talking about the own village

[theFox6]

Villagers should be able to give the user information about the village they live in.
The user should be able to ask questions about where for example the blacksmith can be found.

[TechDudie]

is there some kind of AI? i can write a custom talking api and maybe i can implement basic talking

if a player is within 2 blocks of a villager and puts something in chat, the villager temporarily stops what its doing, faces, the player, puts something in chat, and goes back to its work

[theFox6]

I have already implemented a basic talking API and I also had those ideas, but for talking about the village itself a village management system is needed first.

[lmaddox]

I'm starting to look at the code related to this.

A few more dialog options:

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Generate a nametag if getname is present:

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minetest.get_day_count()

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minetest.get_timeofday()

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"Personality"

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Job-specific trivia

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A job-specific overview of what to expect

[lmaddox]

TODO

• more "personality" attributes
• slight changes to villager behavior based on "personality" ?
• add support for village offspring
• better naming (ie first name & surname)
• offspring inherit surname based on village "customs"
• villagers can talk about their lineage
• add support for tracking "life events," etc.
• villagers can give (auto)biography
• villagers can give idiomatic directions to various locations
• villagers can tell you what they need to do their job
• villagers can tell you what dependencies their job is blocking on
• villagers can give time estimates to complete their job
• villagers can talk about the weather and surroundings
• villagers can say generated text
• villagers have friendship number associated with other villagers
• villagers who a "free" go hang out with their friends
• villagers "talk" to each other (ie when a manager-type requests to know timelines, etc, the text is displayed. when the villager responds, that text is also displayed)
• villagers tend to avoid villagers they dislike (ie the thief should demonstrate an aversion to the guard)