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Does any one know where I can find NPC makers? Preferably looking for ones that make non static but moving.
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Do you need something to generate NPC-defining notecards from an avatar?
Valerie NatureInSim has something that can do that at ValLands. https://opensimworld.com/hop/89519
Or do you need something to automatically rez moving NPCs?
Then maybe SFposer can cover that, developed by OSW's owner, Satyr Aeon. https://opensimworld.com/library?view=44 It's basically a sit animation controller very similar to PMAC, basically something like AVsitter if you're more familiar with that. But it can go way beyond PMAC and AVsitter in its possibilites while being more lightweight than both.
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Valerie NatureInSim has something that can do that at ValLands. https://opensimworld.com/hop/89519
Or do you need something to automatically rez moving NPCs?
Then maybe SFposer can cover that, developed by OSW's owner, Satyr Aeon. https://opensimworld.com/library?view=44 It's basically a sit animation controller very similar to PMAC, basically something like AVsitter if you're more familiar with that. But it can go way beyond PMAC and AVsitter in its possibilites while being more lightweight than both.
Thank you so much :) I am learning by trial and error. I have found that I can take some of the animesh and change or add to their scripts with some thing I have in i nventory. That works OK but a bit limited. I want to be able to make NPC from Avitars and be able to have them Do different things . Say Belly dance but it is several of the animations rather than one. As I said so far it has been all trial and error. I do like the idea of being able to control them. I have a Genie bottle that I can create a copy of my Avi and rezz her but Can't do anything else' She "Breathes " but that is about it. I picked up the Action NPC thing yesterday and the NPC appearance card maker. I THOUGHT I had it all figured out but back to square 1 *sighs
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The other system I mentioned which is just a bunch of scripts from outworldz will allow you to generate the appearance from your avatar, then using the inbuilt recorder you can make it walk from where it spawns to a location then play animations or sit on objects. You can program it to say things, and change its outfit if you made more then one appearance note card.
You could make it walk into a changing room, then change into a new outfit, then walk back out and do something else.
When you have recorded a list if things for it to do, I will put the list in a note card and you can then see how the commands work, and add some more without having to rerecord the whole thing. All the commands were on the website i linked to.
in the end I found it easier to just write out the note card manually if it didn't involve making a path to walk along.
I ultimately ended up using the chat command script to listen for commands, and made a script say things to control the NPC. I made a script with a sensor to detect when an avatar was nearby and the script would say a bunch of commands to make the NPC do stuff.
NPC's are frustrating to figure out, but its quite satisfying when you finally get them to do things in a convincing manor.
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You could make it walk into a changing room, then change into a new outfit, then walk back out and do something else.
When you have recorded a list if things for it to do, I will put the list in a note card and you can then see how the commands work, and add some more without having to rerecord the whole thing. All the commands were on the website i linked to.
in the end I found it easier to just write out the note card manually if it didn't involve making a path to walk along.
I ultimately ended up using the chat command script to listen for commands, and made a script say things to control the NPC. I made a script with a sensor to detect when an avatar was nearby and the script would say a bunch of commands to make the NPC do stuff.
NPC's are frustrating to figure out, but its quite satisfying when you finally get them to do things in a convincing manor.
It is all so very interesting. I love learning new things. This that you are speaking of now sounds like what I am looking for. I need several NPC's all different But that is just my Avi changing. Different themes, Holidays and what have you.
Thank you so much :)
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Thank you so much :)
I have messed around with two different NPC systems. One is quite user friendly and the other is a more hands on script level system.
I found both to be great, but it depends on your needs and skills.
The user Friendly system can be found on the opensimworld region here: hg.osgrid.org:80:OpenSimWorld
With it you can lay down interconnected way point markers and give the way points names. You can then get the NPC's to walk to any way point and interact with stuff. Great for having NPC's wandering around. It supports multiple NPC's at once, though i noticed the more you have the slower they respond to commands.
The other system is a bunch of scripts from the outworldz script library. https://www.outworldz.com/cgi/freescripts.plx?ID=27
To get started just get the NPC Recorder Script V5.2.lsl and follow the instructions here: https://www.outworldz.com/Opensim/posts/NPC/
There are other scripts there to add functionality, and if you know a bit about scripting you can make a script to command the NPC to do pretty much anything.
If anyone knows of any other NPC controllers out there I would be interested to know too.
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I found both to be great, but it depends on your needs and skills.
The user Friendly system can be found on the opensimworld region here: hg.osgrid.org:80:OpenSimWorld
With it you can lay down interconnected way point markers and give the way points names. You can then get the NPC's to walk to any way point and interact with stuff. Great for having NPC's wandering around. It supports multiple NPC's at once, though i noticed the more you have the slower they respond to commands.
The other system is a bunch of scripts from the outworldz script library. https://www.outworldz.com/cgi/freescripts.plx?ID=27
To get started just get the NPC Recorder Script V5.2.lsl and follow the instructions here: https://www.outworldz.com/Opensim/posts/NPC/
There are other scripts there to add functionality, and if you know a bit about scripting you can make a script to command the NPC to do pretty much anything.
If anyone knows of any other NPC controllers out there I would be interested to know too.
yes I think so. The massive instruction note card should tell you how it works.
I think you have to rez a peg/way point/marker thingy, then rez another, then you have to touch them in the correct order to join them. You keep adding and joining until you end up building a kind of web of points that have particles joining the allowable paths between all the markers you placed. At some points in the process you can type a name to label a marker. if setup correctly you can tell the NPC to go to any of the marker names and it will work out the best path to take to get there. It should generate a note card with all the markers listed so you can edit the names in there.
It is a little confusing, but when it is setup properly it works quite well. I has been about a year since i mapped out my sim with it, so i have probably not explained it properly, but hopefully you get the idea.
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I think you have to rez a peg/way point/marker thingy, then rez another, then you have to touch them in the correct order to join them. You keep adding and joining until you end up building a kind of web of points that have particles joining the allowable paths between all the markers you placed. At some points in the process you can type a name to label a marker. if setup correctly you can tell the NPC to go to any of the marker names and it will work out the best path to take to get there. It should generate a note card with all the markers listed so you can edit the names in there.
It is a little confusing, but when it is setup properly it works quite well. I has been about a year since i mapped out my sim with it, so i have probably not explained it properly, but hopefully you get the idea.
It is making a bit more sense Thank you ( I understood "Thingy" ) LOL Seriously though Thank you .
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