Plot:NPC reference
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NPC reference (ID,copy)
What is an NPC reference? A reference is a number that uniquely identifies an NPC on a map. You can use an NPC reference to specify which NPC you are controlling in most NPC-related commands. The first argument to NPC reference is the ID number of the NPC you want to work with. The ID is the same number that appears in CUSTOM.EXE when you are editing NPCs or placing NPCs on the map. The second argument is optional. It specifies which copy of the NPC you want, in case there are more than one on the map. If you dont specify which copy you want, you will just get a reference to the first NPC on the map with the right ID. If you plan on using the same NPC reference many times in a script you can store it in a variable. If the NPC with the ID you asked for (or the NPC copy you asked for with ID you asked for) is not found on the map then NPC reference will return false.
[edit] Examples
include,plotscr.hsd #---NPC reference example--- plotscript,ref example,begin variable(Fred) # find the first copy of NPC 10, # and store the reference in a variable set variable(Fred,NPC reference(10,0)) # now we can manipulate that NPC with the variable walk NPC (Fred,south,3) wait for NPC (Fred) # make the NPC spin! set NPC direction (Fred,east) wait(2) set NPC direction (Fred,north) wait(2) set NPC direction (Fred,west) wait(2) set NPC direction (Fred,south) wait(2) end
