KDScript 0.7.0 (2013-09-01): new script module, now with tutorials

Renault on 9/4/2014 at 13:44

When I fired it up last night, Darkloader took me right to Running Interference, which sort of makes sense because the demo is miss1. I'm using Windows 8, 64 bit. When I switched to FMSel, it worked fine.

sNeaksieGarrett on 9/4/2014 at 17:41

Quote Posted by kdau

For AIs, there is a temporary property that tracks the most recent speech schema, so KDSubtitledAI triggers subtitles by monitoring that property for changes.

Don't think I quite understand, sorry. What is the temp prop? Is there a new thing listed in dromed properties of an object after you hit Add when installing your custom scripts? As for KDSubtitledAI, is this a script you'd add to an AI's properties, or would it go on some sort of trigger that would be linked to an AI or something?

kdau on 9/4/2014 at 19:25

Quote Posted by Brethren

Hmm. It works for me too in DarkLoader, or at least it did during my pre-release testing for 0.7.0. I made the demo mission miss1 so that I could use the OMs to demonstrate the KDTrapNextMission script. Perhaps some versions of DarkLoader refuse to overwrite miss1.mis? I'll do some more checking before I release 0.8.0.

Quote Posted by sNeaksieGarrett

Temporary, or more accurately non-persistent, properties are distinguished by a grayed-out dot in DromEd. Speech → Current Speech is a temporary property added by the engine to every(?) AI at mission start/load (nothing to do with KDScript). The schemaID field of the property gives the object number of the last speech schema played on an AI, while the flags field tracks whether the AI is still speaking (1) or not (0).

KDSubtitledAI is indeed placed on the AI itself, and takes care of any speech schemas the AI plays (that have subtitles in the strings\subtitles.str file). In (http://kdau.github.io/KDScript/subtitles.html#KDSubtitledAI) the documentation, I recommend that the script be placed on the Creature archetype for convenience.

sNeaksieGarrett on 9/4/2014 at 21:18

Thanks for the explanation. :)

Renault on 10/4/2014 at 03:36

Just to clarify, when I load up the demo using Darkloader, and start up a new game, I'm getting the Running Interference mission, but I still have the KDScript demo objective screen. The mission lets me proceed as if I'm playing with the normal Running Interference objectives though (i.e., when I activate the birdcall, objective #1 ticks off even though it's labeled as "Explore the features of the KDScript module.")

I also don't get the Running Interference briefing video, when loading up the demo.

Again, using Windows 8, 64 bit, with Thief 1.21 and Darkloader 4.3.

Yandros on 10/4/2014 at 03:43

It sounds like everything from the demo mission is being used except for the .mis file itself.

Sliptip on 10/4/2014 at 15:26

I'm so glad this is still being worked on!!:D

gnartsch on 8/9/2014 at 07:59

I was playing this 'demo' today. Some comments:
- the graphics-info panel shows my native display-resolution (1680x1050) as 840x525. Weird, all other resolutions are displayed correct.
- AI conversation: the subtitles for both AI are always overlapping with the text of one AI always having priority over the other, which makes it virtually impossible to see what the other AI has to tell. Sometimes the male has priority and on another playthrough it is the female whose texts have always priority.
- when the male drops his pipe, it is hanging on the AIs body for a while before it finally drops down, which looks quite weird
- after save/reload the health bar, visibility indicator and Objective-Marker (spot something creepy) are all gone

fibanocci on 8/9/2014 at 08:13

You need to try it in 'old' NewDark. KDScript doesn't work with NewDark 1.22 any more.
I made a custom HUD in NewDark 1.21. It's working fine in DromEd (1.21), but not in Thief2.exe.
In NewDark 1.22, it doesn't even work in DromEd any more.

Renault on 11/3/2015 at 21:34

So, this completely died, eh? No posts from kdau in almost a year.