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Klauss: /* ADDING CONVERSATIONS */ Added notes about speech variations

2012-10-13T20:55:17Z

‎ADDING CONVERSATIONS: Added notes about speech variations

Nikai: /* ADDING CONVERSATIONS */ added link to SVN

2010-07-17T08:10:55Z

‎ADDING CONVERSATIONS: added link to SVN

pyramid: /* ADDING CONVERSATIONS */

2008-03-15T01:52:18Z

‎ADDING CONVERSATIONS

Pirx at 17:48, 28 May 2005

2005-05-28T17:48:53Z

Pirx: some code and pre tags

2005-03-31T17:12:38Z

some code and pre tags

Pirx: fixed nav-links

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eddit at 08:11, 29 March 2005

2005-03-29T08:11:02Z

202.50.187.13: /* ADDING CONVERSATIONS */

2005-03-24T05:08:02Z

‎ADDING CONVERSATIONS

202.50.187.13 at 02:44, 23 March 2005

2005-03-23T02:44:02Z

202.50.187.13 at 02:33, 23 March 2005

2005-03-23T02:33:22Z

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	Notice all of the comments in the file. There is one starting node where conversations begin. Then the starting node has edges which go the starting points, and the one closest to the current relationship is started at. The starting points go to Other Nodes, which can reference Starting Points or other Other Nodes., but the starting node is never actually used in a conversation. There is another set of nodes which must be at the end. They are built-in, so will always be the same, but you may want to change what they say when one, for example wants to request clearance. You may also want to change where they point to.		Notice all of the comments in the file. There is one starting node where conversations begin. Then the starting node has edges which go the starting points, and the one closest to the current relationship is started at. The starting points go to Other Nodes, which can reference Starting Points or other Other Nodes., but the starting node is never actually used in a conversation. There is another set of nodes which must be at the end. They are built-in, so will always be the same, but you may want to change what they say when one, for example wants to request clearance. You may also want to change where they point to.

		+	===Adding multiple variations to a node===
		+
		+	Besides the standard <code>text</code> and <code>sound</code>, you can specify alternative texts and sounds. To do so, you'd add <code>text<n></code> attributes, where <code><n></code> takes increasing numbers, starting from <code>1</code>. The bare <code>text</code> attribute is the zeroth variation, <code>text1</code> is number 1, etc...
		+
		+	Then, inside the node, you specify multiple <code>sound</code> entries, in the order specified for text. So the first <code>sound</code> entry goes to the zeroth variation, the second to the first variation, and so on.

	==How does it work?==		==How does it work?==

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 {{attention}}
-Conversation files are found in your communications directory. In a perfect world, there would be one xml file named for each major faction. But there isn't, so the conversation is taken from the <code>neutral.xml</code> file if the <code><factionname>.xml</code> file is not found.  {{Fixme}}''Add link to SVN''
+Conversation files are found in your communications directory. In a perfect world, there would be one xml file named for each major faction. But there isn't, so the conversation is taken from the <code>[http://vegastrike.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/vegastrike/trunk/data/communications/neutral.xml?content-type=text%2Fplain neutral.xml]</code> file if the <code><factionname>.xml</code> file is not found.
 A quick sample file;

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 {{attention}}
-Conversation files are found in your communications directory. In a perfect world, there would be one xml file named for each major faction. But there isn't, so the conversation is taken from the <code>neutral.xml</code> file if the <code><factionname>.xml</code> file is not found.  {{Fixme}}''Add link to CVS''
+Conversation files are found in your communications directory. In a perfect world, there would be one xml file named for each major faction. But there isn't, so the conversation is taken from the <code>neutral.xml</code> file if the <code><factionname>.xml</code> file is not found.  {{Fixme}}''Add link to SVN''
 A quick sample file;
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 From then on are <code><node></code>'s and <code><edge></code>'s.
-Nodes have two attributes: <code>text</code> and <code>relationship</code>. <code>relationship</code> is the amount that your freindliness with the other person/alien that you are talking to increases or decreases. Text is what you say. Inside the <code><node></code>'s are <code><edge><code> tags. They have an index attribute which gives an index to the other nodes that the conversation goes to. Nodes may also have a <code><sound></code> tag which gives a file for the sound filename and a <code>sex</code> attribute for the type of picture.
+Nodes have two attributes: <code>text</code> and <code>relationship</code>. <code>relationship</code> is the amount that your friendliness with the other person/alien that you are talking to increases or decreases. Text is what you say. Inside the <code><node></code>'s are <code><edge></code> tags. They have an index attribute which gives an index to the other nodes that the conversation goes to. Nodes may also have a <code><sound></code> tag which gives a file for the sound filename and a <code>sex</code> attribute for the type of picture.
-Notice all of the comments in the file. There is one starting node where conversations begin. Then the starting node has edges which go the starting points, and the one closest to the current relationship is started at. The starting points go to Other Nodes, which can reference Starting Points or other Other Nodes., but the starting node is never actually used in a conversation. There is another set of nodes which must be at the end. They are built-in, so will always be the same, but you may want to change what they say when one, for example wants to request clearence. You may also want to change where they point to.
+Notice all of the comments in the file. There is one starting node where conversations begin. Then the starting node has edges which go the starting points, and the one closest to the current relationship is started at. The starting points go to Other Nodes, which can reference Starting Points or other Other Nodes., but the starting node is never actually used in a conversation. There is another set of nodes which must be at the end. They are built-in, so will always be the same, but you may want to change what they say when one, for example wants to request clearance. You may also want to change where they point to.

