Chat how-to up on wiki

[yufra]

The link for "Chats: Beyond Hack and Slash" on the wiki how-to page taunted me as I passed through yesterday, and since I had just spent some time using the Chat code for my module I decided to write a guide. Let me know if there are any issues with it, or simply edit the wiki yourself. Cheers!

[darkgod]

Well done Sir Knight!

[Shoob]

hmmm, I suppose I could write up a guide on how to randomize chats too (makes the game more variable). though I dont know how much time I have to do that.

if you want to know how to do that just use

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 greeting = {"Hi", "Hello", "Good day", "Bonjour", "Greetings"}
hope = {"hope", "trust", "see", "perceive"}

and then to call it:

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newChat{ id="hello",
    text = rng.table(greeting) .. " @playername@! I " .. rng.table(hope) .. " your quest goes well.",
    answers = {
         {rng.table(greeting) .. "!"},
    },
}

notice the use of rng.table(foo) to pick a random string and the use of ".." to combine the strings.

[yufra]

I like the randomization Shoob!