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This page explains how the game calculates NPC gift tastes. This is an advanced guide for mod developers.
==Data==
NPC gift tastes are stored in `Content\Data\NPCGiftTastes.xnb`, which can be
===Raw data===
[unpacked using XNB Extract](creating-an-xnb-mod#unpacking). Here's the raw data (as of 1.1.1) for
NPC gift tastes are stored in <tt>Content\Data\NPCGiftTastes.xnb</tt>, which can be [[Modding:Creating an XNB mod#unpacking|unpacked using XNB Extract]]. Here's the raw data (as of 1.1.1) for reference:
reference:
<source lang="yaml">
content: #!Dictionary<String,String>
content: #!Dictionary<String,String>
Universal_Love: "74 446" #!String
Universal_Love: "74 446" #!String
Willy: " This is great! If only me ol' Pappy was around. He'd go nuts for this./72 143 149 154 276 337 698 459/This looks great. Thank you!/66 336 340 699 707 198 202 209 212 213 214 219 225 727 730 728 732/Hmmm... You like stuff like this? Huh./-7 -81 2 4 330/... *sniff*... Well I guess I can toss it into the chum bucket.//A gift! Thanks./-4 227 228 242/ " #!String
Willy: " This is great! If only me ol' Pappy was around. He'd go nuts for this./72 143 149 154 276 337 698 459/This looks great. Thank you!/66 336 340 699 707 198 202 209 212 213 214 219 225 727 730 728 732/Hmmm... You like stuff like this? Huh./-7 -81 2 4 330/... *sniff*... Well I guess I can toss it into the chum bucket.//A gift! Thanks./-4 227 228 242/ " #!String
Krobus: " This is an amazing gift. For my people it is a great honor to receive something like this./72 16 276 337 305 308/Thank you very much./66 336 340/Humans have... interesting tastes./-7 -81 2 330/Oh... Um. I guess I'll accept it.//Thank you.// " #!String
Krobus: " This is an amazing gift. For my people it is a great honor to receive something like this./72 16 276 337 305 308/Thank you very much./66 336 340/Humans have... interesting tastes./-7 -81 2 330/Oh... Um. I guess I'll accept it.//Thank you.// " #!String
</source>
===Format===
The file contains two types of data:
<ul>
<li>''Universal tastes'' apply to all villagers. Their key is <tt>Universal_{taste}</tt>, and their value is a space-delimited array of reference IDs (item ID if ≥0, category ID is <0). For example, consider this entry:
<source lang="yaml">
Universal_Like: "-2 -7 -26 -75 -80 72 395 613 634 635 636 637 638 724 459"
</source>
This data means villagers should have a universal like for category -2, item 72, etc.</li>
<li>''Personal tastes'' apply to a specific villager. Their key is the villager's internal name (like <tt>Abigail</tt>), and their value alternates dialogue text with a list of reference IDs in this order: love, like, dislike, hate, and neutral. For example, consider Abigail's gift tastes:
<source lang="yaml">
Abigail: " I seriously love this! You're the best, @!/66 128 220 226 276 611/Hey, how'd you know I was hungry? This looks delicious!//What am I supposed to do with this?/-5 -75 -79 16 245 246/What were you thinking? This is awful!/330/You brought me a present? Thanks.// "
Abigail: " I seriously love this! You're the best, @!/66 128 220 226 276 611/Hey, how'd you know I was hungry? This looks delicious!//What am I supposed to do with this?/-5 -75 -79 16 245 246/What were you thinking? This is awful!/330/You brought me a present? Thanks.// "
</source>
By splitting the string with <tt>/</tt> as the delimiter, we can extract this data:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! index
! taste
! reaction dialogue
! reference IDs
|-
| 0, 1
| love
| I seriously love this! You're the best, @!
| 66 128 220 226 276 611
|-
| 2, 3
| like
| Hey, how'd you know I was hungry? This looks delicious!
| ''none''
|-
| 4, 5
| dislike
| What am I supposed to do with this?
| -5 -75 -79 16 245 246
|-
| 6, 7
| hate
| What were you thinking? This is awful!
| 330
|-
| 8, 9
| neutral
| You brought me a present? Thanks.
| ''none''
|}
This data means she should personally love item 66, dislikes category -5, etc.</li>
</ul>
==How a gift taste is determined==
The data format allows tastes to conflict in multiple ways:
The data format allows tastes to conflict in multiple ways:
* and any combination of the above (e.g. between a universal item ID and personal category ID).
* and any combination of the above (e.g. between a universal item ID and personal category ID).
The game uses a rather complicated algorithm to determine how much an NPC likes an gift (see
The game uses a rather complicated algorithm to determine how much an NPC likes an gift (see <tt>NPC::getGiftTasteForThisItem</tt>). Here's a cleaned up version of the algorithm in pseudocode:
<pre>
var TASTE = neutral
var TASTE = neutral
bool HAS_UNIVERSAL_ID = false
bool HAS_UNIVERSAL_ID = false
// part V: return taste if not overridden
// part V: return taste if not overridden
return TASTE
return TASTE
</pre>
</pre>
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