An allied/neutral NPC that can follow the player around ?

[Petike the Taffer]

I'm slowly working on the concept and plot of my first FM. As it would be my debut, I'd prefer to make it a simple and small enough mission, just to learn the ropes. However, I do want to liven it up a bit by some of the smaller-scale design choices.

 

The downside is that it would require certain NPC/AI behaviour in order to be convincing. I know of the wiki articles on setting the alignment of NPCs to the player, but my question is for a subset of that topic.

 

Specifically, I want to ask if it is possible to set a single NPC's behaviour to not only be neutral/allied with the player character, but be able to follow/wait for the player character when he gives the command ?

 

By command, I mean maybe the player carrying some item in the inventory that, when pressed, activates a script that toggles the allied NPC's behaviour betweem "wait: and "follow". Also, the NPC should start to follow the player only after they meet.

Edited January 29, 2015 by Petike the Taffer

[Airship Ballet]

Yeah, Kyyrma did that exact thing here. I imagine you'll want to ask him any questions you have, but reverse-engineering that map should show you how to do it.

[Petike the Taffer]

Yeah, Kyyrma did that exact thing here. I imagine you'll want to ask him any questions you have, but reverse-engineering that map should show you how to do it.

 

Thank you, AirshipBallet, that's a great find. I'll look into it.

 

If anyone has any other tips regarding this topic that might not be already covered on the forums, feel free to post here. I'm all ears.