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Jay_H wrote: ↑Wed Aug 25, 2021 1:12 am The NPCs remain outdoors. Good if you're looking for directions! Unfortunately the technical capability isn't there (yet) to hide these NPCs at night-time, but they're working on it.

Some NPCs in Arena also stay outdoors at night, so there's some continuity there!

And when in Daggerfall and attacked by ghosts, the NPCs will also just stand by idle?
I wonder if Daggerfall Unity has the capability to add a similar daily routine system to the NPCs as in Skyrim, where every NPC was accounted for with a private live etc.

Besides of the bland outdoor landscapes (which I will attend to again in the near future with my mod), the generic NPC internaction and detachedness from the player is something that really bothers me. It's difficult to feel anything for these characters when there is no emotions involved and they are completely generic spawns.

I know this is definitely not within the scope of this mod, but does anyone think it's possible top add a fundamentally different NPC system to daggerfall via mods?

Great idea, but does not work well with D.R.E.A.M, all static NPC's on streets are default Daggerfall pixelated models instead of D.R.E.A.M models.

Also about 99% of all settlements and cities does not have single static npc on the street. Does this work properly with the latest DFU version?

Seferoth wrote: ↑Tue Dec 07, 2021 3:45 pm Great idea, but does not work well with D.R.E.A.M, all static NPC's on streets are default Daggerfall pixelated models instead of D.R.E.A.M models.

Also about 99% of all settlements and cities does not have single static npc on the street. Does this work properly with the latest DFU version?

Don't know about DREAM but in general, works fine in 0.13.3. Check esp. temple surroundings - if you see static NPCs there, you know it is working. If not, try to check your load order.

haloterm wrote: ↑Tue Dec 07, 2021 4:29 pm

Seferoth wrote: ↑Tue Dec 07, 2021 3:45 pm Great idea, but does not work well with D.R.E.A.M, all static NPC's on streets are default Daggerfall pixelated models instead of D.R.E.A.M models.

Also about 99% of all settlements and cities does not have single static npc on the street. Does this work properly with the latest DFU version?

Don't know about DREAM but in general, works fine in 0.13.3. Check esp. temple surroundings - if you see static NPCs there, you know it is working. If not, try to check your load order.

Load order seems to do the trick. I now have static NPC near temples, still finding pixelated NPC though. Still, it seems to work now. Thanks for reminding me about the load order.

Hello!

No update, but I simply wanted to write my train of thoughts for future updates. If any of you have ideas on how to disable/enable NPCs under time of day and weather conditions, that would be great.

- Disabling/Enabling certain NPCs depending on time of day (Inn Patrons/Prostitutes at night, children and commoners only seen during the day)
- Disabling NPCs on rainy days
- New and more Redguard sprites to cover desert towns.

I may be able to help with some new vanilla-friendly Redguard sprites in the near future Not very well-versed in DFU's modding tools admittedly, if I sent you an archive with just the PNG files would that be sufficient for your needs?

EDIT: Had some time this evening, whipped out a couple as a proof of concept

How can I edit each character graphics and put it in game. I am reading through tutorials but a personal guide would be best. Are you editing game data at all for this mod?

StarMadeKnight wrote: ↑Thu May 19, 2022 4:48 pm I may be able to help with some new vanilla-friendly Redguard sprites in the near future Not very well-versed in DFU's modding tools admittedly, if I sent you an archive with just the PNG files would that be sufficient for your needs?

EDIT: Had some time this evening, whipped out a couple as a proof of concept

Those are beautiful! I'll have to try getting them in-game. Thankfully, getting custom sprites is a bit easier than custom models. I'll keep you updated.

gunsling3r wrote: ↑Fri May 20, 2022 6:58 am How can I edit each character graphics and put it in game. I am reading through tutorials but a personal guide would be best. Are you editing game data at all for this mod?

For Lively Cities, I'm using buildings' exteriors to put NPCs on the streets. It's a way to avoid editing a block file altogether and also avoid conflicts with mods editing the same block files.

To learn how to add custom sprites and models, you can check out Hazelnut's world data tutorial. It's explained in it.

Hey Cliff, Id like to maybe finalize the compatibility in between our mods.

Do u use the animated versions of sprites like 180_2-0 / 3-0 only, or do u use the static ones as well?
Do u have some list of the NPCs u added, so I dont miss any more?

Also, do u have discord handle so I can add u?

Ty

Wouldn't it be nice if people in cities were not just random bots but lived somewhere and were going somewhere?