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So I figured out how to use a guard in the Foundry...

lonnehartlonnehart Member Posts: 846 Arc User
edited August 2013 in The Foundry
Is following also bugged for encounters within the Editor? I have a Guard NPC fighting for the player, but it's not following him.

I've seen the thread for making Guards, but I'm not into resurrecting old threads.
*sings* "I like Gammera! He's so neat!!! He is full of turtle meat!!!"

"Hah! You are doomed! You're only armed with that pathetic excuse for a musical instrument!!!" *the Savage Beast moments before Lonnehart the Bard used music to soothe him... then beat him to death with his Fat Lute*
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  • almostcoolalmostcool Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    You have to set the "when" or they wont follow. Check the perimeters when you select for them to follow and it should be there.
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  • katah1969katah1969 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 89
    edited June 2013
    It works, but if you have yourself set to where encounters in your quest won't attack you then follow won't work.
  • lonnehartlonnehart Member Posts: 846 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    katah1969 wrote: »
    It works, but if you have yourself set to where encounters in your quest won't attack you then follow won't work.

    The encounter I have does attack the moment he appears, and the NPC does fight along with the player, but he won't follow afterwards. And unlike NPCs who don't fight, this NPC is a friendly encounter and has no options for choosing when it follows you.
    *sings* "I like Gammera! He's so neat!!! He is full of turtle meat!!!"

    "Hah! You are doomed! You're only armed with that pathetic excuse for a musical instrument!!!" *the Savage Beast moments before Lonnehart the Bard used music to soothe him... then beat him to death with his Fat Lute*
  • almostcoolalmostcool Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    If it is a guard encounter than it will have an option for them to follow you. You do have to set "When" they follow you though, objective complete, dialogue prompt, component reached, ect.
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
    The Spellthief Trials
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    Short Code: NW-DM900IFHK
    Tired of Being the Hero: NW-DGTOU4N94
  • lonnehartlonnehart Member Posts: 846 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    almostcool wrote: »
    If it is a guard encounter than it will have an option for them to follow you. You do have to set "When" they follow you though, objective complete, dialogue prompt, component reached, ect.

    So how do I set the encounter to follow the player? So far, his behavior is set to Follow when an objective is in progress, but there are no other parameters visible. I'm having him follow the player to a location, helping fight off enemies along the way.
    *sings* "I like Gammera! He's so neat!!! He is full of turtle meat!!!"

    "Hah! You are doomed! You're only armed with that pathetic excuse for a musical instrument!!!" *the Savage Beast moments before Lonnehart the Bard used music to soothe him... then beat him to death with his Fat Lute*
  • almostcoolalmostcool Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    I would just it make it so it goes something like this:

    Talk to NPC (NPC wants to follow and fight with you for whatever reason)
    Despawn the NPC and spawn the Guard Encounter upon "Objective complete" which should be something along the lines of "talk to NPC"
    Set the Guard Encounter to "Follow" and for Parameters set to - Follow When - Objective Complete - Talk to NPC.

    That should make the guard follow as soon as that objective is complete.
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
    The Spellthief Trials
    By @Stebss
    Short Code: NW-DM900IFHK
    Tired of Being the Hero: NW-DGTOU4N94
  • lonnehartlonnehart Member Posts: 846 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    almostcool wrote: »
    I would just it make it so it goes something like this:

    Talk to NPC (NPC wants to follow and fight with you for whatever reason)
    Despawn the NPC and spawn the Guard Encounter upon "Objective complete" which should be something along the lines of "talk to NPC"
    Set the Guard Encounter to "Follow" and for Parameters set to - Follow When - Objective Complete - Talk to NPC.

    That should make the guard follow as soon as that objective is complete.

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    What parameters?


    edit: I take that back. Looks like either I was bugged or the patch fixed everything because I can see the options now.
    *sings* "I like Gammera! He's so neat!!! He is full of turtle meat!!!"

    "Hah! You are doomed! You're only armed with that pathetic excuse for a musical instrument!!!" *the Savage Beast moments before Lonnehart the Bard used music to soothe him... then beat him to death with his Fat Lute*
  • almostcoolalmostcool Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    Awesome. I think that happens when you are in layout mode or detail. I forget which one but I am almost positive one of those modes wont let you look at the parameters.
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
    The Spellthief Trials
    By @Stebss
    Short Code: NW-DM900IFHK
    Tired of Being the Hero: NW-DGTOU4N94
  • crok2crok2 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users, Silverstars Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    The options change when you are in layout mode vs detail mode :)
  • galendulacgalendulac Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    Okay, I do not see anything remotely resembling a guard encounter. Nothing on my behavior list will make an NPC do anything except cower when combat is happening, whether they are following the player or not. How do you make an NPC fight?
  • crok2crok2 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users, Silverstars Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    You don't use an NPC. You use an ENCOUNTER that is called a Guard. Guard encounters are all friendly and will fight.
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