Simulated Chat

[FlowerofSpeech]

Hi,

I have a fundamentally simple question, but it's not one that searching has revealed an answer for.

I'm creating a map that will have two computer AIs. I want them to "talk" to each other (and the human players), with scripted times to show chat strings to the human players. I don't want dialog or cinematics. I want them to taunt players in normal chat (and I also want to give them scripted responses to what the players say, responding to certain words I might expect them to say in response).

But first and foremost, I just need to know how to make a computer player enter a chat response. I know AI will say "gg", so it's certainly possible, but I can't find the specific action anywhere.

 

[Dr Super Good]

native bool AIGivingUp (int player);
native void AIGoodGame (int player);

The messages they send are hard coded and not customizable.

Try this however...

const int c_messageAreaChat = 1;
native void UIDisplayMessage (playergroup players, int messageArea, text messageText);

Aka...
UIDisplayMessage (playergroup players, 1, "your text here, might want a localized string...");

 

[FlowerofSpeech]

Thanks, it's giving me a syntax error though (for the first line).

 

[Dr Super Good]

Then fix it... I can not help it if you just blindly copy and paste guidelines as code...

//Copy this line into custom script and replace playergroup players with a reference to a player group (variable or function/native).
UIDisplayMessage (playergroup players, 1, "your text here, might want a localized string...");

 

[FlowerofSpeech]

Then fix it... I can not help it if you just blindly copy and paste guidelines as code...

Sigh. Alright, I was just hoping you might know the issue off the top of your head. It's fine, zzz.

edit:

//Copy this line into custom script and replace playergroup players with a reference to a player group (variable or function/native).

I did all that, I'm not stupid you know I filled in all the stuff you needed to. Besides, that was line two anyway, what doesn't work is line one const int c_messageAreaChat = 1; which means const int is incorrect or c_messageAreaChat=1 isn't the right command.

 

[Dr Super Good]

That line was for your reference of what number to insert in the function so as to get it to send messages to the chat area of the screen as apposed to the error area, cheat area or quest area etc...