npcUtil.inc Functions
 
 

NPC_GetAllTemplateNames

Parameters
()
Name Type
This function has no parameters.
Explanation
Retrieves a list of all NPC templates in the shard's npcdesc.cfg files.
This includes packaged NPCs.
Return Values
Returns an array of strings.
 

NPC_GetNPCConfig

Parameters
(template)
Name Type
template Template info from NPC_ParseTemplateName().
Explanation
Retrieves a config elem for an NPC template.
Return Values
Config elem
 

NPC_ParseTemplateName

Parameters
(template_name)
Name Type
template_name Name of the npc template to load settings for.
If an NPC reference is used it will also load custom script settings set on it.
Explanation
Finds the appropriate npcdesc.cfg to load.

This enables NPCs to be placed in packages and not just the ::npcdesc file.
ReadConfigFile(":*:npcdesc") does not work in this case because packaged npcs have the package name at the begining of their .npctemplate member.
Reading the correct config file also helps to avoid possible elem name collisions. E.g. "rabbit" in two packages.
Return Values
Returns struct with the members: .package and .template