Introduction
Hello once again, Gimkit. It’s been a while, to say the least. I haven’t been on the guides since November! Crazy to think time flies by so fast. I’ve mostly been working on myself and projects like Beansite (https://beansite.vercel.app).
This was a project idea I actually had back in November, but never got around to making it. Here is a list of the features I want to include:
- Dialog Progression (like if you talk to him twice he will say something different)
- Randomized Dialog
- Actions
Let’s get started!
Making the NPC
There aren’t many ways of designing an NPC in gimkit. I would have loved to use gims, so I tried sentries, but they would attack you. I tried disabling them, but that hides them entirely.
I settled on using props since it just works. For my example, I made a comically large ladybug with a cone hat. His name is Jimmy, just for the example.
While you’re at it, place down a button with any message you want. Mine is "Interact with Jimmy", but yours can be anything.
The Coding
This is a little more advanced, so I will be using block code. For those who don’t know what Block Code is, is like scratch on gimkit. You can add blocks to add functionality to modals and triggers.
Properties
Get started by placing a new property. It will be a number property named dialog#1. I named it this because it indicates it’s for dialog, shows that it’s for a number, and specifies the NPC # (which is 1 for Jimmy).
The Modal
Place down a new popup. You can find these in the devices category by searching for them. Set it to your destined style. Mine will be a modal. Make sure the title and description are blank, and you will see why later.
To add our block code, let’s go to the "Blocks" category on the left side of the screen.
We will first add a script that runs on a wire pulse, and hook up our popup to the button we placed earlier. Also, add a channel to your button, so when it is pressed, it transmits on the channel jimmy:showMessage and makes our popup open when transmitted on this. In our on wire pulse script, write this code. It will vary between people. You can tweak the chance so there is more than one dialog and add more dialog options easily. It’s modular in a way.
This is what the script looks like:
I used a greater than one at the end so when the property reaches way more than the max, it will still say the last dialog.
Extras
Actions
To add an action, we can go to the popup "Call to Actions" tab and set up a “Leave Conversation” and action button. Due to gimkits limitations, we can’t change this with block code, but we can still make useful buttons. For example, my first call to action is a stop-talking button. It just sends a channel that the popup hides the popup on. The second one sends a message on the channel jimmy:giveApple. Our boy Jimmy likes apples. Now in the block code section, add a new script that runs on when that channel is pinged, and add whatever code you want. Triggering a quest works, or just a simple message. Here’s mine of Jimmy thanking you for the apple:
Final Results
Here’s what it should look like:
Conclusion
Thanks for reading this guide. It took me like an hour to write.
~M1dnight Out
