** Teacher mobs help file V1.1 ** 8/11/99 -Rikuo ** ** -- NOTE FROM SHALLA -- ** -- NOTE FROM SHALLA -- ** ** 2003-02-08 ** ** This file is UGLY AS SIN, and we don't do teachers like this at all ** anymore. If you want to make a teacher, read how mobprogs work. Or ** better yet, ask a builder (or me) to send you some example teacher code ** you can cut and paste. ** ** Please ignore this file. I am only leaving it here because it is so ** horrible that I can't bear to read it long enough to double-check that ** there's nothing important in it. ** ** Thanks. ** ** -- NOTE FROM SHALLA -- ** -- NOTE FROM SHALLA -- TEACHERS.TXT INDEX: 1......First Steps 2......Teacher Guidelines 3......Format 3.1....Submission Format 4......Examples 4.1....Oracle 1......First Steps ----------------------------------------------------------------- Get the builder docs, and read them. For teachers mobs, the only files you will not need to know how to do are the .wld files, the .shp files, and possibly the .obj files, depending on whether you plan to have the teachers wearing original objects. 2......Teacher Guidelines ----------------------------------------------------------------- First thing to do is think of a concept for the mob you are going to build, based on the skill that the mob will teach, and the location in the world that the mob will reside in. Examples of this are a huge battle scarred orc in the swamps east of Moraelin, that teaches berserk. Or a knight at his camp near Dunsane, who offers to teach parry. Find a good spot in the world for the teacher of the skill and record the room vnum. Make a mob using the rules found in mobile.txt. Additional guidelines for making the mob are these: The mob should make sense in terms of what skill it will teach. Make it suited to the area that it will be teaching a skill in. DO NOT make it agro. DO NOT make it no-kill. For most teachers make them stationary, but wandering teachers are good where appropriate. Mob stats dont matter a great deal, but if you plan on the mob loading equipment also, make sure its not too easy for what it loads. 3......Format ----------------------------------------------------------------- To make a mob teach a skill to someone, make a quest file entry for the mob you want to teach something. QST ENTRY FORMAT: comments in <> brackets are not part of the qst entry. #20060 <mob vnum> 20060 <mob vnum> 0 <bitvector for whether the mob vanishes after the quest. for most teachers this should be 0. use your own judgement> ~ <text the mob says at the end of the quest. in general it doesnt look very good, so try not to use it> $n smiles happily.~ <message done at the end of a quest. do something noncommital. this is shown whether or not they can learn the skill> M <M denotes a trigger/reply entry> 0 <said out loud or only to the person. 1 is private> teach~ <trigger text> For 10 gold I will teach you how to sap people!~ <text the mob says when it sees the trigger text> R <R denotes the start of a required type entry> 0 <give type. 0=gold 1=object> 10 <amount of gold or the vnum of the object> Thanks buddy.~ <message said by the mob when given the correct required type/amount> G <G denotes the start of a give type entry> 6 <give type. 6=skill/spell> 256 <skill/spell number> E <E denotes the start of a random emote entry. These are not required.> $n says 'Hello there!' <text emoted by the mob> 3.1......Submission Format --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Format rikuo wants these in: Rikuo should give you a list of skills to make teachers for, a list of mob vnums, and a general area in the world that the mob should reside. Put the entries in a file in this format: ------------------------------------------------------ Your name Date Zone commands to load the mobs and any eq they should have. i.e. M 0 22601 1 22005 *load the mob 22601 in room 22005 Mob entries E 1 1230 1 0 *load a torch on last loaded mob in the wear_torch slot Quest entries Object entries (if any) ------------------------------------------------------ name the file as your name, with the number of the assignment this is for you, with the suffix tch. Ex: rikuo1.tch ------------------------------------------------------ 4.......Examples Teacher mob qst entry examples: #19729 19729 0 ~ ~ M 0 hello~ Hrm, hello there, what do you want? Are you another little person looking to learn?