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what to do when starting an rpg?

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Ok, so far I have made a map, added the first two npc's (2 ogres from mapmodel).
I have made a .cfg file and named it 'ogrequest' thats what my games called. Where do I save it?
Also can I just start making an rpg as soon as I download the program because somewhere else i read that i need to move files around? I didnt understand this?
I also read something about a critter? what is this and is it important when i want to make npc's with quests?
Also is there a third person for prg mode, where your a robot monkey, because no matter how many times i press '9' it doesnt work?
As you can tell I am very new to this so sorry.
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Re: what to do when starting an rpg?

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Start at this tutorial, it will answer most beginner questions:

http://www.sandboxgamemaker.com/wiki/in ... G_tutorial
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Re: what to do when starting an rpg?

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Ok Well I did all it said and ended up with a critter ogre thing, But when I press 'E' The ogre sais something like 'do you want apples or i dont know, it seems like the scripts that its preprogramed with, this is asuming critters are preprogramed with differant scripts, however i followed the tutorial so shouldnt the ogre say what i made him say in this part?
Data/rpg/games/Ogre Quest/scripts/8.cfg

include scripts/1 //includes the default NPC script

r_script_say "Hello, how are you doing" [ // 0 - it's good practice to number your entries
r_response "I'm well, yourself?" 1 //goes to dialogue #1
r_response "Goodbye" -1 //closes the dialogue
]

r_script_say "I'm glad to hear it" [ // 1
r_response "Goodbye" -1
]
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Re: what to do when starting an rpg?

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I'm not an RPG coding expert, but I think you might be editing the wrong file... I'm probably wrong on that, however.

Also, please use the button for code, as that preserves formatting and allows for a lot of lines to be compacted easily.
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Re: what to do when starting an rpg?

Post by Sircameron »

Looks like you need to go into your critter's .cfg file and change the number for the

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r_char_script #
# = the number for the script (in the scripts folder) that you want it to use.. In your case "8"
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Re: what to do when starting an rpg?

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are you sure you're starting "Ogre Quest" via either the menu or...?

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newgame "Ogre Quest"
As stated in that tutorial, the directory and the cfg need to have the same names, ie "data/rpg/games/Ogre Quest/" and "data/rpg/games/Ogre Quest.cfg"
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Re: what to do when starting an rpg?

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Thanks for the advise.
This is what is in my data/rpg/games/Ogre Quest/critters/0.cfg

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 r_char_name "Bob"
 r_char_mdl "ogre"
 r_char_script 8 
This is in data/rpg/games/Ogre Quest/scripts/8.cfg

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 r_script_say "Hello, how are you doing" [ // 0 - it's good practice to number your entries
   r_response "I'm well, yourself?" 1 //goes to dialogue #1
   r_response "Goodbye" -1 //closes the dialogue
 ]
 
 r_script_say "I'm glad to hear it" [ // 1
   r_response "Goodbye" -1
 ]
This is in data/rpg/games/Ogre Quest.cfg

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 r_preparemap Ogre Quest 0
 
 firstmap Ogre Quest
 
 gameversion 1
 compatversion 1
 
 exec data/rpg/hud_standard.cfg
I can not see what is wrong? But I am new to rpg scripting.
are you sure you're starting "Ogre Quest" via either the menu or...?
This is exactly how I open up my game:
Open rpg from platinumartsandbox.2.7.1
Load map
My maps
rpg/Ogre Quest

I think this is right?
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Re: what to do when starting an rpg?

Post by Hirato »

So your map is named "Ogre Quest" too? in that case, make sure to put it in quotes
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Re: what to do when starting an rpg?

Post by infernape »

Eerm sorry if i sound stupid but, put what in quotes?
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Re: what to do when starting an rpg?

Post by kddekadenz »

"Ogre Quest"
Kelgar is an advanced RPG beeing developed in Sandbox
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