1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:13,019 Welcome to the Minecraft Education Edition NPC tutorial. You don't have to be an expert in 2 00:00:13,019 --> 00:00:18,379 Minecraft to be able to lead a Minecraft lesson in the classroom and learning how to use NPCs 3 00:00:18,379 --> 00:00:23,660 in Minecraft will give you a very powerful set of tools to create lessons and give you the 4 00:00:23,660 --> 00:00:31,539 confidence to play, create and learn. So get your mouse and keyboard ready and let's begin. An NPC 5 00:00:31,539 --> 00:00:36,880 non-player character is a character not controlled by the player. They could be 6 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:41,600 used to display text and provide the user with options in the form of buttons. 7 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:47,420 NPCs act as guides in Minecraft worlds, providing instructions and information 8 00:00:47,420 --> 00:00:53,159 to help players learn and complete activities. In this lesson we'll learn 9 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:59,579 how to place and then modify an NPC. Right-click the NPC beside this sign to 10 00:00:59,579 --> 00:01:06,599 get started. Okay, let's right-click the NPC and find out what happens next. The 11 00:01:06,599 --> 00:01:11,400 NPC says we'll need to open this gate if we'd like to get into the next area. 12 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:16,260 Press the open gate button when you're ready to proceed. You can also close the 13 00:01:16,260 --> 00:01:21,480 gate again by pressing the close gate button. Well, let's give it a go. Brilliant! 14 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:25,519 I could close the gate but I want to see what's waiting around the next corner. 15 00:01:25,519 --> 00:01:32,390 one of the notable features of an NPC is its support for the immersive reader 16 00:01:32,390 --> 00:01:37,370 right-click the NPC and then locate and click the button in the bottom right 17 00:01:37,370 --> 00:01:42,230 hand corner that looks like an open book that will open up the immersive reader 18 00:01:42,230 --> 00:01:47,709 the immersive reader is packed with features have a look about and then to 19 00:01:47,709 --> 00:01:51,530 exit the reader click on the arrow on the upper left corner to return to 20 00:01:51,530 --> 00:01:59,019 Minecraft. The gate has now opened and we can venture to the next area. Enabling 21 00:01:59,019 --> 00:02:05,019 World Builder to configure NPCs. Before you can configure an NPC you first need 22 00:02:05,019 --> 00:02:10,300 to enable World Builder to see its settings. You can toggle this on and off 23 00:02:10,300 --> 00:02:15,219 by opening chat by pressing T on your keyboard and typing the following 24 00:02:15,219 --> 00:02:21,159 command forward slash WB. You should now see a message on the screen that says 25 00:02:21,159 --> 00:02:28,120 says either world builder status updated to true or world builder status updated 26 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:34,479 to false. Enable world builder and right-click the NPC beside this board to 27 00:02:34,479 --> 00:02:39,580 see its settings and then left-click it when you're done to remove it. Let's 28 00:02:39,580 --> 00:02:45,819 first type forward slash WB and then right-click the NPC. As you can see we 29 00:02:45,819 --> 00:02:50,620 can change the style and skin of the NPC and add dialogue, messages, commands and 30 00:02:50,620 --> 00:02:56,560 links but for now let's exit the settings and left-click the NPC. Now 31 00:02:56,560 --> 00:03:05,039 onwards to the next area. Let's now create our own NPC from scratch. The 32 00:03:05,039 --> 00:03:09,520 first thing we'll need to do is enable world builder mode again. You'll need to 33 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:14,400 do that every time you log into a world so we've turned it off as a reminder of 34 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:20,139 that. Next you'll need to place an NPC on the gold block to the right using the 35 00:03:20,139 --> 00:03:26,639 NPC spawn egg you were given. You can normally find this in your creative inventory. If you 36 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:30,699 didn't turn on the World Builder ability, nothing will happen. 37 00:03:30,699 --> 00:03:37,379 Once spawned, move on to the next board. OK, type forward slash WB and right click 38 00:03:37,379 --> 00:03:47,340 the ground with the spawn egg. It's so colourful. Great, let's read the next board. 39 00:03:47,340 --> 00:03:54,879 An MPC has four things you can modify, it's name, dialogue, appearance and advanced settings 40 00:03:54,879 --> 00:03:57,840 that allow you to add buttons. 41 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:02,500 Name and appearance or skin can be set from the main interface by typing the name in the 42 00:04:02,500 --> 00:04:08,860 provided text box and selecting which skin you want to display. 43 00:04:08,860 --> 00:04:13,900 To edit dialogue, click the edit dialogue button to bring up the dialogue interface. 44 00:04:13,900 --> 00:04:20,379 done, move on to the last sign. Okay, so right-clicking an NPC opens up its 45 00:04:20,379 --> 00:04:27,339 settings. I could change name at the top, the appearance or skin here and let's 46 00:04:27,339 --> 00:04:36,069 add some dialogue. Hello world. Okay, let's read the last sign before we get 47 00:04:36,069 --> 00:04:41,889 carried away. The last sign says you can add buttons by selecting the advanced 48 00:04:41,889 --> 00:04:48,269 settings button inside the MPC interface. There it will give you the choice of either adding a URL 49 00:04:48,269 --> 00:04:55,410 or a command. Selecting add command will allow you to add Minecraft commands that run either 50 00:04:55,410 --> 00:05:02,410 when you close the dialog box or when a button is pressed. Choosing add link instead will allow 51 00:05:02,410 --> 00:05:12,279 you to add a link. Right, I shall change the name first to Adam and then let's add a link to the 52 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:21,269 Minecraft Education website. Open the URL button and paste a web link here. Close the 53 00:05:21,269 --> 00:05:27,829 interface by pressing the cross. Type forward slash WB. Remember to press the T button on 54 00:05:27,829 --> 00:05:33,470 your keyboard to open up chat to do this and then right click your new NPC. 55 00:05:33,470 --> 00:05:38,449 There we have it, your very first NPC. Press the button when you're finished to complete 56 00:05:38,449 --> 00:05:42,209 the lesson. Have fun and keep exploring! 57 00:05:43,970 --> 00:06:05,230 Thank you.