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Awareness checks are not only for determining aggressive responses in the game but is also used as a means for npcs to communicate and act in response to player actions. Whenever an npc detects the presence of an entity, the npc will check the entity's faction standing with it and will then issue forth an appropriate response depending on what the entity is currently doing or on what action the npc has taken as a result of the entity's presence or activity going on. All npcs within an given area will monitor the local surroundings for activities and other entities and will issue a response.

Note: There is some sort of check made on the server that prevents all npcs within the area from issuing a response at once when an event occurs or if a player/npc/creature enters their detection range, presumably to prevent spam. Only a few NPCs are given an opportunity to make a response at some unknown interval.

NPC's have three response groups to choose from depending on what type of npc has spotted an entity within its detection range. These response choices are:

• Townsperson
• Military
• Stormtrooper
• Slang

Out of these response groups come response types. These response types are:

• Alert Responses
• Ally Responses
• Assist Responses
• Attacked Responses
• Hit Target Responses
• Being Hit Responses
• Threat Responses
• Death Responses
• Victory Responses
• Hostile Target Leaving Responses
• Hostile Target Greeting Responses
• Disliked Target Leaving Responses
• Disliked Target Greeting Responses
• Liked Target Leaving Responses
• Liked Target Greeting Responses
• Combat Closure Responses
• Flight Responses
• Request Aid Responses

NPC vocalization also includes tones in the speech through mood types. The tone selected for whatever an npc says appears to be randomly selected from the mood_types.stf file.

Response Types

Alert Responses

These responses are given by npcs when an entity has been detected.

Ally Responses

These responses are given by npcs when a friendly faction ally or member of their faction is being attacked within their detection range and where the npc is going over to assist the ally.

Assist Responses

These responses are given by npcs when an npc has selected the same target to attack as another friendly faction member or ally.

Attacked Responses

These responses are given by npcs when combat has been initiated against them by another entity.

Hit Target Responses

These responses are given by npcs when they are actively attacking a target.

Being Hit Responses

These responses are given by npcs when they are being actively hit.

Threat Responses

These responses are given by npcs when a detected hostile target gets closer than a certain distance to the npc.

Death Responses

These responses are given by npcs when they are killed.

Victory Responses

These responses are given by npcs immediately when they have successfully killed the aggressors in their detection range.

Hostile Target Leaving Responses

These responses are given by npcs when a detected hostile entity has reached the 40 meter mark on a course taking it away from the npc.

Hostile Target Greeting Responses

These responses are given by npcs when a detected hostile entity has reached the 40 meter mark on a course taking it towards the npc.

Disliked Target Leaving Responses

These responses are given by npcs when a detected disliked entity has reached the 40 meter mark on a course taking it away from the npc.

Disliked Target Greeting Responses

These responses are given by npcs when a detected disliked entity has reached the 40 meter mark on a course taking it towards the npc.

Liked Target Leaving Responses

These responses are given by npcs when a detected liked entity has reached the 40 meter mark on a course taking it away from the npc.

Liked Target Greeting Responses

These responses are given by npcs when a detected liked entity has reached the 40 meter mark on a course taking it towards the npc.

Combat Closure Responses

These responses are given by npcs immediately when any combat between parties (and amongst themselves) within their detection range has concluded.

Flight Responses

These responses are given by npcs when they are initiating their flight response either due to being at low health 10% or lower, changing tactics (ranged npcs moving out of melee range from a melee attacker to get to ideal range) or if they are supposed to flee (townspersons escaping combat).

Request Aid Responses

These responses are given by npcs when they are getting low on HAM (probably below 50%).

Townsperson Response Choices

Townsperson response choices are linked to npc's of the Townsperson faction. Townsperson response choices can be found in the townsperson.stf file.

Military Response Choices

Military response choices are linked to npcs of the rebel faction, police and security factions (naboo security forces, corsec, fedub, etc), Mauler sects, gungan warriors.

Military response choices can be found in the military.stf file

Stormtrooper Response Choices

Stormtrooper response choices are linked to imperial faction npcs and can be found in the stormtrooper.stf file

Slang Response Choices

Slang response choices are linked to criminal and thug related factions such as jabba, borvo, thieves, pirates, rogues and the like. Slang response choices can be found in the slang.stf file.

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