Brothel

Mona has been fixed, to add Brothel entering abilities


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FILE:
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http://members.cox.net/dhoom/00213mona.dlg

PLACE IN:
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.\data\dlg\



CHANGE-LOG (aka Readme.txt):
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TRIGGER in MONA.DLG for 1st time Communication.
{22}{I was wondering about that building behind you. What is it?}{}{1}{}{130}{}

New Path:

{130}{The Brothel?! Surely you don't mean to go in THERE!}{The Brothel?! A Woman should not go in that place!}{}{}{}{}
{131}{It's a Brothel? Why yes... [grin]... Yes I am going in there... to... uh... look at the pictures.}{}{8}{}{0}{game.fade_and_teleport(0,0,0,5057,480,480)}
{132}{Eh? Me go to place. Me want action, and me want action NOW.}{}{-7}{}{0}{game.fade_and_teleport(0,0,0,5057,480,480)}
{133}{No ma'am. I'm not going in there. By the way, I'm @pcname@. Who did you say you were, again?}{}{8}{}{40}{}
{134}{Naw. Me go someplace dif-ernt. Who you be? I forget. You tell @pcname@ again?}{}{-7}{}{40}{}

TRIGGER in MONA.DLG for consecutive communications.

{478}{What did you say that building was behind you? I forgot}{}{1}{}{130}{}


NEW PATH:
{530}{Like I told you before, it's a Brothel.}{}{}{}{}{}
{531}{It's a Brothel? Hmmm... [grins]... I think I'll go see if they need any... uh... help.}{}{8}{}{0}{game.fade_and_teleport(0,0,0,5057,480,480)}
{532}{Eh? Me go to place. Me want action, and me want action NOW.}{}{-7}{}{0}{game.fade_and_teleport(0,0,0,5057,480,480)}
{533}{No ma'am. I'm not going in there.}{}{8}{}{470}{}
{534}{Naw. Me go someplace dif-ernt.}{}{-7}{}{470}{}


Basically, I added new line that splits off to ask if they want to go into the brothel,
teleports them there if they say yes, and if they say no, drops them back into normal
conversation with Mona.

 

Do you need to start a new game to use it?

 

It should work right off the bat.

 

I might suggesting adding another entry point here:

{411}{I was wondering about that building behind you. What is it?}{}{1}{}{130}{}


Since I've done the quest, and had her read my future, I couldn't get to the entry point. This one works fine for me.

Thanks for providing the way in!

 

You need to repeat the brothel entry lines at the other conversation start points - {400} at a minimum, maybe
others, so that people can still get into the brothel
after they retrieve the Orb.

 

picked up the file @ 10:58 PM. Any changes made to it after this point let me know.

 

Yeah, looking at the .py file I see which I missed - I'm fixing it now.

 

ALright post here when you update the files..

 

ok.. I caught them all...

I left one conversation hook alone, and that's where you return her orb to her -- you'd have to have talked to her at least once to get the quest so you'd have had to Brothel option already, and this hook only shows up the one time you have the orb. After you give it to her (or kill her.. heh), it goes to a hook that has Brothel Abilities...

I've updated the file on my site.

 

This is all very cool, Dhoom, and kudos on getting the brothel to work! But do you think that you will eventually be able to link the brothel normally, as in with a door? It works just fine as it is, but it doesn't seem... polished.

 

Get me a map editor, and I can polish a turd.

Seriously, until we can edit the map files, adding doors is beyond our abilities... as is adding NPCs, creatures, etc...

Until then, we can only tweak.... we can't 'create'.

 

Well I wasn't refering to the graphical elements. The overhang on the brothel is dark enough that you can't notice the door, or lack thereof. Wouldn't adding the little icon of a door that's clickable be a programming element?

 

File picked up at 12:25 pm

 

I just ran through the whole thing (the eariler posted version with the {411} tag thrown in. Everything worked okay, even though I am quite far into the game with the save I used.

I was able to ahem use all the services, complete the girl-girl quest (damn, I didn't double check the roll history to see if I got xp for it) and recruit Rianna (did I get the name right?).

(Rianna is a high dex thief that starts at 2nd level. I took her down to Hommlet to loot the Jeweler's House, and she took quite a bit of loot from the chest... might have been all the loot but I didn't want to go through the resulting combat with the jeweler to find out)

A couple three or four issues:
1) I was able to start the quest involving Mickey. Mickey unfortunately has disappeared since I finished the first quest involving him - he's not at the braumeisters or in nulb no matter what time of day it is, so I can't finish the quest.
2) Asking the madam for Rianna after the first time gives the standard "pay/don't pay" option. If you pay, you are teleported outside.
3) Asking to the madam to "just sleep" teleports you outside. Should it work like the other inns where you pay and can stay that night?
4) All of the "get it on" options teleport you outside... seems like a fade-out/fade-in would be better. Maybe have an hour or five pass (hey, I'm an optimist! )
5) Kind of silly: Is there a way to change the NPC portraits? All of the brothel girls have the same portrait. This wouldn't be a big deal, but it's the same portrait as my party leader. Sort of creepy. From a geeky roleplaying sense, all my other PCs were giving my leader strange looks from then on

 

Writing up the readme/Release notes is taking longer than expected..

Change/Fix as much as you will.. I can check back in an hour or so, and pick up a newer file if needed.