Hi all. I'm a bit stuck.
At the end of a conversation with a NPC guard I need to advance a related quest. So far at the end of the conversation I have a basic GetOwningQuest.SetStage(10). This prevents the conversation from ever repeating as the condition to begin the conversation was 0. So at Stage 10 in the quest window I click Log Entry > New, no text required here and go to Papyrus Fragments. In the past I'm sure I could add a property, before typing any script, by just typing ";" and clicking Properties. It doesn't do that now. So I type in Quest Property MyQuest Auto and click Compile. The script errors, So I can't get the other quest to advance a stage. I guess what I was hoping to achieve was this...

Quest Property MyQuest Auto
MyQuest.SetStage(30)

Thanks for any advice.

Try doing the ";" thing in the Quest Fragment to generate an empty script, then close out of the Quest window, re-open it, and then try clicking Properties.

If that doesn't work, you could also:

1) Add the property manually by editing the stage script that will appear in the Quest's Scripts tab; or

2) Add the code to advance your second quest to the dialogue fragment, rather than the stage fragment, and add the property there.

Sometimes you need to save the quest first.

Type

;

Then compile. This will generate a quest script. Click OK on the quest window. When you then reopen it, you can add Properties etc.

Thank you both. I knew it worked just forgot to close and re-open the quest. Cheers.