SayTopicclassactor.t[4659]

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A SayTopic is a kind of SpecialTopic that allows the player (character) to say virtually anything (within reason) to an NPC; a SayTopic may be triggered by a command that explicitly begins with SAY, but it may also be triggered by any combination of words that matches its matchObj and doesn't correspond to any other recognizable command. This allows the player to respond, for example, with either SAY YOU DON'T KNOW or just I DON'T KNOW, to trigger an appropriately defined SayTopic.

class SayTopic :   SpecialTopic

Superclass Tree   (in declaration order)

SayTopic
        SpecialTopic
                ActorTopicEntry
                        ReplaceRedirector
                                Redirector
                                        object
                        TopicEntry
                                object

Subclass Tree  

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Global Objects  

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Summary of Properties  

includeInList  includeSayInName 

Inherited from SpecialTopic :
askMatchObj  autoName  rex  tellMatchObj 

Inherited from ActorTopicEntry :
activated  active  convKeys  curiosityAroused  getActor  impliesGreeting  isConversational  keyTopics  listOrder  name  suggestAs  timesInvoked 

Inherited from TopicEntry :
isActive  matchExactCase  matchObj  matchPattern  matchScore  scoreBoost  topicMatched 

Summary of Methods  

buildName 

Inherited from SpecialTopic :
initializeTopicEntry 

Inherited from ActorTopicEntry :
activate  addToConvKeyTable  curiositySatisfied  deactivate  getKeyTopics  handleTopic  isReachable  nodeActive  showKeyTopics  timesToSuggest 

Inherited from ReplaceRedirector :
redirect 

Inherited from Redirector :
doInstead  doNested  doOtherAction 

Inherited from TopicEntry :
addTopic  matchTopic  scoreBooster  topicResponse 

Properties  

includeInListOVERRIDDENactor.t[4683]

SayTopics belong in the sayTopics list of their TopicDatabase

includeSayInNameactor.t[4693]
When a SayTopic is suggested we normally precede its name by 'say', e.g. 'say you are happy'. In some cases an author might want to use a SayTopic to match input that's better without the initial 'say', e.g. 'tell a lie', in which case set includeSayInName to nil to suppress the initial 'say' in topic inventory listings.

Methods  

buildName ( )OVERRIDDENactor.t[4667]

When we construct the name of a SayTopic we use the name property of its matchObj rather that theName property, since it won't normally make sense to include the definite article at the beginning of suggestions of things that can be said.

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