InitiateTopicclass
An “initiate” topic entry. This is a rather different kind of topic entry from the ones we’ve defined so far; an initiate topic is for cases where the NPC itself wants to initiate a conversation in response to something in the environment.
One way to use initiate topics is to use the current location as the topic key. This lets the NPC say something appropriate to the current room, and can be coded simply as
actor.initiateTopic(location);
class InitiateTopic : ThingMatchTopic
Superclass Tree (in declaration order)
InitiateTopic
ThingMatchTopic
TopicEntry
` object`
Subclass Tree
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Global Objects
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Summary of Properties
Inherited from TopicEntry :
altTalkCount altTopicList impliesGreeting isActive isConversational matchObj matchScore talkCount topicGroupActive topicGroupScoreAdjustment topicResponse
Summary of Methods
Inherited from ThingMatchTopic :
isMatchPossible matchTopic
Inherited from TopicEntry :
addAltTopic addSuggestedTopic addTopic adjustScore anyAltIsActive breakTopicTie checkIsActive deferToEntry getActor getTopicOwner handleTopic initializeTopicEntry noteAltInvocation noteInvocation
Properties
includeInListOVERRIDDEN
include in the initiateTopics list
Methods
setTopicPronouns (fromActor, topic)OVERRIDDEN
since this kind of topic is triggered by internal calculations in the game, and not on anything the player is doing, there’s no reason that our match object should be a pronoun antecedent
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