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Week of June 15th, 2009

Topics:

• Getting Help

  • The "Assistance" windows
  • The Lexicon
  • The Forums
• Variables

  • Type-casting and the types
  • Conventions
  • Constants
• Who Dun' It?

  • Who Spoke?
  • Who Used the Placeable?
  • Who Activated the Item?
  • Who Crossed the Trigger? Who Entered the Area?
  • Was it a Player? a DM?
• Creating Objects

  • Preparing the Object
    • The Resref
    • The Object Type
  • At a Waypoint
    • Find the Waypoint
    • Find the Location
  • Where the player is
    • Find the Location
  • Create the Object
    • Deciding on a Tag
    • Spawning in the Object
    • Doing Things to the Object after Creation
• Tracking Variables

  • Local Variables
  • Persistent Variables
• Some Useful Scripts

  • Making Changes to the Avatar When It Enters the Game
  • Fiddling with the Avatar's Inventory
  • Destroying the Inventory Items
  • Destroying "Non-Destroyable" Items
  • Taking Gold From the Player
  • Giving Gold To the Player
  • Giving General Inventory Items to the Player
  • Giving Equipable Items and Forcing an Equip Action
  • Random Walk

Homework: Dungeon and Quest

Week of June 7th, 2009

Topics:

• Items

  • Properties
  • Building your own items
  • How to make an item have a conversation.
• Creatures

  • Properties
  • Building your own
• Triggers

  • Choosing the right one
  • Drawing a trigger
  • Trigger Properties
  • Trigger Events and Scripting Preview
  • Examples of Trigger Use
• Waypoints

  • Waypoint Properties
  • Waypoint Directions
  • Uses for Waypoints
  • Scripting Preview
  • How to Set Up a Patrol Route
• Conversations

  • How they're used
  • The basic tree.
  • Branching
  • Links (or "Loop backs")
  • Tokens: Built-in and Custom
  • Colorizing the Text
  • Including Other Speakers
  • "Actions Taken" and other events
  • Conditional Nodes
• The Journal

  • Categories
  • Entries
  • Updating the Journal through Conversations
  • Updating the Journal through Scripting
• How to Test Your Mod

  • The Build Module Option.
  • The Real Way
  • The Test Module Option

Homework:

• Areas

  • Area Properties
  • Module Properties
• Tiles

  • Tile Properties
• Names

  • Blueprint / Resref
  • Tag
  • Display Name
• Doors

  • Door Properties
  • Transitions between doors
  • How to make a door close itself
  • How to have a transition without a door
• Placeables

  • Placeable properties
  • Spawning placeables.
  • How to stack placeables
  • How to have a placeable hold a conversation
• Events

Homework:

May 27, 2009

Topics

• Book and Software Requirements
• Dungeons & Dragons
• Neverwinter Nights
• Resources
• Hiding Those Movies!