Spacer bar

Lucidor · Post by **Lucidor** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 7:09 pm

How about a spacer bar in every station where you could interact with game characters in other ways than with the laser? It could be a screen with four or five names:

Ittbe Reinreson, a human colonial twit
Itbe Lo, a sensual blu furry feline
Zaoner Ilalzaer, a rugged bug-eyed bird
Le Abma, an honest looking lizard

When you select one of them they'll say some random yada like: "Y'know I was out thar, peacefully mining transparisteel at Xexeti when suddenly I get attacked shum damn medical boat! Can you beleive it?"

Then you would have a few options:
* "Yeah, tell me about it", which would bring another harangue
* "I just realized that I don't really want to talk to you", which would bring back the menu with bar patrons
* "Share a beer with X", which sometimes results in shady transport offers or other deals. Maybe something like "This is a fine planet and all, but the food isn't up to par! Why, I'd even pay 150 cedits per tonne of Tezaedean goat steak, and what wouldn't I do for some Orraran Zast brew..."

Of course, when you've shared beers with too many people, your ship will be very hard to steer for a few minutes, darting this way and that. The risk of crashing into the station is "not insignificant", as my local GalCop officer informed me the other day. :^)

The contents of the discussions could be expanded with oxp's. I'm shure people here would come up with hilarious statements for the spacers to say.

jonnycuba · Post by **jonnycuba** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 9:09 pm

This sounds like an excellent tangent... I'd be happy to write scripts i.e. some 'conversation' OXP. But I think this would involve enormous code stuff

Lucidor · Post by **Lucidor** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 9:56 pm

Do you really think so? Granted, it wouldn't be a line or two, but most of it should be a matter of reusing existing code.

But I'm no coder, so what do I know.. :^)

Thought I should throw it out here and see what happens.

Rxke · Post by **Rxke** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 11:38 pm

I used to write an Elisa-like program (which does pseudo-dialogue) and while it involved quite some thinking, the actual code was quite compact (had to, 64kb computer)
So I guess, esp w/ dajt's new parser, this would be eminently possible.

Galileo · Post by **Galileo** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:19 am

Imagine having a conversation with a Thargoid!

Human: "Whadda ya know, Thargs?"
Thargoid: "We'll use your weird icebergs for our burgers!"
Human: "Icebergs, eh?"
Tharhoid: "Eat bat, human snail-fish!"
Human: "Hmmm.... whatever"

TedJ · Post by **TedJ** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 4:30 am

Look out, the Thargoids are back... They're aphasic and pissed off!

EAGLE 5 · Post by **EAGLE 5** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 11:53 pm

BOOOM.... "Sorry for the mess" Han Solo

More likely Human-Thargoid interaction

Frantic · Post by **Frantic** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 8:22 am

EAGLE 5 wrote:
BOOOM.... "Sorry for the mess" Han Solo

More likely Human-Thargoid interaction

Best scene in Serenity.

"I'm unarmed" *sits down*
"Good" Draws gun and shoots

Lucas is a pussy.

JensAyton · Post by **JensAyton** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 9:04 pm

Rxke wrote:
I used to write an Elisa-like program (which does pseudo-dialogue) and while it involved quite some thinking, the actual code was quite compact (had to, 64kb computer)
So I guess, esp w/ dajt's new parser, this would be eminently possible.

Oh good, a volunteer.

Lucidor · Post by **Lucidor** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 9:11 pm

It doesn't even have to be as advanced as Eliza, just a set of phrases with a few variables.

Code: Select all

Y'know I was out thar, peacefully $Activity at $Star when suddenly I get attacked shum damn $Ship!

At least to begin with. If many people submit conversation oxp's, there would be quite a lot of variation anyway.

Arexack_Heretic · Post by **Arexack_Heretic** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 10:51 am

persons encountered should be random though.

Except for when you fly a ship with more than 1 crew...then you would expect to share a few pints of Leezan slugjuice (TM) with your friendly crew on occasion.

Could be fun for mission encounters too...
as usual a stranger approughes you and proposes a deal, you refuse and things get hairy when you realise the being is a fierce, not a harmless, feline. Luckilly your crew is there to pull the sharp-clawed alien off you before too much damage is done...etc

Lucidor · Post by **Lucidor** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 3:22 pm

Talk to men of low moral fibre (pirates)

:^)

Arexack_Heretic · Post by **Arexack_Heretic** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 3:42 pm

Buy 'personal protection gear' to increase your chances of surviving failed contract negotiations with uncouth tradingpartners...or even just to increase the odds of not failing them:

Point modified plasma-torque at other party, then say:
"you don't need to see our licence..."
(ie Yedi-mind trick)

Rxke · Post by **Rxke** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 8:22 pm

Ahruman wrote:
Oh good, a volunteer.

it creeps me out when you start talking about yourself in the third person!

Seriously: two weeks holiday, and... I'm prolly dropping out for this year (because can't get thesis finished in time and my medication does weird things with my head /TWITCH/

So maybe, maybe, if there's interest in this? (I've got other things to do, so I won't promise)

My first question: this would be an OXP, w/o a 'mission' perse, but how to set this up bulletproof that it doesn't interfere w/ other ongoing 'real' missions?

(Hmm... On second thought: I guess I'll find that out myself quite easily, ne'er mind)

ok, is there enoug interest in something like this?

Lucidor · Post by **Lucidor** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 9:49 pm

Can OXP's interact with each other? For example if someone wants to make a mission OXP that involves talking to someone at the bar.