Dialogue GUI/System

[gus]

Too late :p

[gus]

I've a few questions regarding dialogues:
*I've a MWWorld::Ptr& actor. How can I get it's race?it's class?
*How can I check if an NPC is dead?
*Know if the player carry a certain item?

[sirherrbatka]

*How can I check if an NPC is dead?

I'm not sure If you can. I think that you can only can check for journal entry after killing a npc.

[Zini]

What do you need this for? The dialogue GUI should not need to interact with this kind of stuff.

*I've a MWWorld::Ptr& actor. How can I get it's race?it's class?

Use the get function of the Ptr to get a pointer to the LiveCellRef. Then use the base member (look up the NPC class in components/esm).

*How can I check if an NPC is dead?

Difficult. We have no concept of dead yet. I guess you could check the HP. If it is not positive, the NPC can be considered dead. I am not entirely sure if that would be accurate though. Maybe it would be better to assume all NPCs are alive for now.

*Know if the player carry a certain item?

Difficult. I am revamping the container class currently. Well, I was before bug-hunting and other miscellaneous activity on the forum ate all my time.
Anyway, anything I can offer you now will become wrong in a week or two. Maybe best assume NPCs don't carry items for now?

[pvdk]

Difficult. We have no concept of dead yet. I guess you could check the HP. If it is not positive, the NPC can be considered dead. I am not entirely sure if that would be accurate though. Maybe it would be better to assume all NPCs are alive for now.

I believe that is the way it is checked in Morrowind, at least in scripts. The functions GetHealth and GetHealthGetRatio are used.

[gus]

Thanks!

What do you need this for? The dialogue GUI should not need to interact with this kind of stuff.

I'm working on the dialogue system (the dialogue GUI is functional now)

Difficult. I am revamping the container class currently. Well, I was before bug-hunting and other miscellaneous activity on the forum ate all my time.
Anyway, anything I can offer you now will become wrong in a week or two. Maybe best assume NPCs don't carry items for now?

Sure, it can wait.

[Zini]

I'm working on the dialogue system (the dialogue GUI is functional now)

Okay. Assigned the task to you.

I believe that is the way it is checked in Morrowind, at least in scripts. The functions GetHealth and GetHealthGetRatio are used.

Are you sure about that? I vaguely remember something about that you can't resurrect NPCs by simply increasing the health again (once it is at zero). In this case the NPC stays dead. But it's been a long time since I worked with this stuff and it is quite possible that I remember incorrectly.

[pvdk]

Are you sure about that? I vaguely remember something about that you can't resurrect NPCs by simply increasing the health again (once it is at zero). In this case the NPC stays dead. But it's been a long time since I worked with this stuff and it is quite possible that I remember incorrectly.

You are certainly correct if the NPC is dead from the start of the game. I don't know what happens when you set the health of a NPC you killed though.

[hircine]

when you kill an NPC its dead(hurr durr, pretty sure there is a flag saying its dead). giving it, its health back via the setav or similiar commands does nothing. you have to RA (can't remember if resurrect command was in MW) RA = Reset Actors. which RESETS ALL ACTORS.

[Zini]

giving it, its health back via the setav or similiar commands does nothing

That part is interesting. Does nothing as in:

a) doesn't resurrect him

or as in:

b) doesn't restore his health

?