~ M 0 teach~ If you bring me something, I will try to teach you how to become yell and become enraged in battle.~ M 0 yell~ Yes, I can teach how to enrage yourself in battle with a focused yell. Only those who truly exalt in battle can I teach.~ M 0 battlecry~ Yes, I can teach how to enrage yourself in battle with a focused yell. Only those who truly exalt in battle can I teach.~ M 0 something~ I need a helmet, if you can bring me the helm worn by the leader of the rebels, I will teach you.~ R 1 19711 ~ G 6 134 #20101 20101 0 ~ ~ M 0 hello~ *Grunt* Are you here to learn from me?~ M 0 yes~ Alright, for 500 coins I will teach you berserk.~ M 0 learn~ Alright, for 500 coins I will teach you berserk~ R 0 500 ~ G 6 130 #19718 19718 0 ~ ~ M 0 hello~ Are you interested in learning from me?~ M 0 yes~ ok, for 20000 coins I will teach you lore~ R 0 20000 ~ G 6 267 #19719 19719 0 ~ ~ M 0 hello~ Are you interested in learning from me?~ M 0 yes~ ok, for 1000 coins I will teach you scout~ R 0 1000 ~ G 6 266 #19722 19722 0 ~ ~ M 0 hello~ Hmm, what a tasty looking morsal you are... Too bad I just ate. Hrm, what could you be here for? Are you interested in learning from me?~ M 0 yes~ I see... Then for two hundred thousand coins I will teach you the major globe spell.~ R 0 200000 ~ G 6 114 #2600 2600 0 ~ ~ M 0 hello~ Hi there! If your interested, I can teach you something usefull.~ M 0 interested~ Alright! Ill teach you how to lunge in battle if you bring me a mug of ale.~ M 0 teach~ Alright! Ill teach you how to lunge in battle if you bring me a mug of ale.~ R 1 2633 ~ G 6 199 #2687 2687 0 ~ ~ M 0 hello~ Greeting. Ive been everywhere and learned many things. Are you interested in learning from me?~ M 0 yes~ ok, for 500 coins I will teach you block~ R 0 500 ~ G 6 69 #2663 2663 0 ~ ~ M 0 hello~ Eh? Hello there, what you be wantin with Granny Ogg?~ M 0 teach~ Teach you? Well I suppose I could... If you pay me 500 coins I could teach you the restore sight spell.~ R 0 500 ~ G 6 14 #22643 22601 0 ~ ~ M 0 hello~ Hello stranger, my name is Jara~ M 0 stranger~ Bah!! Don't be surprised, I don't fear strangers.~ M 0 fear~ Fear? Of course not. I am confident in my abilities~ M 0 abilities~ My abilities? Well, I have many, but my most renown is the ability to inspire my comrades in battle.~ M 0 inspire~ It's really simple actually, I cry out to the gods in my strongest voice and that seems to inspire everyone on my side in the battle.~ M 0 cry~ Yes i believe you may call it a battlecry. I like you, therefore i might consider teaching you to battlecry.~ M 0 teach~ Yes, all you have to provide is 50000 coins to help rebuild my childhood training center. Surely you can spare such an for this vast knowledge!~ R 0 50000 As you Cry to inspire your comrads, may you will also inspire youself to noble deeds~ G 6 134 E $n looks at you, stretches her arms and yawns~ #22644 22602 0 ~ ~ M 0 hello~ Ugh. You disgust me!~ M 0 disgust~ What do you expect? You're a weakling! I bet you'd meet Death when the first sword comes your way. You need some serious help.~ M 0 help~ Oh! Groveling, that suits you well! But you wont get any help from me unless you pay a price first~ M 0 price~ All you have to do to prove to me that I should help you is to bring me a trophy to prove you fight to further the evil in the world.~ M 0 trophy~ Yes i believe if you raid a town on the shores of Rhun and return to me with a surcoat of the local militia I will teach you how to block. That might just help you keep your head attached to your body.~ R 1 1915 May you live long enough to kill more followers of the false gods than I have!~ G 6 69 E $n scoffs at your presence~ #22645 22603 0 ~ ~ M 0 hello~ Greetings, how can i be of service.~ M 0 service~ Well I try to help out weaker adventurers like yourself, maybe I can help you with your fighting skills.~ M 0 skills~ It is true that i don't know many fighting skills that will help you vanquish your foes, but i can teach you a skill that will help you from getting killed.