" "sure" "ok" "no problem" "you got it"

Notice the 0 for the <case matters> argument meaning case dosn't matter.

If you refer back to part 1 or something I think... and check the reference for if, you can also do AND's and OR's too...

-Kevlar

(Edited by Kevlar at 4:21 pm on April 2, 2003)

if match %question "shit" 0 "fuck"

or

if match %question "shit" 0 "fuck" "piss" "crap" "fluffy bunny"

M-kay?

-Kevlar

Let me know.

@drink1, @drink2, @drink3 will suffice or should I drop a if statement (Bable-On) here so you can paste it on the code?

Also does Bable-On have swich/case?

Quote: from Kevlar on 1:51 pm on Mar. 26, 2004[br]An if statement seems appropiate...

There is 'random' which will get you a random number too. See the post on math.

So you can do something like:

random "%drink" 3
if equals %drink 1
 �...
elseif equals %drink 2
 �...
else
 �...
endif

-Kevlar

I saw it, seems real cool.

I'll get to that, let me get some insider info first.