Triggers for Kurtulmak's Crystal Shard (Spoilers)

joluv

Can anyone tell me what the specific triggering events are for the release of Kurtulmak's Crystal Shard?

The immediate precipitating event seems to be the deaths of the four Kobolds (one of whom looks like a Xvart) with the Booming Thunder animation. Is this correct? And what is the trigger for the "Come to me... Kurtulmak find focus in the crystal..." dialogue that precedes their spawning?

PaulaMigrate

C:SetGlobal("AltarDestroyed","AR1513",2) should do.
Trigger for the dialogue should be to click on the altar.

joluv

Thanks, but clicking on the altar doesn't do anything until at least some of the Kobolds have died.

dunbar

IIRC the shard automatically appears in your inventory after you've killed ALL the kobolds (i.e. the initial group and then the second group that teleports in). Sometimes a stray (morale failed) kobold can be found hiding around a corner somewhere.

joluv

You don't have to kill all of them. I'm not stuck or anything, just trying to figure out the minimum conditions for that encounter.

dunbar

Maybe it's just the kobold mage from the second group that you have to kill then? I specifically remember a solo run where I ended up searching all the kobold bodies because I didn't have the shard. Eventually I found a surviving kobold miles away from the original fight and when I killed it the shard appeared in my inventory - so I suppose that one could have been the mage?

joluv

I'm genuinely curious about this, so I finally got around to setting up NearInfinity to check it out. But I'm not experienced in reading IE files, so I still need some help following it.

Here's PPALT.BCS, which seems to be the most relevant file:

IF
OnCreation()
NumberOfTimesTalkedTo(0)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
Deactivate(Myself)
END

IF
!See([ENEMY])
Detect([PC])
NumberOfTimesTalkedTo(0)
Global("Awaken","LOCALS",0)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
Activate(Myself)
CreateVisualEffect("SPFLESHS",[2053.1180])
CreateVisualEffect("SPFLESHS",[1875.1239])
Wait(1)
CreateCreatureEffect("PPALTK1","",[2053.1180],S) // Kobold Shaman
CreateCreatureEffect("PPALTK2","",[1875.1239],S) // Kobold Shaman
SetGlobal("Awaken","LOCALS",1)
END

IF
!See([ENEMY])
Detect([PC])
NumberOfTimesTalkedTo(0)
Global("Awaken","LOCALS",1)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
Wait(1)
StartDialogNoSet(LastSeenBy(Myself))
END

IF
Dead("PPGUARD1") // Kobold
Dead("PPGUARD2") // Kobold
Dead("PPGUARD3") // Kobold
Dead("PPGUARD4") // Kobold Witch Doctor
Global("AltarDestroyed","AR1513",0)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
SetGlobal("AltarDestroyed","AR1513",1)
CreateVisualEffectObject("SPFLSRIN",Myself)
Wait(1)
CreateVisualEffectObject("SPDISPMA",Myself)
DisplayStringHead(Myself,53756) // It ends! All is lost!
SetGlobal("AltarDestroyed","AR1513",2)
DestroySelf()
END

It looks like before you get the shard, the four PPGUARDs have to die. I'm less clear on the second and third IF-THEN structures above. Does !See([ENEMY]) mean that it would sufficient for there to be no red circles in sight of the altar?

PaulaMigrate

joluv said:

I'm genuinely curious about this, so I finally got around to setting up NearInfinity to check it out. But I'm not experienced in reading IE files, so I still need some help following it.

Here's PPALT.BCS, which seems to be the most relevant file:

IF
OnCreation()
NumberOfTimesTalkedTo(0)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
Deactivate(Myself)
END

IF
!See([ENEMY])
Detect([PC])
NumberOfTimesTalkedTo(0)
Global("Awaken","LOCALS",0)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
Activate(Myself)
CreateVisualEffect("SPFLESHS",[2053.1180])
CreateVisualEffect("SPFLESHS",[1875.1239])
Wait(1)
CreateCreatureEffect("PPALTK1","",[2053.1180],S) // Kobold Shaman
CreateCreatureEffect("PPALTK2","",[1875.1239],S) // Kobold Shaman
SetGlobal("Awaken","LOCALS",1)
END

IF
!See([ENEMY])
Detect([PC])
NumberOfTimesTalkedTo(0)
Global("Awaken","LOCALS",1)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
Wait(1)
StartDialogNoSet(LastSeenBy(Myself))
END

IF
Dead("PPGUARD1") // Kobold
Dead("PPGUARD2") // Kobold
Dead("PPGUARD3") // Kobold
Dead("PPGUARD4") // Kobold Witch Doctor
Global("AltarDestroyed","AR1513",0)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
SetGlobal("AltarDestroyed","AR1513",1)
CreateVisualEffectObject("SPFLSRIN",Myself)
Wait(1)
CreateVisualEffectObject("SPDISPMA",Myself)
DisplayStringHead(Myself,53756) // It ends! All is lost!
SetGlobal("AltarDestroyed","AR1513",2)
DestroySelf()
END

It looks like before you get the shard, the four PPGUARDs have to die. I'm less clear on the second and third IF-THEN structures above. Does !See([ENEMY]) mean that it would sufficient for there to be no red circles in sight of the altar?

Exactly.