#lua npc code not working

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thick raft
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I have tried to add theo but it doesnt work and i dont know why

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this is the code

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i have read the articles but i still dont really understand what im doing wrong

regal grove
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all you did was define the functions

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they're never called

thick raft
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And uhh

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How do I call them

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Is it just walk?

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Or Theo walk

regal grove
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function onBegin()
  summonTheo()
  moveTheo(4*8, 0) -- move theo 4 tiles right
end
thick raft
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Thanks a lot
If I need anymore help can I ask on this thread?

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it still doesnt work
i know im doing something wrong

regal grove
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is the onbegin at the end

thick raft
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like this?

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regal grove
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yeah

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did you save

thick raft
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yea

regal grove
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ah position

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you need to give the position to summonTheo

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give it a vector2(..., ...)

thick raft
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like the x and y coordinates

regal grove
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yes

thick raft
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how do i see them in lonn

regal grove
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do you have celestetas installed

thick raft
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no

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should i do that

regal grove
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id advise you do

thick raft
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ok 1 moment

regal grove
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then press left ctrl twice in-game to see your current position

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and other stuff

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initially its a bit confusing to navigate but its rather intuitive

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(you can drag the menu around by holding left ctrl and dragging the menu with your mouse)

thick raft
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so do i put the posion of where my lua cutscene trigger is?

regal grove
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it can be wherever

thick raft
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oh ok

regal grove
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which is why it needs a position argument

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you need to tell it where to spawn theo

thick raft
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local function summonTheo(211,144)

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is that right?

regal grove
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...no

thick raft
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uh

regal grove
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you don't change the definition

thick raft
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o

regal grove
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you change the call

thick raft
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ooh

regal grove
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summonTheo(vector2(211,144))
thick raft
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dude that works

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what would i of done without you

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also

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moveTheo(4*8, 0)
if i want him to move more

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do i do moveTheo(10*20, 0)

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why am i asking i can just try it

regal grove
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the units are in pixels

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there's 8 pixels in a tile

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hence the 4*8

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this moves theo right 4 tiles

thick raft
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ohhhh

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and if i put -4*8 he will go left?

regal grove
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yes

thick raft
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ok

regal grove
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similarly if you put it in the y coordinate
+y is down, -y is up

thick raft
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if i want granny do i switch theo with granny

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no
hmmmm

regal grove
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thatll be a bit complicated

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open vanilla's Sprites.xml that can be found in content/graphics

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then look for a line that resembles granny

thick raft
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alr

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can you play custom animation for them?

regal grove
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yes

thick raft
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like the one of granny laughing

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i think i found granny

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<granny path="characters/oldlady/" start="idle">

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still nothing

regal grove
thick raft
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is it granny or oldlady?

regal grove
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granny

thick raft
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oh alr

regal grove
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we go by the xml name

thick raft
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yea it works

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if i want to play her laught do i do
granny.laughAnim = "laugh"

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that seems to break the code though

regal grove
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put shortly: this is a nono

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do you want her to laugh as her idle animation

thick raft
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how do i see the NPC class

regal grove
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decompiling the game

thick raft
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can i not make her idle and then light?

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laugh*

regal grove
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you can but it's more involved

thick raft
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do i have to change the idle anim of hers after i use it

regal grove
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nno i dont think so

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you can just say("abc") then theo.Sprite:Play("laugh")
(the npc is still labeled theo in lua)

thick raft
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oh yea

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i though that when she laughs the HA-HA in the air would also appear

regal grove
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does it not?

thick raft
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no

regal grove
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huh

thick raft
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maybe its a diffrent sprite

regal grove
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oh wait "appear"

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yeah its a different sprite

thick raft
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dam

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sorry for asking for so much but

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how do i add them

regal grove
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i'm on phone and id need to look at the decompilation

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and even then this sounds kinda complicated

thick raft
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oh its alr then

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i did find a problem though

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if i skip the cutscene theo will be walking in place instead of sitting down

regal grove
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because you interrupted the cutscene while it's doing its thing
you need to tell it what to do if the cutscene ends and was skipped

thick raft
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i hate that youre just giving me the code
i want to be able to do this on my own but its so hard sobeline

regal grove
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you should probably figure out the syntax for lua then

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theres plenty of tutorials

thick raft
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ive been looking at them from the start

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function onEnd (room, wasSkipped)
moveTheo(5*10, 0)
theo.Sprite:Play("sitDown")
end

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i though i did something with this

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but i was wrong

thick raft
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i think i figured something out, for the most part

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i just want some help on a tiny bit if thats ok

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NEVERMIND I FIGURED IT OUT ON MY OWN I AM A GENIUSE