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Hey guys how can i make people talk randomly in the background like in the bar in Terris in the original game? P.S: Loops don't work on my computer for some reason; they just crash the whole computer!! (goto loops i mean).

Simple way (script attached to the character):

void main( void )
{
say_stop_npc("`%Background gossip, whatever");
}

Even better:

void main( void )
{
mainloop:
wait(2000);
&randy = random(5, 1);
if(&randy == 1)
{
say_stop_npc("`%Background gossip, whatever");
}
if(&randy == 2)
{
say_stop_npc("`%bla bla bla");
}

goto mainloop;
}

You could make them more complicated, but these are just simple ways to do it.

Your loops probably don't work because there's no wait() in them, without a pause the loop keeps going round and there's no time for the engine to do anything else, so it freezes.

This works:
loop:
wait(anytime);
say("baa", 1);
goto loop;

So does this:
loop:
say_stop("baa", 1);
goto loop;

This will crash/freeze/destroy:
loop:
say("baaaaa!!", 1);
goto loop;

ok what's the difference between the last 2?

The difference between a say(); command and a say_stop(); command.

ah thanks