Hoping Someone Can Help Me Here.

;Irrelevant Code AboveEvent OnInit()    registerForUpdate(1);EndEventEvent OnUpdate()If (MOD1QPart1.GetStage() == 29)    ;self.say()    Debug.SendAnimationEvent(Self, "IdlePray")    Debug.MessageBox("OnUpdate Event Done:SendAnimationEventSent");ElseIf (MOD1QPart1.GetStage() > 29)    unregisterForUpdate();Else    debug.MessageBox("Else");EndifEndEvent;Property Declarations Below

I have MOD1QPart1 set up as a quest property for this script. I am entering a room with the actor this script is attached to. Before I enter, I used the console command "SetStage MOD1QPart1 29" to set the quest stage to 29, then I enter. For some reason though, even though I know for absolute certain that the Quest stage is 29, I keep getting the "Else" message at every update. Can anyone identify the problem?

29 is NOT greater than 29. It's doing what you ask.

Well, the OnUpdate is firing before the Console Command is entered (because your script itself seems OK) - I guess it depends what object the script is attached to and when that object receives it's onupdate event?

I don't know how your quest works, but if you can, setstage 28 via the console, do that stage, then enter your room and see if you get the right message.

Well, on every update, it should check to see if the quest state is 29. If it is, the actor that the script is on should do the animation, and the Debug Message should appear, however, I constantly get else, which makes no sense.

Edit, and no. It's not. I'm not wanting or asking it to unregisterforupdate(); at stage 29.

(nvm)


I thought setting the stage to 29 would make that the Active Stage and the first line of the IF should fire? (Am I confused? To be fair, I usually am!)

Did you remember to fill (or autofill) the MOD1QPart1 property? If you didn't your first if is "if NONE.GetStage() == 29"

I often forget to go into properties and set those dang things.

Yep, it's there and filled. Just Double Checked.

Hmn...change the messageboxes to Notifications so you can get a running list of them, and change the ("Else") to ("Else, Stage = " + MOD1QPart1.GetStage())

Yea... thanks for posting, haven't tried that yet. I actually need to head to bed. But I'll try that and post tomorrow.

Oops, sorry for the post above. I'd skipped the code to read your Q, and ended up reading backwards. I didn't even notice the '==' condition. My bad.

Strange... Even though the property appears to be set. The "Else, Stage =" Box is showing a value of zero.

After that, I even used the SetStage command in game. Still gave me zero.

This tells me that for some reason, it's not reading the true value of MOD1QPart1. So, I went back and checked the properties again. Everything checks out. Quest Property is filled with the right quest... I have no clue.

EDIT: I also double checked the true value of MOD1QPart1 via "SQV MOD1QPart1" in game. It evaluates to 20 (That is on the save I'm using for testing.) and then to 29 (after I "SetStage MOD1QPart1 29")

Is the quest set to "Start Game Enabled"? (grasping at straws here. lol )

Yep. Didn't make a silly mistake this time. And stage 29 does exist, as do stages 30-35.

You haven't defined MOD1QPart1

In a quest script you don't need it, the quest refers to itself by default.

If (GetStage() == 29)

If you use it, you need to define it.

Quest Property MOD1QPart1 auto[...]If (MOD1QPart1.GetStage() == 29) 

It is defined. ";Property Declarations Below" means that I have my properties defined below. I just didn't feel the need to include them. And before you guys ask. Yes, my properties are spelled and formatted properly. In this case the property is "Quest Property MOD1QPart1 Auto"

Have you tried to move the declarations above the first time the properties are used?

Well, I actually had the quest property at the top, but moved it to the bottom because it wasn't working. either way I get the same result,

I knows its a pain, Garg, but you may want to post the whole script so we can have a look-see.

Imma start posting whole script from now on. So this doesn't happen... 1 sec

Scriptname MOD1DragonCultistScript extends ActorEvent OnLoad ()if (MOD1QPart1.GetStage() == 29)    Self.Enable()else    Self.Disable()endifEndEventEvent OnInit()    registerForUpdate(1);endEventEvent OnUpdate()If (MOD1QPart1.GetStage() == 29)    ;self.say()    Debug.SendAnimationEvent(Self, "IdlePray")    Debug.MessageBox("OnUpdate Event Done:SendAnimationEventSent");elseif (MOD1QPart1.GetStage() > 29)    unregisterForUpdate();else    debug.MessageBox("Else, Stage =" + MOD1QPart1.GetStage());EndifendEventQuest Property MOD1QPart1  Auto

Have you tried GetStageDone instead?

What stage does Getstage actually return?

OK There are a couple of weird things. MOD1QPart1.GetStage() is returning the proper number (29) in the OnLoad Event, Because my actor activates itself properly.
Hoowever, under the on update event it appears to be returning 0, regardless of what the quest's true stage is.

Does the quest objective for your stage 29 show up in the quest log?

(More straw grasping...maybe it's getting stuck on stage 0 for some reason?)

Try this:

int ReadStageint Counter = 0While Counter < 35   if MOD1QPart1.SetStage(Counter) ; If we successfully changed the stage to Counter (Means stage exists and it worked)	  ReadStage = MOD1QPart1.GetStage() 	  Debug.MessageBox("Stage: "+Counter+" Checked and verified: "+ReadStage)  endif  Counter += 1Endwhile

That should check to see if the stages are reading correctly. SetStage returns a boolean that is true if the stage correctly changed, and false if it wasn't.

It should only pop up ANY text boxes if the quest is, in fact changing, and it will compare what it tried to set with what it's reading from the quest.

I could have sworn properties needed to be declared at the start of the script, before your events and after the scriptname line

Well, as I mentioned in my other thread.. I don't have a stage for every number between 0-35. I skip a few numbers at places. I'm going to try declaring my properties at the top again to see if it makes any difference, though I don't think that it will.


Yea, Relocating My Property Declarations did nothing.

You can bypass the whole issue like this:

Scriptname MOD1DragonCultistScript extends ActorEvent OnLoad ()  if (MOD1QPart1.GetStage() != 29)    Self.disable()  else    Self.Enable()    While (MOD1QPart1.GetStage() == 29) ; We know it's working here.       ;self.say()       Debug.SendAnimationEvent(Self, "IdlePray")       Debug.MessageBox("OnUpdate Event Done:SendAnimationEventSent");       Utility.Wait(1.0)    EndWhile  endifEndEventEvent OnInit()    ;registerForUpdate(1)endEventQuest Property MOD1QPart1  Auto

But that still doesn't explain the bad return value from the quest...it's still an issue.