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 {{NAV_Manual |
 | previous=[[HowTo:Add_Descriptions|Add Descriptions]]
-| up=[[HowTo]]
+| up=[[HowTos]]
 | next=[[HowTo:Edit faction relationships|Edit relationships]]
 }}
 ----
-= ADDING CONVERSATIONS =
+=ADDING CONVERSATIONS=
 {{attention}}
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-== How does it work? ==
+==How does it work?==
 I'll go through a sample conversation to show how this works.
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 </pre>
-== Summary ==
+==Summary==
 I hope that you now see how the conversations works. Please edit this wiki page to make the stuff clearer because it isn't actually very descriptive. Here are a few rules to go by:
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 * Do not make single choices have large effect on the other person (for example having a relationship of -1 so that a friendly guy terns into an angry guy. by saying one wrong thing of pressing the wrong key.
-= See also =
+=See also=
 ----
 {{NAV_Manual |
 | previous=[[HowTo:Add_Descriptions|Add Descriptions]]
-| up=[[HowTo]]
+| up=[[HowTos]]
 | next=[[HowTo:Edit faction relationships|Edit relationships]]
 }}
-[[Category:HowTo|Add Conversations]]
+[[Category:HowTos|Add Conversations]]
 [[Category:Development|Add Conversations]]

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 }}
 ----
-=ADDING CONVERSATIONS=
+= ADDING CONVERSATIONS =
 {{attention}}
-Conversation files are found in your communications directory. In a perfect world, there would be one xml file named for each major faction. But there isn't, so the conversation is taken from the neutral.xml file if the factionname.xml file is not found.  ''Add link to CVS''
+Conversation files are found in your communications directory. In a perfect world, there would be one xml file named for each major faction. But there isn't, so the conversation is taken from the <code>neutral.xml</code> file if the <code><factionname>.xml</code> file is not found.  {{Fixme}}''Add link to CVS''
 A quick sample file;
-* [[HowTo:Add_Conversations:Xml|communications/neutral.xml]]
+* [[HowTo:Add Conversations:Xml|communications/neutral.xml]]
-The file begins and ends with '''<comm>''' and '''</comm>'''
+The file begins and ends with <code>'''<comm>'''</code> and <code>'''</comm>'''</code>
-From then on are '''<node>''''s and '''<edge>''''s. Nodes have two attributes: text and relationship. relationship is the amount that your freindliness with the other person/alien that you are talking to increases or decreases. Text is what you say. Inside the '''<node>'''s are '''<edge>''' tags. They have an index attribute which gives an index to the other nodes that the conversation goes to. Nodes may also have a '''<sound>''' tag which gives a file for the sound filename and a sex attribute for the type of picture.
+From then on are <code><node></code>'s and <code><edge></code>'s.
 Notice all of the comments in the file. There is one starting node where conversations begin. Then the starting node has edges which go the starting points, and the one closest to the current relationship is started at. The starting points go to Other Nodes, which can reference Starting Points or other Other Nodes., but the starting node is never actually used in a conversation. There is another set of nodes which must be at the end. They are built-in, so will always be the same, but you may want to change what they say when one, for example wants to request clearence. You may also want to change where they point to.
-==How does it work?==
+== How does it work? ==
 I'll go through a sample conversation to show how this works.
 You are PERSON A (aera), who meets PERSON B (confed), the computer. B is a carrier. A targets B and, since you hate aera, you start with three choices on your comm screen:
 ) I hate you! <Node 5>
 ) Prepare to die! <Node 6>
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 ) I'm going to kill everyone you know, you traitor! <Node 3>
 ) Prepare to die! <Node 6>
-==Summary==
+== Summary ==
 I hope that you now see how the conversations works. Please edit this wiki page to make the stuff clearer because it isn't actually very descriptive. Here are a few rules to go by:
 * Use the same amount of choices in each faction conversation tree.
-* Use the same node numbers for each XML file so they make sense (Don't make node 5 in confed.xml say, "I love you," and node 5 in neutral say, "I'm going to kill everyone you know, you traitor!"
+* Use the same node numbers for each XML file so they make sense (Don't make node 5 in <code>confed.xml</code> say, "I love you," and node 5 in neutral say, "I'm going to kill everyone you know, you traitor!"
 * Make the better choices first and worse choices last (this makes it easier for people to quickly decide what to say.
 * Don't make more than 9 edges for a node, or else one may run out of keys on his/her keyboard, which is not good.
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 * Do not make single choices have large effect on the other person (for example having a relationship of -1 so that a friendly guy terns into an angry guy. by saying one wrong thing of pressing the wrong key.
-=See also=
+= See also =
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	[[Category:HowTo\|Add Conversations]]		[[Category:HowTo\|Add Conversations]]
		+	[[Category:Development\|Add Conversations]]

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 Conversation files are found in your communications directory. In a perfect world, there would be one xml file named for each major faction. But there isn't, so the conversation is taken from the neutral.xml file if the factionname.xml file is not found.  ''Add link to CVS''
-Here's a quick sample [[HowTo:Add_Comversations:XML|communications/neutral.xml]] file.
+Here's a quick sample [[HowTo:Add_Conversations:Xml|communications/neutral.xml]] file.
 The file begins and ends with '''<comm>''' and '''</comm>'''
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 | next=[[HowTo:Edit_Missions|Edit Missions]]
 }}