XML: "duration" in situation_walkby_RingDoorbell

pbox

In both

situation_walkby_RingDoorbell_withRelationship_FBC3AEEB_00000000_0000000000008B8B and situation_walkby_RingDoorbell_Neighbor_FBC3AEEB_00000000_00000000000186D7

there is an attribute "duration" -- what is this the duration of? I can't find it in the tdesc so .. no idea whether it's undocumented, deprecated, or maybe wait_for_invitation_delay is deprecated instead. Because that's in the tdesc (along with a lot of "Deleted name" stuff) but not in the tuning.

Am I looking at the correct tdesc at all? (What I'm trying to achieve is make the stalkbys hang out on the porch for a little less than half a day when nobody opens the door.) -- I apparently am, because it works fine to plunk wait_for_invitation_delay in there and set it to something shorter.

I'm still puzzled as to what that "duration" is for. 1.0.732.20 here.


Edit: Answered! See below (velocitygrass).

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<I c="WalkbyRingDoorBellSituation" i="situation" m="situations.ambient.walkby_ring_doorbell_situation" n="situation_walkby_RingDoorbell_withRelationship" s="35723">
  <T p="InGame\Audio\Bumper\bumper_event_start.propx" n="audio_sting_on_start">39b2aa4a:00000000:78b903461d47e4fc</T>
  <L n="can_start_walkby_limiting_tags">
    <E>Situation_Ring_Doorbell</E>
  </L>
  <T n="duration">0</T>
  <T p="InGame\Audio\Bumper\bumper_event_major_complete.propx" n="main_goal_audio_sting">39b2aa4a:00000000:10b476550150a33f</T>
  <L n="tags">
    <E>Situation_Ring_Doorbell</E>
  </L>
  <U n="walker_job">
    <T n="leave_state">24224<!--rolestate_leave_now--></T>
    <T n="mailbox_state">24828<!--walkby_visit_mailbox--></T>
    <T n="ring_doorbell_state">15920<!--walkby_ring_doorbell--></T>
    <T n="situation_job">40341<!--walker_job_RingDoorbell_withRelationship--></T>
    <T n="wait_for_invitation_state">15921<!--walkby_wait_for_invitation--></T>
  </U>
</I>

IngeJones

I am guessing it might be how long the doorbell sound rings for, as the line is sandwiched closely between lines referring to sounds.

velocitygrass

It's in the Situation.tdesc (Situation is one of the parents of WalkbyRingDoorBellSituation):

<Tunable name="duration" class="TunableSimMinute" type="float" default="60" display="Duration" filter="0" group="General" tuning_state="NeedsTuning" min="None" max="None" description="How long the situation will last in sim minutes. 0 means forever." />

pbox

Is there a doorbell sound? In my game they always just knock .. and I didn't notice a sound when I was playing around with this, either.

pbox

@velocitygrass we crossposted -- thanks! Duh! Will remember to check the parent's tdescs too in the future. Anyhow, that explains why they were lurking forever .. more or less literally. I wonder why they did that. Probably so that when a sim walks up to them just to chat (without "Invite In") they won't leave right away.

The override I mentioned above is available here for those who want them to go away a little sooner (I added wait_for_invitation_delay = 20).


Edit: Also, there is now a tool that will probably make this a lot simpler.