choosing name and having NPCs say it throughout the game

How would I make it so at the beginning of the game, the person playing can pick a name of their choice from a letter pad, and then have everybody say this name throughout gameplay?

ex/ I want to pick the name Steve from a selection pad of letters, then I go down stairs and my friend is there. I need him to greet me with the name "Steve" or any name that the player selects.

*edit* Alright, so I found out that "/n[1]" makes NPCs say the selected name, but I still need to know how I get a letter selection pad of some sort.

How would I make it so at the beginning of the game, the person playing can pick a name of their choice from a letter pad, and then have everybody say this name throughout gameplay? ex/ I want to pick the name Steve from a selection pad of letters, then I go down stairs and my friend is there. I need him to greet me with the name "Steve" or any name that the player selects. *edit* Alright, so I found out that "/n[1]" makes NPCs say the selected name, but I still need to know how I get a letter selection pad of some sort.

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I wish i could help and know... but no.. i dont know.. but i may help, the worst part is i dont know the script and how to use the script... i just love to do trigger, by the way , the name 'steve' is kinda weird.. you got it from the anime cartoon 'black cat' right?

That's cool, I'll just look around.

And no, Steve is just an everyday name (at least where I am).

In 2k-3 isn't there a imput name button you can click on that sets it up atuomaticly for you? I don't remember what version of RPG Maker you're using; and I'm not entirly sure if XP has that button. I'll check it out tomorrow on another computer 'cause Win Vista is incompatable with RPG Maker 2k-3 and XP, though is compatable with RPG Maker 95 XP upgrade.
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Actually, RM2K3 and RMXP are compatible with Vista - I've got them both installed on my Vista drive, and they work poifectly.

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RM2K3, I believe he's using.

New event, set it up how you want to. If it's Auto-Start, or if it's an event that the user can keep on hitting (for example, it's at the start of a really big map and they can go anywhere - including back onto the name event) then you can use either preconditions or a conditional branch with a Switch so that they can only use it once - If HeroReNamed Switch is OFF Then Allow Rename + Turn HeroReNamed Switch ON Else Do Nothing.

To input a custom hero name, it's on the second page of the event commands - Enter Hero Name. Click it. You want the character set to be Hiragana, and the character to be renamed is selected from the drop down box. You can tick the box to show the default name, but I haven't worked out how to delete characters when you're inputting them, so you're kinda stuck if that happens.

Hope that helps.

Alright, so I got the event "Enter hero name", but I guess "/n[1]" doesn't work to make everybody say the input name.

Does anybody know how to make the NPCs I made say the chosen name? Is there a script or is it a simple event?

In 2k-3 isn't there a imput name button you can click on that sets it up atuomaticly for you? I don't remember what version of RPG Maker you're using; and I'm not entirly sure if XP has that button. I'll check it out tomorrow on another computer 'cause Win Vista is incompatable with RPG Maker 2k-3 and XP, though is compatable with RPG Maker 95 XP upgrade. ~~~~~~~~~Responce On Hold~~~~EDIT WILL BELOW~~~~~~~~~~~

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I'M Saying... well, to be honest, there are the imput name thing... but i still doesn't know how to use it though maybe bluecube know it... by the way, i'm using rpgmaker2k3... 'steve' is weird though  if your name is steve, its not you!

Actually, RM2K3 and RMXP are compatible with Vista - I've got them both installed on my Vista drive, and they work poifectly.

It doesn't work right on my vista, it gives strange errors every so often. Now on they other hand I made a statement without checking it out, that is I don't actually know if RM2-3 is compatible with Vista since I haven't tried it. I've only tried RMXP. So maybe RM2-3 has less issues with vista.