Questions About The Quest Engine

NPC Definition - main

Description: Is this the description that is seen when an NPC is examined (assuming it is but you never know ;)

NPC Template: I am guessing that there may already be NPC templates in the complete tables. A nice touch on this page would be able to select the template by name from a list of already created templates, or to select its own definition.

Sector: The same suggestion here, a drop down list of existing sectors would be much easier to work with than typing in a name. Is the sector the zone (ie an area that is loaded from disk) or are sectors specifically named areas such as the temple or tavern?

Race and gender seem obvious enough, though it would be nice to have multiple selectors splitting the races up into the PC and various different NPC (monster) races.

Stats: Again easy enough but it would again be easier to use the page if a bit of javascript was created to prepopulate these with default setting and if the page indicated legitimate / typical ranges for each race. Another selector to have the stats (and HP, mana and exp) boxes prepopulated with values that reflected the difficulty level of the NPC would also be nice.

Spawn Rule: When set to 1 the NPC will exist in the world from the outset? When set to 0 the NPC's appearance will be triggered by some other event?

NPC Definition - skills

Seems obvious enough, though I don not know what Knowledge and Practice are for?

NPC Definition - traits

This is for adding specific textures etc to different parts of the NPC's model? Would be nice if there was one selector for each body part (this may already be the case since I can only see one option available).

NPC Definition - ka

I am guessing that Knowledge Areas are preconstructed responses that can be added to the character's definition. What is the priority rating for? Is this a setting that allows you to force the NPC to step through its ka's in order?

NPC Definition - items

Again, this bit seems clear enough but, how do you add a quest item to the NPC. Or are quest items only ever added to a PC's inventory, eg when a transaction trigger causes them to be placed there?

NPC Definition - trainer

Is faction specific to each NPC? Is faction relative to the NPC template of the NPC? How does faction work? Are there different factions?

NPC Definition - specific knowledge

This one is for adding NPOC knowledge that differs from the NPC template or the NPC's ka's or both?

NPC Definition - FACTION

If an NPC receives a quest object or whatever, eg the correct phrase, how can I get the NPC to increase the faction of the PC.