trying to add text input for NPC conversations. need help

[Myrkvidr]

Hello. I am creating a game in the style of the old Ultima PC games. I am trying to add an NPC conversation system where the player needs to type in keywords instead of choosing from a set list of choices. Is this possible in RM2k3?? I want it to work similar to the old Ultima games.

i read a previous thread about password input, so im using that method for now.. using the name hero with conditional branches. are there any other methods?

 

[mlogan]

@Myrkvidr Hi and welcome! We ask members not to double post - that is posting right after yourself if no one else has replied (with the exception of bumping a thread after 72 hours).

I've merged your posts together. Thanks! And if you need anything let us know. Wish I could answer your question but I'm not real familiar with 2k3.

 

[ramza]

RM2K3 does not have full keyboard support, so the only thing you can do in this vein is to use the hero naming screen to change a blank hero's name, and then do if statement checks against that name. This is tedious, both to program, and for the player, as the naming screen is far from intuitive, and the if checks need to check against any possible combination of capital and lower case letters, in case the player decides to type in a NaMe LiKe ThIs.

 

[CleanWater]

RM2k3 is more suited for 16-bits consoles RPGs. Systems like these ones used in PC games and such vary from too hard to almost impossible to do on this engine.