Help...

Comments

• ggilbone

  June 2010

  Try taking off the quotes in these two lines:
  
  use: NBOS\Names\"us male names.ipt"
  use: nbos\Names\"us female names.ipt"
  
  so they look like this:
  
  use: NBOS\Names\us male names.ipt
  use: nbos\Names\us female names.ipt
• DDaeglan

  June 2010

  I tried it both ways before and it still did not work. I removed them again.
• ggilbone

  June 2010

  Try this...
  
  use: nbos/NecroscapeProfessions.ipt
  #use: nbos/adventuringprofessions.ipt
  use: nbos/TownBuildings.ipt
  use: Generators/Encounters/ModernPerson.ipt
  use: nbos/names/towns.ipt
  use: NBOS/Names/us male names.ipt
  use: nbos/Names/us female names.ipt
  use: nbos/names/USNames.ipt
  
  Header: Various people your PC's might meet on the street.
  
  Table: RandomNPC
  Set: Race=Human
  Set: Profession=[@NPCProfession >> Proper]
  Set: 2ndProfession=[@NPC2ndProfession >> Proper]
  Set: Sex=[|Male|Female]
  1:<b>[when]{$Sex} = Male[do][malename=[@USFullNameMale]][else][femalename=[@USFullNameFemale]][end]<;/b> \nSex: {$Sex}\nProfession: {$Profession}{$2ndProfession}\nDescription: [@{$Sex}Description]\n
  
  
  Table: NPCProfession
  10:[@Professions]
  1:[@AdventuringProfessions]
  
  Table: NPC2ndProfession
  4:\z
  1:, [@NPCProfession]
  
  Table: MaleDescription
  {$malename} is [@MaleLooks] [|young|adult|middle aged|old] man of [@NPCBuild] build. [@MaleHair]. He is
  
  [@NPCClothes]. He is [@NPCActivity]
  
  Table: FemaleDescription
  {$femalename} is [@FemaleLooks] [|young|adult|middle aged|old] woman of [@NPCBuild] build. She has [@NPCHair]
  
  [@NPCHairColor] hair. She is [@NPCClothes]. She is [@NPCActivity]
  
  
  Table: NPCBuild
  1:very slight
  4:small
  8:normal
  4:large
  1:very large
  
  Table: MaleLooks
  2:an unattractive
  8:an unexceptional looking
  4:a handsome
  1:a stunningly handsome
  
  Table: FemaleLooks
  2:an unattractive
  8:an unexceptional looking
  4:an attractive
  1:a stunningly attractive
  
  Table: MaleHair
  1:He is completely bald
  2:He is balding, with [@NPCHairColor] hair
  4:He has [@NPCHair] [@NPCHairColor] hair
  
  Table: NPCHair
  4:\z
  unkempt
  well kept
  
  Table: NPCHairColor
  5:brown
  2:gray
  2:blonde
  2:black
  red
  
  Table: NPCClothes
  2:poorly dressed, in ragged and torn clothing
  4:poorly dressed in old clothes
  8:dressed normally for the area
  4:well dressed
  2:very well dressed
  1:exceptionally well dressed, with colors and accessories selected with a great sense of style.
  
  Table: NPCActivity
  2: [@NPCBehavior]
  [@NPCSchlep], and is [@NPCBehavior]
  
  Table: NPCSchlep
  carrying a [|large|small|gigantic] [|bag|set of books|set of scrolls|tub of water|jug|pile of firewood|crate of
  
  food]
  
  Table: NPCBehavior
  4: walking intently down the street.
  walking idly down the street.
  walking hastily down the street.
  looking around in a confused manner.
  stopping every passer by and asking them something.
  stopping people and asking them if they know [@NPCRandomOtherName]
  stopping people and asking them if they know where the [@FantasyTownBuildings] is.
  stopping people and asking them if they know the direction to [@MasterTownName].
  
  Table: NPCRandomOtherName
  4:[@USMaleNames]
  
  
  You weren't calling the right table, assuming you are using the US Male Names.ipt and US Female Names.ipt from NBOS. I also added the file those two were calling to get the names from.
  
  I put a conditional statement into your table to check for sex as well. Might not be the most efficient way to do this, but I think it now does what you want it to.
• DDaeglan

  June 2010

  Yes thank you very much
  
  That helped immensely
• ggilbone

  June 2010

  Absolutely. You are welcome.
  
  I check the NBOS forums every day to see if anything new has come up. It is sometimes weeks between posts for stuff I'm using (Astrosynthesis and Inspiration Pad) so when I can help, I'm glad to.
  
  Folks on these boards are helpful but infrequent. It's a shame because I know there are more than a handful of people using this software...