Hello, i trys now for 3 days to figure it out how i can finish this script and i hope somebody can help me. I just want that if i come to a npc i press E and a Panel goes on and i can read what the NPC says and if i press E again i need that the Panel close. I have try myself i get the planel open and can read the text but i need to press all time E, that means i holding the E button and can read it. But thats not i want. I hope somebody can help me to figure it out. Thank you

CODE :

local PlayerDist_near = 100;
local PlayerDist_far = 100;
local sat = {}

PlayerDist = GetPlayerDistance(e)
if PlayerDist <= PlayerDist_near then
Prompt ( "Press E to talk" )
if g_KeyPressE == 1 then

Panel(25,40,75,60)
TextCenterOnXColor(50,45,1, "Hello" ,100,255,100)
PromptTextSize(4)
end

Is that the whole script?

You'll need some sort of 'latch' variable to make sure the text and panel stay showing when you let go of the key.

i'm assuming not as he said it works and he has some code to sit the character down too but as it's not included here i just encased it in a working script anyway, hopefully he can figure out how to get the sitting code back in

Yes sry i have forget the sitting part, i have think its not nessesary, sry :

local PlayerDist_near = 100;
local PlayerDist_far = 100;
local sat = {}


function ai_sit_init(e)
sat[e] = 1
end

function ai_sit_main(e)
PlayerDist = GetPlayerDistance(e)
if PlayerDist = PlayerDist_near then
Prompt ( "Press E to talk" )
if g_KeyPressE == 1 then

Panel(35,70,25,30)
TextCenterOn( "Hello")


end

end

if sat[e] = 1 and g_Entity[e]['animating'] == 0 then
StartTimer(e)
SetAnimationFrames(e,3800)
PlayAnimation(e)
g_Entity[e]['animating'] = 1
sat[e] = 0

elseif PlayerDist > PlayerDist_far and sat[e] == 2 then
LookAtPlayer(e);
sat[e] = 1
end
end

smallg no idea how i can make that to a working script..i starts with lua 3 days ago Have try to use you script alone, but it dosnt work...

does it give any error? looks ok to me but i didn't run it so it's possible there's a mistake
save it as talking_npc.lua

Ahh ok, i try it later iam home, thank you a lot for you time