Triggering a response

[lostdreamz]

Is it possible to get NWNX4 to run a program or plugin when it receives a specific trigger or string. I am asking as I wish to modify the server vault bic file when they logout.

[virusman]

That's what NWNX does in general.

[lostdreamz]

Umm I can prolly do it with an extended stored procedure when SqlServer is ready. But I was wondering if its easy to plug into NWNX4 directly.

[Grinning Fool]

Yes, you can write custom plugins for NWNX4; these plugins can do basically anything you can do in the C/C++ languages. While I personally wouldn't recommend modifying objects supplied by the game, it should certainly be possible to edit the physical BIC files using the published information about their structure, and/or one of the libraries already available.
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Khalidine, a NWN2 persistent world

Looking for volunteers.

[lostdreamz]

Oh ok well I guess I am asking is there any guidelines for writing plugins for NWNX4 not NWNX2. I noticed on the forums earlier that this was todo.

[Grinning Fool]

Hmm -- none yet unfortunately. What I'd recommend doing is downloading the source code for the project, and modeling after a simple plugin such as xp_timer .
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Khalidine, a NWN2 persistent world

Looking for volunteers.

[virusman]

There is a NWNX2 plugin called NWNX-Leto. Its main purpose is editing BIC files. Since it uses NWNX plugin (written in C++) as a bridge to the main DLL (written in Delphi), I think, it could be fairly simple to port the bridge code to NWNX4.

[lostdreamz]

I know but I dont want anything near as complicated as the leto script plugin. I will take a look at the plugin for timer and copy that. Thanks for everyones help.