Narrative Control

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Author: KongMD

Last revision: 23 Sep, 2018 at 15:34 UTC

File size: 182.27 KB

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Description:

This mod allows you to restrict the constant flow of NPC chatter that the game throws at you. With this mod, you can remove Bradford’s narrative events entirely, remove narratives on the Geoscape, or remove narrative events from any NPC. You can use the default options, or add custom exclusion rules in the INI. All features in the mod are optional.

A narrative event occurs whenever you hear an NPC voice speaking to you. Most of the narrative events in this game are accompanied by a talking animation of the character, in the top-right of your screen.

The default values for each feature are shown in the screenshot gallery

• Choose Central Officer Bradford’s narratives. Options: All, Ambient Only, None
• Prevent Shen & Tygan’s greetings from being added to the narrative queue, if a narrative is currently playing.
• Stop all narrative moments from occurring in the Geoscape
• Stop all narrative moments in the strategy layer
• Exclude any narrative event with a SoundCue name that matches a pattern. See the ‘Excluding more narratives’ section for more details.

This mod supports, but does not require, the Mod Config Menu. This allows you to adjust the settings in-game. To access this menu, go to ‘Options’, then click the ‘Mod Settings’ button.

• The X2WOTCCommunityHighlander version 1.9 or higher is required for this mod to work.
• Currently, this mod only affects narratives on the strategy layer.
• Cinematic narratives, the movie cutscenes that play once per campaign, are not affected by this mod.
• I will not be releasing a version of the mod for the legacy game. The legacy Highlander does not have the event hook required.

You can exclude additional narratives, if you want. See this short guide on creating custom exceptions.

None.

• The narrative settings aren’t working! You need the X2WOTCCommunityHighlander mod installed for this mod to work. Check your Launch.log file for this text:
  NC: X2WOTCCommunityHighlander is missing or is an old version! Please install the latest version and relaunch the game
• Bradford is still yapping at me on the tactical layer! This mod currently only affects the strategy layer.

See the ‘Change Notes’ tab for version information and patch notes. See the Mod Updates Thread for more detailed patch information.

The project’s source code is here[github.com]. If you have a change in mind for the mod, send me a pull request.

• robojumper – Invaluable advice and troubleshooting. Without his input, this mod wouldn’t be possible.
• Herofonts – Font used in the mod preview images[www.fontspace.com]