OK so I've created my character. He won't attack me and I have a patrol for him to follow. He moves from point A through a few markers up until an idle marker where hopefully he will say some dialogue. Problem is, when I start the game and open up the map, He's already in the final position.

I guess what I'm looking for is either:

a) a way to spawn the NPC at my command
b) a way to freeze all NPCs and their patrols until I issue a command that starts them all at once.

Also, is there a way to reset my characters start position from inside the map?


I'll probably be asking a lot of stupid basic questions on these forums. Thanks for helping.

Just put a condition on the package, like GetGlobalValue. Make a global, set it as needed, use EvaluatePackage to force them to pick a package.

I'm confused by almost everything you said.

To ellaborate...

By adding a condition to your packages, you can control when they start. As TTT said, if you define a global variable then use the value of that variable in a condition you place on your package, you can set the value of that global from within the console and then call the 'evalutepackage' or 'evp' command to get the NPC to start a specific package at the time you want them to.

So, lets say you make a global called MyNPCPackage. Then you can add a condition to your package(s) that uses the GetGlobalValue condition and have it evaluate true when the varibale equals 1. You could put the same condition on another package with the condition evaluating true when the variable equals 2, and so on. Then in the game, if you set the value of MyNPCPackage to 1 and then call an evp on the NPC, he will start to perform the first package. If you then set MyNPCpackage to 2 and call an evp on the NPC, he will start to perform the second package, and so on.

OK very cool. Thank you so much. So is there a way to bind keys in Fallout 3? If I could bind a key to each action I can time it in game.

OK very cool. Thank you so much. So is there a way to bind keys in Fallout 3? If I could bind a key to each action I can time it in game.

I've just released a tutorial on doing just this, using FOSE's http://fose.silverlock.org/fose_command_doc.html#IsKeyPressed function. If binding keys to scripted actions is what you're interested in, then check it out - http://www.cipscis.com/fallout/tutorials/detecting_keypresses.aspx

Cipscis

Cipscis, has anyone told you lately that you friggin rock?
Thanks!