Script Logic Help

Neverwinter Nights 2
#1

Hi all. A while ago I used this script Tchos provided me.

#include "ginc_param_const"

int CSLTimeStamp()
{
       int iYear = GetCalendarYear();
       int iMonth = GetCalendarMonth();
       int iDay = GetCalendarDay();
       int iHour = GetTimeHour();
       return (iYear)*12*28*24 + (iMonth-1)*28*24 + (iDay-1)*24 + iHour;
}

void main(string sTimerName, string sTarget)
{
    object oTarg = GetTarget(sTarget, TARGET_OBJECT_SELF);
	int iHour = CSLTimeStamp();
	SetLocalInt(oTarg, sTimerName, iHour);	
}

Well, I understand the logic of what the script does. But here’s what I want to do.

Node 1: NPC
PC answers, timer starts with the above script.

If 7 days have not gone by, the NPC will have nothing to say to the PC. After 7 days, he will talk Node 1 again. So basically I want a re-occuring dialogue every 7 days. Question is, would I be able to do this with one NPC node and PC responses?

So far I have the above script on the PC responses, and the below one on the NPC node with a NOT, where the NPC says sorry, not enough time has gone by.

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//	
//	gc_timer_check
//	by Tchos, 2013-07
//	
//	Use this in a conversation to check how many hours have passed since you marked 
//	the beginning using ga_timer_begin.  You can use the same <, >, and ! comparison 
//	symbols in the sCheck field, as in the gc_local_int or gc_journal_entry scripts.
//	
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

#include "ginc_var_ops"
#include "ginc_param_const"

int CSLTimeStamp()
{
   int iYear = GetCalendarYear();
   int iMonth = GetCalendarMonth();
   int iDay = GetCalendarDay();
   int iHour = GetTimeHour();
   return (iYear)*12*28*24 + (iMonth-1)*28*24 + (iDay-1)*24 + iHour;
}

int StartingConditional(string sTimerName, string sCheck, string sTarget)
{
    object oTarg = GetTarget(sTarget, TARGET_OBJECT_SELF);
    
	int iStartHour = GetLocalInt(oTarg, sTimerName);
    int iCurrentHour = CSLTimeStamp();
	int iHoursPassed = iCurrentHour-iStartHour;
	
    int iRet = CompareInts(iHoursPassed, sCheck);
    return (iRet);
}

I hope the question makes sense :slight_smile: .

edit:

The simplified question would be, if 7 days have already gone by, how would one reset it to 0? Does it suffice to just use the first script above?

#2

I would be inclined to say that it takes care of it already since it checks for hourspassed in the startingconditional, but that depends on what the sCheck parameter is.

#3

Okay, some more info.

the action script I call as

ga_timer_start("timer_string", "",);

Therefore, the conversation owner has the timer.

the check happens as

gc_timer_check("timer_string", >167, "");

On the same convo, same owner.

#4

yes it’s fine, already set for 7 days.

#5

Alright, thanks. Then I don’t need a gazilion branches on the convo. 2 initial NPC lines out of which 1 says “Not enough time passed” and one where things happen suffice.