CNPC Lines

CNPC Lines

CNPC Lines is a utility and visual enhancement addon for Custom NPCs, focused on improving skin management and modernizing NPC presentation. It extends the existing Custom NPC workflow while keeping its original content and scripting ecosystem intact.

Skin Manager

CNPC Lines provides a more convenient way to manage and search Custom NPC skins.

• Search skins directly by name
• Supports uppercase English, Chinese, Korean, emojis, and other Unicode characters in skin names
• Makes large skin collections easier to navigate
• Simplifies adding and organizing skin files
• Makes it more convenient to build and maintain resource packs containing Custom NPC skins

The goal is to make working with large skin libraries much less tedious, especially for maps and modpacks containing many custom NPCs.

Modern Faction Panel

CNPC Lines introduces a completely revamped visual interface for NPC factions, while keeping the original faction editing entry point intact.

• Visual Portraits & Status: Displays the NPC's portrait alongside their name, faction status (Neutral, Aggressive, Friendly), and faction points.
• Heart-shaped Health Bar: Replaces traditional numeric health with an intuitive heart bar for quick visual feedback during gameplay.
• Color-coded UI: Faction attitudes are clearly distinguished by colors and icons, making it instantly recognizable who is an ally and who is an enemy.

This modernized faction panel makes NPC relationships much easier to read at a glance, perfect for RPGs and story-driven maps.

Modern Dialog & Quest Editing

Along with the visual enhancements, CNPC Lines features a modernized Dialogs & Quests - Story Workbench. (Note: The old dialog/quest editing entry point is fully retained).

• A clean, centralized workspace for managing all your dialog resources, quests, and flow links.
• Easy navigation through tabs like Resource Editor, Dialog Flow, Quest Links, and All Relations.
• Streamlined UI for setting dialog availability, faction options, console commands, and NPC hiding/wheel display.

This new workbench significantly improves the workflow when building complex storylines, quests, and branching dialogs.

Modern Dialogue Display

CNPC Lines also provides an alternative presentation for NPC dialogue.

Inspired by the dialogue presentation approach of CNPC Additions, this feature replaces the traditional Custom NPC dialogue text display with a more modern and visually polished presentation.

It is designed to make NPC conversations easier to read and more suitable for modern adventure maps, RPGs, and story-driven content, while retaining the original purpose of Custom NPC dialogue. Text formatting options such as font size, bold/italic/underline, and custom color palettes are integrated for a better reading experience.

Compatibility

CNPC Lines is designed as an addon for Custom NPCs, rather than a replacement or fork.

It focuses on extending the existing Custom NPC workflow while keeping its original content and scripting ecosystem intact. All original entry points remain available to ensure backward compatibility with existing maps.

Credits

CNPC Lines' dialogue presentation is inspired by the ideas and presentation approach of CNPC Additions.

• Custom NPCs — Noppes
• CNPC Additions — inspiration for the dialogue presentation concept