#(Ren) NPC Dialogue Configuration

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tough herald
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Does Citizens have the ability for NPCs to print out dialogue to the user? Not like /msg or anything but just text? Asking because I want to make a tutorial NPC which players can click to get dialogue.

shy matrixBOT
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(Ren) NPC Dialogue Configuration

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tough herald
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I see /npc text on the wiki, but is there a way to configure this in a file itself rather than from in game?

frigid ibex
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!guide what is denizen

covert ingotBOT
frigid ibex
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You can script npcs and also create conversations with Denizen

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!guide what can denizen do with citizens

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tough herald
# covert ingot

This is very much not what I need at all. I just need a way for my NPC to print a cycle of dialogue when clicked.

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Like a list

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and every time the user clicks, it will cycle through the text in the list

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It doesn't need to have any kind of conversation or whatnot.

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And preferably a way to configure that dialogue via a yml config or something rather than doing it all from in game.

frigid ibex
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You would have to edit it from ingame then.

tough herald
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So there's zero way to edit it via a configuration file or some file where the text gets saved to?

velvet crescent
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there's a way, denizen

tough herald
velvet crescent
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I disagree, it's just a really simple script file and a jar

tough herald
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"Simple" is subjective, I argue it's not simple especially when compared to what I described.

velvet crescent
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- narrate "[NPC] Hello adventurer!"
- wait 1s
- narrate "[NPC] Welcome to my RPG server!"
- wait 1s
- narrate "[NPC] I hope you enjoy your stay!"
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i mean

tough herald
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I don't need to script dialogue for interaction for specific scenarios, I just need a way to print text when right clicked, and then print another set of text when right clicked again.

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And from what I'm told, that's not possible.

velvet crescent
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it's possible, it's just that you don't want to do it

tough herald
velvet crescent
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i was providing an example, denizen can pretty much do anything

tough herald
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Yeah but it's not exactly user friendly from what I've seen, especially given the Star Wars opening text crawl I'm reading. I don't want automatic dialogue or all of the extra stuff that comes with Denizen, I just need the text on right click (and the cycle), that is all.

velvet crescent
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i don't think you understand what denizen actually is

tough herald
# velvet crescent i don't think you understand what denizen actually is

"In short: Denizen is a scripting language!

A bit longer: Denizen is a plugin for Spigot servers that loads and runs user-written scripts automatically, allowing server owners to quickly and easily customize their server however they please, in a manner similar to developing your own plugins, but ten times faster and ten times easier!"

velvet crescent
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yeah that

tough herald
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Yeah, I don't need this.

velvet crescent
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well you clearly do for what you're trying to do

tough herald
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How? Right clicking a citizen which prints different sets of text in a list is really not all that complicated.

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I also don't want it just printing all the dialogue at once like in the example you showed.

velvet crescent
tough herald
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And as I mentioned, I do not want all of the extra stuff that comes with Denizen, I just need the text.

velvet crescent
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You can just not use the extra stuff?

tough herald
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It's overkill, as I mentioned above. Also, my guess is Denizen isn't free either?

velvet crescent
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No?

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Denizen is free and open source

tough herald
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So does Citizens' built in text system support the system I am describing, yes or no?

frigid ibex
tough herald
frigid ibex
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!citizensfree

covert ingotBOT
tough herald
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So my original question again is, can the text system Citizens has do what I need it to do?

worthy citrus
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Can /npc text cycle through text in a list yes

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Is there an easy way within yaml to do that… not really easy but it is possible

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That’s why denizen has been recommended

tough herald
worthy citrus
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Saves.yml

tough herald
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Because I don't mind going out of the way to just modify the file.

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Gotcha, thanks. I'll have a look.

worthy citrus
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It would be easier to use denizen so I don’t think you should be arguing with helpers when they suggest it

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I have limited time to devote to a dialogue system at present

tough herald
frigid ibex
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Yeah thats what you can do with Denizen too, and have a file, which you can safely edit.

tough herald
worthy citrus
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Let’s not keep arguing

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Icecapade is correct

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But we’ll leave it up to you

tough herald
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Fair enough.

vestal lindenBOT
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@tough herald

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worthy citrus
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/resolved