NPCs

The other characters in a scene: the guard on the door, the barman, the crowd.

I want to…

• find an NPC and take it off the map - read the roster, pick one body out of a crowd, and clear one or all of them
• spawn an NPC - pick a type, a body and a size, then drop a new character where you are aiming
• name an NPC - give it a display name so it can speak, and a note anyone can read
• spawn a vehicle - put a swoop, speeder or ship on the map, and learn what a vehicle cannot be given
• seat NPCs in vehicles - board drivers and passengers, move the vehicle and dismount them
• move an NPC into place - place it in the world, or move it to a placemark, coordinates or your position
• send an NPC walking a route - draw a numbered path, choose how it repeats, and put the cast on it
• move NPCs in formation - arrange a group around one leader and let it follow the route together
• set an NPC's look and behaviour - hold a pose, hand out a weapon, make a hologram or cloak it, and choose a walk style
• stage NPC combat - choose a target, use guns or sabers, and control the damage
• make an NPC speak - say one line, repeat ambient chatter, or speak when somebody approaches
• speak as my own NPC - give a walk-on a name and a shortcode, then voice them from the chat line without spawning anything
• hide a clue on an NPC - attach information only the players you choose can read
• cast an NPC as an AI character - let an outside service answer for it, and set the scene every AI character shares
• save a persona an NPC can keep - keep a cast character between maps and load it back onto a standing NPC
• talk to an AI character - speak to one, work out which NPCs they are, and know what leaves the server when you type