this is most likely a stupid question but.... how do you start a quest with a note that the player find's lying around?
"though this shield svcks.... and oh it doe's svck complete two heroic deed's and it's true power will be revealed"

first time i tried to put the script in the book window. when that didn't work i tried the forums and got a link to a video following the video's instruction's i put the script in an quest alias this time and it still didn't work T_T so uh yeah

I was talking about the script you wrote, my bad.

Tried to do it once, didn't work so I turned to a dialogue instead, I used both the container change and the OnRead functions. Sounds simple, but it can be a pain in the butt.
Maybe it's just the version of Creation Kit or Skyrim... are there many? I guess on Steam it just updates by itself!

oh sorry ok well i didn't right a script to be exact i used a deafult one "onreadqueststage" and set the propertys accordingly

p.s. forgive my bad spelling

i have the dialouge bug so that's why i tired the note

I plan on trying this to get around the dialog bug. I'll give it a shot and report back.

actually you should check out

:http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1403919-dialogue-no-longer-works-thread-2-quest-bug-dialogue-scenes-etc/page__fromsearch__1

it's all about the bug

Yes, I've been following that topic closely. It should be noted in that video he over complicates matters with filling in the note's title on the fly. That is completely not needed to get it to work. I didn't have time last night to try it out but I should by the end of the week.

If you are still having issues, let me show you what I wrote in the mod I mentioned earlier.


The important part there is that the quest is a Quest Property. My quest is start game enabled, with the quest stage in the script at 30 when the OnRead will be relavent, needing to be set to 40 for the last objective.

Assuming you have set up the outline of the quest stages, your version would be QuestProperty.SetObjectivedisplayed(FirstQuestStage) and QuestProperty.SetStage(FirstQuestStage) where QuestProperty is the property you created and FirstQuestStage is the first number where journal entries appear.

uh yeah my note isn't found on a body or given to the player by anyone the player just find's it lying around so yeah the script won't work no offence bro

I'm not sure why you're having such a problem with this, it's straight forward. I use it to start my first Guild quest.

Do you need the script to start the quest when the player takes the note into their inventory, or when they read it?

People have reported it didn't start the quest for them, because they were on old versions of the game. They needed to patch up.

Hi,
I was experiencing a similar problem in with a quest where the Player finds a map/journal left on the floor of the Bannered Mare rentable room. For the sake of this explanation the Quest starts at Stage 0 and updates to Stage 10.

I got around this problem with the following:

Set-up a triggerbox at the doorway into the room with the following script:
================================================
Scriptname defaultSetStageOnEnter extends defaultOnEnter conditional
{sets a quest stage when the specified ref or refs are in the trigger
}

quest property myQuest auto
{ quest to call SetStage on}

int property stage auto
{ stage to set}

;total targets currently in the trigger
int targetCountCurrent

;how many targets are we looking for? When targetCountCurrent reaches this, we trigger
int targetCountTotal

; what happens when all my targets are in the trigger?
; override on subclass to change behavior
function TriggerMe()
myQuest.setStage(stage)
parent.TriggerMe()
endFunction
===================================================

I did this because the Quest just wasn't starting, it fixed the problem.

I couldn't get the Quest to update upon reading the note so I set it to update on entering the Players Inventory:

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Scriptname defaultSetStageOnPlayerAcquireItem extends ObjectReference
{Sets a quest stage when this item is put in the player's inventory.}

Quest Property myQST auto
{Quest upon which to set stage. Default is the Alias's owning quest.}
int Property preReqStage = -1 auto
{(Optional)Stage that must be set for this script to run. Default: NONE}
int Property StageToSet auto
{Set this stage when the player picks up this item.}

auto State waiting
Event OnContainerChanged(ObjectReference akNewContainer, ObjectReference akOldContainer)
if (Game.GetPlayer() == akNewContainer)
if ( (preReqStage == -1) || (myQST.GetStageDone(preReqStage) == True) )
myQST.SetStage(stageToSet)
GoToState("inactive")
endif
endif
EndEvent
EndState
============================================================

This worked for me. Hope it helps!

cyberglum

It's really simple. To start the quest when the player takes the item into their inventory, add a new script to the item as follows:

Scriptname YourScriptName extends ObjectReference  Quest Property YourQuest  Auto  Event OnContainerChanged(ObjectReference newContainer, ObjectReference oldContainer)if (newContainer == Game.GetPlayer())          YourQuest.SetStage(10)     endifEndEvent

Replace YourQuest with the name of your quest, and make sure you fill the property with your quest. SetStage(number) for whatever number your first quest stage is that begins the quest.

Done.

That is why I said the only relavent part of that script was the Event OnRead() portion. If you are starting the quest as well (no start game enabled), you need to have QuestProperty.Start() before displaying and setting the first stage. And I have tested the OnRead portion before, otherwise my mods would not be working, hopefully this helps you clarify this more.

ok i think i kinda get it now. just one question where do i put the script? in the note script or in the quest stage's?

The script is attached to the note.

thanks ill try it out when my skyrim's fixed

You copied an original note, yes? Now rename it, change the display text, it's html by the way. Then go to the Script tab of the note and add a new script. Paste in the code.
Next save it, next right click the new script and select to edit properties, next click on the myquest property, (if you didn't change the name, I left it) then select the name of your quest from the dropdown on the right. This connects an object to a property. (My favorite part of the CK, so far)


Now!, All that said. Ready? It doesn't work. It will work with game quests, you can try it with the 01, 02, 03 quests. Think it's DB01, but I'm not home to look.
But it does not work with our created quests because of this @#$% game bug. I bought Skyrim just to play with the CK, and it's broken. svcks!

I just don't get why it's not working, when it does for me

Then can I send you my quest and see if it's something I did wrong? If it works for you then it's the bug.
Or do you have a bare-bones quest that works? One without all the bells.

Gary, have you tried to use an Event OnRead()

Scriptname YourScriptName extends ObjectReference  Quest Property YourQuest  Auto  Event OnRead()    YourQuest.SetStage(10)EndEvent

I have tried B1gBadDaddy's script and it does start my custom quest.
Here are the settings i have for my quest. The quest starts by reading a note found on a table.

Quest Data Tab
Type - Side Quest
Priority - 60
Run Once Ticked

Quest Stages Tab
Index 0 - Start up stage ticked - My quest starts with or without this ticked

Nothing in my quest refers to the letter

I've gotten a custom courier quest working using this tutorial. If I can do it, anyone can!

.....it's not a courier quest

That's it? No other settings or dialog? I'm asking because mt note will trip the in game quests, but not mine. It could be something I messed up when creating the dialog too. I'm a bit in the dark. LOL
I'll use your settings tonight and see if it trips.

Temporarily put

Debug.Messagebox("My quest just started!")

in the script fragment of the initial quest stage of your quest

Then, if when you read the note the messagebox does show but then nothing else happens, then your problems stem from somewhere else

- Hypno