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Posted: 27th Mar 2023 17:18
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I am working on a conversation script, but want the NPC to patrol when not being in the conversation. What flag do I set to stop the patrol action while speaking to the NPC and then turn the action back on?

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Posted: 27th Mar 2023 23:18
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if you can use the behaviour editor you can swap scripts in there which will make it much easier, i.e. swap between stand and speak and the patrol logic
take a look at character_attack and the patrol behaviours for how to swap back and forth
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Posted: 28th Mar 2023 21:08 Edited at: 28th Mar 2023 23:21
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The switch script does not work for what I want to do, I want to keep running the same script. I am currently working on a way to accomplish the function I am after. But ran into one other question.

In game guru an item had a name that could be referenced screen that looked like an EntityName[e] for objects and NPC's. In MAX an NPC has an "identity" it appears that this does not match up with the old EntityName[e]. How do you reference the identity of an NPC in script?
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Posted: 28th Mar 2023 22:50 Edited at: 28th Mar 2023 22:54
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string = GetEntityName ( e ) -- will return the name of the entity specified by e
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Posted: 29th Mar 2023 18:28 Edited at: 31st Mar 2023 19:40
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Worked out the pause and restart patrol in the conversation script I post

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Posted: 31st Mar 2023 19:43
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Here is a short version with just the distance tor talking used to switch between actions. Could be used with any trigger to make the switch between two actions.

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