Scriptable Entities Design

This desing realize the Scriptable Entities functionality.

Player Use Cases

Hire NPC

Player target npc and enter "/hire" or selecting the Hire Icon from the Context Menu (See Context Menu Design). This open the Hire NPC Dialog where the user can:

• Select services
• See the price for hiring
• Determine the length of the Hire
• Create/Edit Custom Dialogues (See the Script Hired NPC use case for details.)

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Select Service

Select service needed from a list of services.

• Guard
• Buy/Sell
• Custom Dialogue

Script Hired NPC

Hired NPCs can be scripted. User open the Hire NPC Dialog to enter new scripts for the NPC.

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Extend Hire

Opening the hire dialog enable the Hiring Player to extend the hire period and pay the extra fee.

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Define Locations

Enable the Hire to define locations used when scripting their hired NPCs. This would be Work Locations and Guard Locations.

To decide: Should this be implemented through the /location command? Enabling players to define locations, might need some kind of association so that when character/guild is deleted the location is deleted as well.

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Release NPC

A NPC that is no longer needed can be released. This will be done from the Hire dialog.

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Interact with Hired NPC

Using the NPC Dialogue to interact with the NPC. Custom NPC Dialogues provides the input.

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Buy/Sell

Using the standard interface to sell and buy stuff from NPCs.

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NPC Use Cases

Guard

Perform Guard duties. Pre-programmed guard action. Player select working hours, working position, a number of check points and interval for checking thous.

NPC dialogue

Through Quest script syntax with user safe commands enabling custom scripts to be crated for the NPC.

Buy/Sell

NPC can sell and buy either personal or guild items. Using the standard trade frontend with the trading character.

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