Can i add an NPC to a CS?

**Cendrillion** · 10-01-2012, 06:09 PM

Hello again mates, my question is this: Can i add NPC's? im thinking about making flashbacks where i run an in-game-video with conversations betwen 2 characters, can i do that?

**EXAWOLT** · 10-01-2012, 06:39 PM

you can add new entitys to amnesia, but when its about people its not as simple. they need to have special functions for movement and stuff

**Robby** · 10-01-2012, 06:41 PM

You'll need advanced AI for that. I think.

Animations and all that.... That's going to take quite a while, but it is possible.

**Obliviator27** · 10-03-2012, 02:44 AM

(10-01-2012, 06:09 PM)Cendrillion Wrote: Hello again mates, my question is this: Can i add NPC's? im thinking about making flashbacks where i run an in-game-video with conversations betwen 2 characters, can i do that?

Short answer: Yes.

Long Answer: Entirely possible, but it's not going to be easy.
You'll need to do animations. And HPL is not kind when it comes to animations.
The process will involve creating a model, rigging it with a skeleton, and then animating and importing into HPL. A long process, but if you can pull it off, go for it.

**FlawlessHappiness** · 10-03-2012, 06:27 AM

You could make an invisible NPC! As if he is behind something that you can't open, like a locked door. So he speaks through the door.

**nemesis567** · 10-05-2012, 08:04 PM

(10-03-2012, 06:27 AM)beecake Wrote: You could make an invisible NPC! As if he is behind something that you can't open, like a locked door. So he speaks through the door.

That in modern games = big pile of shit.

**Robby** · 10-05-2012, 08:06 PM

(10-03-2012, 06:27 AM)beecake Wrote: You could make an invisible NPC! As if he is behind something that you can't open, like a locked door. So he speaks through the door.

Well, why make an invisible NPC if you won't even get to see the NPC? Just add a shadow, and you're good to go with that. No need to do extra workload.

**nemesis567** · 10-06-2012, 03:47 PM

(10-05-2012, 08:49 PM)Robosprog Wrote:
(10-05-2012, 08:04 PM)nemesis567 Wrote:
(10-03-2012, 06:27 AM)beecake Wrote: You could make an invisible NPC! As if he is behind something that you can't open, like a locked door. So he speaks through the door.
That in modern games = big pile of shit.

Good thing this is a mod then, hmm?

It all comes down to what you pretend to achieve.

And of course that no NPCs at all isn't any better.