npc that gives a lecture out loud

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// THERE ARE 2 SCRIPTS HERE AND INSTRUCTIONS IN THE COMMENTS!
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//1. NPC Monolog/Conversation
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//2. What it does: This script allows an NPC to run through several lines of his/her own "over the head" text.
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//3. Notes: 
//I searched the boards and found this question came up a lot but there were no solutions that I could find. I finally figured this out and have tested it.
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//This script is set up for one NPC to talk as though giving a lecture. I haven't tested modifications on making two NPCs talk to each other, but that's //coming shortly as I have another place where I want two NPCs to talk to each other.
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//First you must go into the NPC's OnSpawn event and simply uncomment the line:
//SetSpawnInCondition (NW_FLAG_HEARTBEAT_EVENT);

//found in the Custom User Defined Events section to activate the NPC's Heartbeat event. Don't forget to save the script under a different name so you //don't over-write the default script (and don't forget to assign your new script to the NPC's OnSpawn event).

//Next, you'll need to place the following script in the OnEnter event of a generic trigger defining the area in which you want the player to cause this //conversation, or you might try placing it in the NPC's OnPerceive event (though I have not tested that). This script speaks the first line of the //conversation and sets a local variable on the NPC that will control the flow of script.

void main()
{
object oPriest=GetObjectByTag("fc_PlatformPriest");
AssignCommand(oPriest, SpeakString("According to thy instructions, oh Great Mictlantecuhtli, we have weeded out the unworthy from our potential supplicants."));
SetLocalInt(oPriest, "iShowLine", 1);
}

//Then this is the template (complete with custom content from my module - sorry about the stereotypical cult-sacrificing-victims side-plot) for the //custom //conversation. Place this script in the NPC's OnUserDefined event. The example stops mid-conversation but by then you should have figured //out the //concept.
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//:: Default: On User Defined
//:: NW_C2_DEFAULTD
//:: Copyright (c) 2002 Bioware Corp.
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/*
Determines the course of action to be taken
on a user defined event.
*/
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//:: Created By: Don Moar
//:: Created On: April 28, 2002
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void main()
{
// enter desired behaviour here
// 1001 = OnHeartbeat Event.
int nEvent = GetUserDefinedEventNumber();
if (nEvent == 1001)
{
object oPriest=GetObjectByTag("fc_PlatformPriest");
// Check to see if the priest is conversing.
// (Basically, is the last line still over his head?)
// If so, wait for next heartbeat.
if (IsInConversation(oPriest) == FALSE && GetIsInCombat(oPriest) == FALSE)
{
int iLine=GetLocalInt(oPriest, "iShowLine");
object oVictim1=GetNearestObjectByTag("fc_PlatformVictim", OBJECT_SELF, 1);
object oPC=GetFirstPC();
switch(iLine)
{
case 1:
AssignCommand(oPriest, SpeakString("Now we are prepared to sacrifice them to thee, oh master!"));
SetLocalInt(oPriest, "iShowLine", 2);
break;
case 2:
AssignCommand(oPriest, SpeakString("And through thy devine power, let fire fly from my fingertips --"));
SetLocalInt(oPriest, "iShowLine", 3);
break;
case 3:
AssignCommand(oPriest, SpeakString("And through our gathered witnessing of this event, we shall all receive thy blessing!!"));
SetLocalInt(oPriest, "iShowLine", 4);
break;
case 4:
AssignCommand(oPriest, SpeakString("Now DIE ye mortal scum! DIE for Mictlantecuhtli!!"));
SetLocalInt(oPriest, "iShowLine", 5);
break;
case 5:
AssignCommand(oPriest, ActionCastSpellAtObject(SPELL_FLAME_ARROW, oVictim1, METAMAGIC_ANY, TRUE, 0, PROJECTILE_PATH_TYPE_DEFAULT, TRUE));
AdjustAlignment(oPC, ALIGNMENT_EVIL, 5);
SetLocalInt(oPriest, "iShowLine", 6);
break;
case 6:
AssignCommand(oPriest, SpeakString("YES!! Feel the power! Feel the presence of Mictlantecuhtli seeping into your souls!"));
SetLocalInt(oPriest, "iShowLine", 7);
break;
case 7:
AssignCommand(oPriest, SpeakString("And now for the second of three."));
SetLocalInt(oPriest, "iShowLine", 8) ;
break;
}
}
};
return;
}

//Please note the last case should still set the NPC's local variable up, or the last line will continually repeat.
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//Hopefully, a multi-NPC conversation script is coming soon as I have a place for that too.