[WIP] My Rival

[myrmaad]

It sounds wonderful! I hope it blossoms.

[grond]

Thank you mymaad. It's resting comfortably on my desktop, waiting.

[RedDragonDreamer]

I'm so looking forward to this mod being finished, it sounds just no less than fantastic

[grond]

Thanks, RDD. I don't have enough time - in large enough chunks - to sit with this mod, and that's why it's not ready. I have a stable beta somewhere. I'll upload it again asap as the download links have died of old age...

[Cheeka]

I have to say this sounds awesome I'd love to try your beta

[grond]

I think I found it! broken link removed

The mod requires OBSE and PLUGGY! Thanks for the snack

[Cheeka]

I will give this a run through right away, thank you

[grond]

Let me know what you think, Cheeka, and anyone else who tries it out.

I'll make some decisions about this mod soon.

[InsanitySorrow]

Hmm sounds interesting, though I am more interested in the underside of the mod. OBSE and Pluggy eh, must be doing something rather complex

[grond]

O yes it's complex.

I use Pluggy arrays - one that hold the names of cells, the other holds Xmarkers I've dropped into each of those cells.

I use the Pluggy functions SetRefInArray and GetInArray in a script that was started by Kyoma at the CS Forum. His script didn't work, but it was a great template. I switched some things around and now there's an NPC that travels well, to almost every spot on the map.

What began as a 1300 line GetInCell script turned into a 75 line script that loops through two massive Pluggy arrays. 1200+ "SetRefInArray" lines for the two arrays...and now that the NPC travels, I'm going to change the script again ( ! ) so when the main quest starts the Rival will come looking for the PC.

Now the truly daunting task of combining dialogue with scripting to come up with an authentic person should begin, if I can talk myself into it.

Expandability was what I was aiming for with this. So there is the main file, an esm, and any new quests I will make can be esps. Then anyone will be able to make a "rival quest" mod.

[InsanitySorrow]

Wow, sounds really good , though why not switch to OBSE arrays and save yourself a dependancy, most of what pluggy offered is now offered by OBSE. Though the conversion may take more time than its worth

I like the idea of other users being able to make their own quest addons for this, I think it would really expand the mod and give the user a lot more to get stuck into

[grond]

I need to look into that - it'll keep me from having to do dialogue. For some reason, massaging code seems more fun to me than wrestling with the funky clunky dialogue system.

[InsanitySorrow]

I agree working with code is far better, I hate working with dialogue and try to avoid it at all times