Character Vibes

[Orosa1]

I've been working on a quest system that works based on the alignment one chooses, the problem is just that, how do I make the NPC set the alignment for a character, and in turn, make NPCs check for a required alignment? I have yet to make my own variable such as alignment so I'm new to them basically. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[Euphy]

Oh, I also didn't read carefully enough. XD

The cleanest way is to add your own constants in db/const.txt (anywhere is fine), for example:

// these are separated by tabs
ALIGN_GOOD	1
ALIGN_EVIL	2
ALIGN_CHAOTIC	3

In scripts, you'd treat these the same as numbers. Using the character variable 'align', for example:

// set an alignment
mes "You are now aligned with evil.";
align = ALIGN_EVIL;

// check an alignment
if (align == ALIGN_GOOD)
	do this;
else if (align == ALIGN_EVIL)
	do that;
else if (align == ALIGN_CHAOTIC)
	do another;
else
	// not aligned

[Euphy]

There's this for checking direction: Request for checkfacing or checkdirection script commands

It shouldn't be too difficult for you to create a 'setdirection' command based on that code, and you can always ask if you run into problems. If you haven't implemented any script commands before, you can read section 9 of doc/source_doc.txt for a (very) brief overview of how it works.

EDIT: misread, read below.

[Orosa1]

Thanks for the fast reply! I may have worded the request wrong, I'm looking to set whether a character is good, evil, or chaotic, and make certain npcs check which one the player is set as, sorry if my word choices are confusing.

[Orosa1]

That's exactly what I was looking for! Thanks again Euphy! :3

So, I try the if, else statement, it says missing function or calling an undeclared function