dialogue-packs

Dialogue Packs

Add .txt or .json files to this folder to extend NPCJason's quote pool without changing code. NPCJason hot-reloads this directory while running and logs warnings for malformed sections or unknown template tokens instead of breaking the runtime.

Legacy .txt packs:

• Separate sayings with a blank line
• Optional mood sections: [any], [happy], [tired], [caffeinated]
• Lines starting with # or ; are treated as comments
• Placeholders like {pet_name}, {mood}, {time}, {date}, {active_window}, {battery_percent}, {skin}, {companion}, {dance_routine}, {desk_item}, and {other_pet_name} are filled in automatically when available
• Unknown placeholders are left alone, so literal braces in jokes are still safe
• Unknown section headers are treated as [any] and reported as warnings
• Files that cannot be decoded or read are skipped with a warning

Example:

[any]
{pet_name} is monitoring {active_window}.

[happy]
Today is a very good patch day.

[tired]
I am approximately {battery_percent}% caffeine and hope.

Structured .json packs:

• key: unique pack id
• label: display name shown in menus
• description: optional summary
• weight: optional pack weight
• enabled: optional default enabled flag
• categories: optional pack-wide categories
• quotes: list of strings or objects
• quote objects support text, weight, moods, categories, affinity, and optional follow_ups
• follow-up entries support text, delay_ms, chance, require_contexts, exclude_contexts, and categories
• affinity keys can include skins, tags, contexts, toys, moods, packs, and categories

Example:

{
  "key": "team-quotes",
  "label": "Team Quotes",
  "description": "Context-aware office lines.",
  "weight": 2,
  "quotes": [
    "Status page is looking at me funny.",
    {
      "text": "Routing day.",
      "categories": ["network"],
      "affinity": {
        "skins": ["network"],
        "contexts": ["focus"]
      },
      "follow_ups": [
        {
          "text": "That sentence got worse the longer I looked at it.",
          "delay_ms": 1400,
          "chance": 0.5
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}