Creating an NPC..?

I was doing fine creating a game. Made an intro, tutorial, and started a first town. Then as I created the first shop, I realized something... I have no idea how to add an NPC into the screen. Can I get one of the player sprites and use it as an NPC to display on the screen?

What you need to do is create an Event. Events are the things that really make the game come to life.

- Select the Event icon in the toolbar (or press F6)

- Double-click where you'd like your NPC to be.

- Here, the Event window will open up. You can change the movement pattern of your NPC, the graphic, the priority (ie below hero? above hero? same level?), and the trigger (does the player push a button next to it? does the player just need to touch it? does it just run automatically?)

- In the big field on the left of the Event window is where you can begin putting in all the commands for your NPC. For example, you can show a message that say "Hello!", or open up a shop menu with a bunch of items in the shop, or do some really crazy stuff.

I'd recommend reading some more tutorials, or at the very least consulting the Help file that comes with VX Ace if you've got more questions. There are plenty of resources available to answer questions like these. :)

Ya man what narcodis said! Look up some tuts on youtube theres some really good ones out there

Hah. Derp. I didn't notice that you could set a graphic for an event :p Well thanks for helping me solve my failure derp...

A mod can close this.

Follow the link in my signature to the basic tutorials, that will get you up to the engine in the fastest way.


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