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"Disappear when dialogue prompt reached" bug.
wuhsin
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Apparently you cannot select more than one dialogue prompt under disappear when or else whatever object/npc you are editing will not disappear when any of those dialogue prompts are reached. This is very frustrating because I wanted to make it so you can choose between two characters to be your ally, and have the other one spawn as an enemy encounter. I had it set up perfectly to where you could talk to one, choose them, and both would disappear, then an ally encounter and enemy encounter would spawn accordingly. The ally and enemy encounters spawn, but if the NPC's will not disappear I'll have to find another way to do this, and the only other way I can think of by using a single interactive object would allow the player to basically cheat by exiting out of a dialogue after reaching the prompt then going back and selecting the other choice to get both allies and enemies which would totally make no sense and ruin the whole game.
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
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Have only one NPC do the dialog.
Dialog 1 -> Option 1 / Option 2
Option 1 -> Dialog 2a
Option 2 -> Dialog 2b
Dialog 2a -> Dialog 3 (Empty)
Dialog 2b -> Dialog 3 (Empty)
Both NPC disappear on prompt Dialog 3. Ally/Enemy Appear on Dialog 2(a/b) + Dialog 3.
It started with a burglary
Then it got friendly
But it ended badly
I'll try this out and see if it works. Might have to disable options 1 and 2 when the dialogue prompt for the opposite choice shows up in order to prevent players from hitting done, going back, and choosing the other one. Luckily I can have the third character act as the selector. Thanks.
It started with a burglary
Then it got friendly
But it ended badly
Next time I feel like playing a Foundry quest your campaign will be the first one I try since you helped me out.
It started with a burglary
Then it got friendly
But it ended badly
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Actually the "component reached" triggers are OR logic. Also, in the case of "dialog prompt reached" you can fudge OR logic by using the "enable when", "disable when" triggers in the prompts themselves.
For example, in the OP's situation both NPC dialogues could have been kept, assuming they weren't quest objectives as those have fewer options. By using this structure, and then mirroring it for the second NPC:
NPC 1
Then have both NPCs disappear on "dialog prompt reached" (NPC 1, 6 and NPC 2, 6). Then have NPC 1 hostile version appear on "dialog prompt reached" (NPC 1, 5; NPC 1, 6; and NPC 2, 6), NPC 1 friendly version appear on "dialog prompt reached" (NPC 1, 4; NPC 1, 6; and NPC 2, 6), and similarly with NPC 2.
The benefit of doing it this way is both NPCs get to "have their say". The downside is that it requires a good amount of extra dialogue complexity and padding, as well as requiring player interaction with both NPCs even though the choice is actually made after the first dialogue.
Okay, Panic.