NWNX Speech plugin!

JimDandy · Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 13

That's some cool stuff right there. Something else I'm having a hard time finding a script for is the <giveplayer wings> <giveplayer tails>. I know this can be done with Leto, but since these commands are there I assume you have a scripted way of applying them. Since I've searched high and low for such a script would you be able to share it, or mayhaps point me in the right direction (on this one, too)? Razz

Edit: I've found that much of this is answered over at Weathersong

Jim

Lanthar D'Alton · Joined: 10 Feb 2005 Posts: 100

My own solution to this predates nwnx_leto, and is not entirely reliable. Certain playernames and character names sometimes fail because of their punctuations. I'd recommend getting xildjian's thing working, or using nwnx_leto... if you do so, I'd not mind getting your solution.

Shadow · Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Posts: 16

Hey i have a problem. I'm using the latest version and the listener window crashes shortly after starting when its set to listen on my internet connection (Which is a ADSL PPPoE connection (the dial up style login on)). Its definetly connected when i start the server. But if i set it to listen on my network connection the window stays open but it doesn't catch my text, obviously that is pointless. The thing is i can manually launch the listener window (the dos prompt one) and select my net and it works fine, just the fact that i hate the dos prompt window one (cause you can't scroll back if people are talking). NWNx2 works fine and i have MySQL setup (pure mysql connection, not through obdc)

Any ideas? Cause this is a cool system. I'll post logs and config files

Lanthar D'Alton · Joined: 10 Feb 2005 Posts: 100

One of the steps in the setup instructions is go to the Edit menu, choose Module Properties and change the Name to match the module's filename.

You need to do this first. Let me know if the crashing continues after you do this.

JimDandy · Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 13

The only emote I've found to work improperly is the *nods*. It's like the PC does two hand movements first, then nods his head. This is rather annoying as it's one of the most frequently used emotes. It does it using both the * and the []. Do you have any idea what could be causing it - and is there perhaps a file with all these emotes in it that I can check, or at least disable it as it's actually better without it than with?

Thanks,

Jim

Alosynth · Joined: 06 Jan 2005 Posts: 24

Assuming that *nods* is using the same animation that was in the older version of the system, you can fix this by replacing the animation integer for that action.

In the older version, this is in lds_spch_runonce.

Here, if you find the the section that defines what animation to use, you should see something similar to the following:

JimDandy · Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 13

This is what I found, and below is what I replaced it with - which works very well. Thanks for the tips. Now i will fiddle more with this coolness Very Happy

Shadow · Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Posts: 16

Ok i made the module tag and name (in the module properties menu) exactly the same - the listener window still crashs - the dos prompt one still works (Though its extremely hard to start conversations) and i get this error in the nwnx_speech log

Lanthar D'Alton · Joined: 10 Feb 2005 Posts: 100

1: module name and filename must be the same (not name and tag)
2: the speech pop error is odd... I did add that so I could find problems... are you an administrator on that machine, or a restricted user?
3: what's your icq or aim account? (pm me or add me).

-Lanthar

Balanor · Joined: 13 Jun 2005 Posts: 29

Greetings! This looks like a great tool and I've been trying desperately to implement it on the server I host. With the help of a now-retired team member, we got my server using NWNX with a MySQL database. I should mention I am very inexperienced with both and have little understanding of how they work together. Embarassed

I have gone through the process of setting up the Talus Listener. Lanthar, I took your most recent version (3.03b, I believe) imported the scripts and used the Talus module to set up the tables. They are created in the database and the nifty little non-DOS window pops up everytime I run NWNX. However, at the top it always reads ERROR: Cannot connect to database.

The rest of my persistent data from the game can see the database and stores and reads it. The Talus window even displays all the text, however it's not written to the server log. We can't use the emotes in-game either. I do have the module name in the NWNX.ini file the same name as the Module name under properties.

I am assuming I need to change some setting in MySQL or NWNX, but I'm not really sure where/how/what? Can anyone give me a few ideas or pointers? Thanks for reading!

Lanthar D'Alton · Joined: 10 Feb 2005 Posts: 100

Additional steps I should specify in the readme probably:
When you load the dll, if the file named nwnx_talus.ini cannot be found in the same dir as the dll, the configuration dialog comes up. On it are several checkboxes and stuff. If you have scripts already made which relied on the database entries, you had to turn on the Use Database setting. I probably need to revisit that code, since I long ago abandoned it... but anyway, if you plan to use the nice windows dialog listener, do not turn on that use database setting. Leave it off.

If nothing else, here is my copy of nwnx_talus.ini:

Balanor · Joined: 13 Jun 2005 Posts: 29

Excellent!

Turning off the Use Database option did the trick! I now have voice emotes everywhere in the mod, too (not just around NPCs). Very Happy

And it turns out is was saving it to a log, I just hadn't named it like I had thought (oops again Embarassed

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Thanks again for this excellent resource, Lanthar!

JimDandy · Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 13

Heya Lanthar.

I'm trying to add my own actions (unique words basically) to the system. i'd like these to trigger just like you did the < > commands/actions.

What files am I looking at for editing here? I added (as a test and since it was not used) a case 1024 in the lds_parse_action, and I added the word to the nwnx_tls_actn.ini file, too (with ID, of course). Are there other files I need to add the word into as well, because I see commands are in the ds_load-actions, too, but when I added it there it didn't do anything to help...

I am testing the word by simply doing this:

Dreamy · Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 6

Awhile back I posted about an issue with getting an application error when shutting down my server after installing the speech dll. Recently I install 1.66 patch and the problem went away. I had to do a critical rebuild as the update failed thinking there was some file corruption - in retrospect that seems likely so essentially this is a validation of your work Lanthar. It seems was a problem with my NWN install and NOT your work. Just thought I'd let you know.

Lanthar D'Alton · Joined: 10 Feb 2005 Posts: 100

Good to know that. (as an aside, I pointed JimDandy the right direction over icq. If any of you have troubles with the speech system, don't hesitate to use icq to reach me.)

-Lanthar

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