SpecialTopic

SpecialTopicclass

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SpecialTopic is the base class for two kinds of TopicEntry that extend the conversation system beyong basic ask/tell: SayTopic and QueryTopic. The SpecialTopic class defines the common handling but is not used directly in game code, which will use either SayTopic or QueryTopic

class SpecialTopic : ActorTopicEntry

Superclass Tree (in declaration order)

SpecialTopic
ActorTopicEntry
ReplaceRedirector
Redirector
object
TopicEntry
object

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SpecialTopic
QueryTopic
SayTopic

Global Objects

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Summary of Properties

askMatchObj autoName rex tellMatchObj

Inherited from ActorTopicEntry :
activated activateKeyTopics active agenda agendaPath arouseKeyTopics aTag autoSuppress autoSuppressSubTopics autoUseAgenda convKeys curiosityAroused getActor impliesGreeting keyTopics lastConvResponse lcrScriptClass listOrder name nextStep suggestAs timesInvoked tTag wasConversational

Inherited from TopicEntry :
includeInList isActive matchExactCase matchObj matchPattern matchScore narrator scoreBoost topicMatched

Summary of Methods

initializeTopicEntry

Inherited from ActorTopicEntry :
activate addToConvKeyTable baseHandleTopic buildName curiositySatisfied deactivate filterTopicSuggestions fText getKeyTopics handleTopic infTag isConversational isReachable nodeActive qualifiedDesc revTag showKeyTopics timesToSuggest tryAgenda tryNextStep useAgenda

Inherited from ReplaceRedirector :
redirect

Inherited from Redirector :
doInstead doNested doOtherAction

Inherited from TopicEntry :
addTopic factText informFact matchTopic revealFact scoreBooster topicResponse

Properties

askMatchObj actor.t[4818]

If we want this SpecialTopic also to match an ASK ABOUT command, define the askMatchObj to hold the topic or list of topics that said ASK ABOUT command should match here.

autoNameOVERRIDDEN actor.t[4831]

For a SpeciallTopic make constructing a name property automatically the default.

rex actor.t[4811]

A Regular expression pattern to look for the kinds of characters we'd expect to find in our matchPattern property if it actually represents a regular expression for this TopicEntry to match. We use this to help determine whether the matchPattern property contains a regex to match our the vocab of a Topic object to create on the fly.

tellMatchObj actor.t[4825]

If we want this SpecialTopic also to match an TELL ABOUT command, define the askMatchObj to hold the topic or list of topics that said TELL ABOUT command should match here.

Methods

initializeTopicEntry ( )OVERRIDDEN actor.t[4724]

Carry out the initialization (actually preinitialization) of a SpecialTopic

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