Is this right?

'To the right, there are a few empty fields, with the words add topic above them. DO NOT use this to add topics. There is a bug in the CS that makes multiple mods that add topics that way conflict, so they won't work. Instead, go to the result script and type: "addtopic blahblahblah" without the brackets.

You should not add topics to dialog using the addtopic box?

This is true. However, the bug only exists in the 'GREETINGS' topic as far as I know. Or maybe other topics as well, but the GREETINGS topic is the only vanilla topic that is commonly used by modders and that people also like to use to add new topics sometimes.

You can use the addtopic box for your own topics, there shouldn't be any possibilities for conflicts there.

So if a greeting needs to add a topic, you need to add something like this to the result script:

AddTopic YourTopicID

Whew! Thanks for explaining. Btw, great tutorial.

While I am here, I haven't set up a custom greeting yet. I seem to recall you had to do it in a round about way to avoid further bugs. Anyone able to give a quick few lines on making a custom greeting, please.

I need my NPC to say a line when the player goes near them, not when they engage in conversation.

That's the HELLO topic I believe. But that would have to be voiced if you want the player to notice.


Nothing special as far as I know. You create a new quests, then add the topic GREETING to it, then add new dialogue to that topic. As long as you don't edit something like the topic title of GREETING there shouldn't be any problems.

Thanks!