TalkingActivator

Talking Activators allow for objects like radios and intercoms to exist in the worlds of Fallout 3 and New Vegas.

TalkingActivator Window

Talking Activators can be found, created and edited from the Objects window under Actors.

• ID: Unique Editor ID that can be used in scripts and can be searched in the Object Window with the "filter" bar.
• Name: Display name.
• Model: The name of the file assigned to this talking activator.
• Script: Name of the script running on this object.
• Voice Type: Type of voice used for this object when it runs dialogue.
• Looping Sound: Sound that plays continuously for talking activator.
• Add Destruction Data: To add destructible stages to the talking activator.
• Dangerous: Makes the activation text red instead of the normal UI color.
• Radio Station: If checked, this talking activator will appear in the Radio Station dropdown list for Activator objects.
• Radio Template: A sound used for controlling attenuation of the radio station. Controls how far away things can be heard.
  • Cont. Broadcast: Default Broadcast State for the radio station. Checked = on.
    • When the broadcast state is on, the radio station continually generates new conversations -- as soon as one is over a new one is generated and played. As long as the player is within the station's radius, they will be able to tune in and hear the station.
    • When the broadcast state is off, the radio station still exists, but plays only static unless a conversation is manually generated (see StartRadioConversation).
  • Non-Pipboy: If this is ticked and the talking activator works as a radio broadcaster, the radio station will not be listed on the Pip-Boy and the player will not be able to access it. This is particularly useful for ambient radios, such as the music that plays in the casinos of Fallout: New Vegas.
• On Local Map:
• Quest Item: Not used, except to warn user in editor that item is a quest object before performing operations on it.
• Random Anim Start: If checked, this object kicks off its idle animation at a random start time. This is so you can put a couple of the same animated activators in a scene and they won't be animating in sync.

Notes

• Scripted Talking Activators will have no distance attenuation in the New Vegas engine.
• Scripted Talking Activators done with SetTalkingActivatorActor will not work with IsTalkingActivatorActor, it will always return false.
• Talking Activators will use the Talk AnimGroup if it is present in their NIF and their voice lines have accompanying LIP files.

Bugs

• Talking activators linked to an NPC that is a vendor may cause crashes in the New Vegas engine if any other vendor has the condition GetOffersServicesNow in their dialogue.

See Also

• Activator