~ M 0 teach~ I will teach you how to properly use your shield to repel blows that would otherwise kill you. All you have to do is bring me a shield made of silver from a follower of the Order of the Crescent.~ R 1 7615 Use your head and a shield will not let you down. G 6 69 E $n swings a massive shield around as if blocking unseen blows.~ #22646 22604 0 ~ ~ M 0 hello~ Greetings you uncouth, unskilled, rogue.~ M 0 rogue~ You have no honor in a battle. You are no better than a common criminal with a sharp object in your grubby hands.~ M 0 honor~ True honor in battle comes from taking on foes on an even battlefield and besting them on their own terms. Charging a much larger opponent truly demonstrates your heart and courage.~ M 0 charge~ To charge is an art form. You must be nimble, strong, skillful and above all, fearless. I think i might just show you how it's done. If nothing else I will get a laugh from seeing one as pathetic as you attempt such a refined skill. But there will be a price.~ M 0 price~ Of course there's a price, I will not give you knowledge for nothing. I demand the token sum of 25000 coins for this skill. R 0 25000 Remember if you fail the skill, as you most certainly will, you must recover quickly or all is lost for you. G 6 53 E $n looks at you and quickly dismisses you as a threat.~ #22647 22605 0 ~ ~ M 0 hello~ Greetings friend. What can I do for you? Perhaps you wish for me to teach you something?~ M 0 teach~ I can teach you how to charge at your opponents while in battle to suprise them and inflict great damamge upon them.~ M 0 charge~ I can teach you how to charge if you are worthy. You must have a lust for battle and my fee, which is 1000 gold coins.~ R 0 1000 ~ G 6 53 #22648 22606 0 ~ ~ M 0 hello~ Bah, another nosey adventurer. Well, what do you want? Can't you see I'm a busy man? Either state your request or be off with you, I don't have time to waste on the likes of you.~ M 0 teach~ Oh sure, another one. Yea, I can teach you. I can give you knowledge of the ability to circle your victim in combat, and then plant your dagger deep within his spine. Of course, this kind of training is going to cost you.~ M 0 circle~ By circling your opponent in combat you gain a bit of surprise and are sometimes able to stab them in a vulnerable spot. But this knowledge is not without a cost.~ M 0 cost~ Ahh, to the point. I like that in a person. Well, if you really want to learn there is something you can do for me. I have a contract for the slaying of the prince of Glennwood. If you can bring me proof that he is dead it will save me a great deal of time, and I will teach you how to circle.~ M 0 proof~ How should I know what kind of proof to bring. His head, his whole corpse, whatever suits you. I do think he has a royal signet ring that he has vowed never to remove. That should do as well.~ R 1 31409 ~ G 6 133 #22649 22607 0 ~ ~ M 0 hello~ Hail friend and well met! Have you come to best the unbeatable Emerald Knight? Or perhaps you would like for me to teach you something of what I have learned over the years?~ M 0 teach~ Of course, of course! I am skilled in all forms of combat, but perhaps my specialty is finding my opponent's weaknesses and exploiting them buy striking in those areas. The skill of using a critical hit against your foe is a deadly one.~ M 0 critical hit~ I'd be glad to teach you how to strike your foe in a weak spot, but first I require you to accomplish a task to prove yourself worthy of such a boon.~ M 0 task prove~ Very well. Bring me the severed head of a gorgon and I shall teach you all I know.~ R 1 31606 ~ G 6 198 4.1......Oracle File Format -------------------------------------------------------------- - Note from Rall: This was posted on the builder board by Llwyst, but I thought it prudent to add this to the builder docs as well. Llwyst Writes: I've re-written the oracle so that it now reads from a text file (lib/text/oracle) instead of out of the code. This means that Danar or I will no longer need to be around for the oracle to get updated. The format of the file is as follows: M Number Teacher message~ ... $$~ where Number = the sinfo number of the skill/spell the message is what you want the oracle to say, note that he'll automatically start w/: Ah the (skill/spell) of 'name'. To make a carriage return, use #N