Custom NPCs

[Doomsider]

Anyone interested in making custom NPCs for various fun? If so I would like to get a team of people together to make some to spice things up.

 

[Kojinus]

What goes into making said NPCs? 'Cause it sounds like it'd be fun.

 

[Doomsider]

That is a good question, from what I can see so far is this

/StarMade/data/script

Which contains all the scripts for NPCs

Also we have the following admin commands

Spoiler

creature_animation_start
DESCRIPTION: forces an animation for a creature
PARAMETERS: Animation(String), LoopMode(String), Speed(Float), FullBody(Boolean)
EXAMPLE: /creature_animation_start TALK_SALUTE loop/dont_loop 1 true/false

creature_animation_stop
DESCRIPTION: stops the forced animation
PARAMETERS:
EXAMPLE: /creature_animation_stop

creature_enter_gravity
DESCRIPTION: debug for gravity on AI creature
PARAMETERS:
EXAMPLE: /creature_enter_gravity

creature_goto
DESCRIPTION: order selected to go to
PARAMETERS:
EXAMPLE: /creature_goto

creature_rename
DESCRIPTION: Renames the selected creature or AI character
PARAMETERS: Name(String)
EXAMPLE: /creature_rename ACreature

creature_roam
DESCRIPTION: makes the select one roam in a small space
PARAMETERS:
EXAMPLE: /creature_roam

creature_script
DESCRIPTION: sets the creature to a script in /data/scripts/
PARAMETERS: Script(String)
EXAMPLE: /creature_script MyScript.lua

spawn_creature
DESCRIPTION: (debug)
PARAMETERS:
EXAMPLE: /spawn_creature

spawn_creature_mass
DESCRIPTION: (debug)
PARAMETERS: amount(Integer)
EXAMPLE: /spawn_creature_mass 2

A quick test in the client confirms that creatures can be spawned easily.

 

[Kojinus]

Hmm, so you'd need to basically write a new script for the creature_script with whatever behavior you'd want the NPC to have? On top of having a model for it and what not.

 

[Doomsider]

Yes that is what I am thinking, spawn the creature and set it to the script. I am doing some research but I am not seeing a way to set the model though.

 

[Kojinus]

Well considering there's only like 2 models in the game at the moment it's probably hard coded I would think. When you spawn something in game using all the defaults what does it spawn?

 

[Doomsider]

Just another silly astronaut ofc, If we can't change the model it loads then all we can do is create custom NPC scripts. That is still cool, but not nearly as neat as being able to spawn unique models for a variety of space creatures

 

[Kojinus]

Hmm, looking through some of the scripts I don't see a way to define the model using those. Looks like we'd be stuck with the default astronaut.

I'm not very knowledgeable with LUA, so if I was gonna help write any scripts I'd have to figure out what I was doing first but it still seems like this'd be fun to do.

 

[Doomsider]

I can definitely capture things the NPC or player says to trigger events as well so not just limited to what the LUA script can do.

 

[philthy mcnasty]

this should be a feature.

I would love to see, different npc factions having different skins. Like being able to make a rebels faction, and an empire faction, and seeing the mobs fight it out in space and on planets.