Custom NPC setup | Mt. Celeste Climbing Association | Page 1

oak parrot Aug 27, 2023, 9:07 AM

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Hello, it's me again.
I have yet another problem, I have no idea how to display a custom npc. So naturally what I did is copy Strawberry Jam collab, since they know what they're doing. I put a simple .png do display on a custom NPC with Max helping hand, but naturally... it doesn't work. I looked on the everest wiki for some documentation and even found the maddieovh website or something like that but couldn't find something that helped.
I'm kinda lost in what I need to do, since for once I don't have an example to follow.
Can someone help or just show me the steps for displaying custom NPCs? (doesn't have to be with max helping hand but my guess is that it's easier)

proven fulcrum Aug 27, 2023, 9:38 AM

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oak parrot Hello, it's me again. I have yet another problem, I have no idea how to display ...

do you want to just display a static image? if so a decal is the best way to do it

oak parrot Aug 27, 2023, 9:38 AM

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No it was just for a test

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I plan to animate it later

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And it needs to have some dialogue too

proven fulcrum Aug 27, 2023, 9:39 AM

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animate it as in a static animation, or one that reacts to the dialogue?

oak parrot Aug 27, 2023, 9:39 AM

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One that reacts to the dialogue too

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Preferably but I can do without too

proven fulcrum Aug 27, 2023, 9:40 AM

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ah, do you mean in the portrait bit, or in the world?

oak parrot Aug 27, 2023, 9:41 AM

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In the portrait bit, the point is that it's a non-moving dialog NPC for a thank you screen

proven fulcrum Aug 27, 2023, 9:41 AM

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ok, that's doable

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you'll want this wiki page

oak parrot Aug 27, 2023, 9:43 AM

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Mb I just got confused I haven't tried the portrait bit yet

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I'm sorry I was talking about the overworld

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Sorry

proven fulcrum Aug 27, 2023, 9:43 AM

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ah yea ok
that's probably easiest to do with a decal

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you can just put the images in Graphics/Atlases/Gameplay/decals/yourname/yourmodname/ as pngs

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and that lets you place it as a decal

oak parrot Aug 27, 2023, 9:45 AM

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Will it move depending on the expression of the portrait?

proven fulcrum Aug 27, 2023, 9:45 AM

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no, for that you need a lua cutscene or similar

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and a decal won't work for that

oak parrot Aug 27, 2023, 9:46 AM

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ok, i'll try the decal solution, and for the dialog it's just an invisible NPC?

proven fulcrum Aug 27, 2023, 9:51 AM

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yea

oak parrot Aug 27, 2023, 9:52 AM

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I guess i'll have to open a new post when i'll be fighting with lua cutscenes to make talking animations

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Thank you for the clear information

honest quarry Aug 27, 2023, 10:00 AM

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lua cutscenes :(

oak parrot Aug 27, 2023, 10:01 AM

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why :(?

honest quarry Aug 27, 2023, 10:01 AM

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i dont like lua

oak parrot Aug 27, 2023, 10:02 AM

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Well I just suck at coding

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So it doesn't really matter the language

honest quarry Aug 27, 2023, 10:02 AM

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heh

oak parrot Aug 27, 2023, 10:02 AM

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(I wish I was good though)

honest quarry Aug 27, 2023, 10:02 AM

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you could be!

oak parrot Aug 27, 2023, 10:04 AM

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Do you know something else for talking animations (or some lua stuff)?

honest quarry Aug 27, 2023, 10:06 AM

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lua cutscenes would definitely be required for talking animations in the overworld

oak parrot Aug 27, 2023, 10:07 AM

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Unavoidable doom

honest quarry Aug 27, 2023, 10:07 AM

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true

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or you do a silly and make funny CutsceneEntity in C#

oak parrot Aug 27, 2023, 10:08 AM

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Both solution sound like hell

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Even if I don't know C#

honest quarry Aug 27, 2023, 10:09 AM

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c# is less hellish tbh

oak parrot Aug 27, 2023, 10:10 AM

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Though you qualify it as "doing a silly"

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Is it a scuffed solution?

honest quarry Aug 27, 2023, 10:11 AM

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no not scuffed

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just ✨silly✨

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if you know what i mean

oak parrot Aug 27, 2023, 10:12 AM

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I do live under a rock

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So I might not know what it means

honest quarry Aug 27, 2023, 10:13 AM

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oh

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are you a lobster

oak parrot Aug 27, 2023, 10:14 AM

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Hm....

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I would assume not

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Since I know how to use a keyboard

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