how to start a quest with a note : V - Skyrim

» Mon Nov 19, 2012 12:39 pm

Thanks to everyone who responded in this topic. I finally got my note quest to work!

» Mon Nov 19, 2012 12:29 am

I also wanted to mention the courier quest in the tutorial linked here is overly complicated and it never worked more than once for me and never again. There is a LOT easier way to do it.

» Mon Nov 19, 2012 1:04 am

Some of these examples are pretty expansive...

How about something more simple like this:

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Scriptname DWRHVNIntroBookScript extends ObjectReference

Quest Property DWRHVNIntro Auto

Event OnRead()
DWRHVNIntro.SetStage(20)
EndEvent

I've had issues with this on the occasion where the next quest won't work due to bad aliases, but that has nothing to do with this script. Hopefully this simple example can help future searchers.

» Sun Nov 18, 2012 11:00 pm

As http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1411355-how-to-start-a-quest-with-a-note/page__view__findpost__p__21542734, DefaultOnReadSetQuestStageNotAlias is already set up for this:

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ScriptName DefaultOnReadSetQuestStageNotAlias Extends ObjectReference  Int Property myStage AutoQuest Property myQuest AutoEvent OnRead()	myQuest.SetStage(myStage)EndEvent

» Mon Nov 19, 2012 9:27 am

Mine has no alias at all. Works great every time. Simple is better.

» Sun Nov 18, 2012 10:31 pm

If enough people are interested I can write up a tutorial on how I did my note quest to get around the dialog bug.

» Mon Nov 19, 2012 5:28 am

Mine has no alias at all. Works great every time. Simple is better.

Agreed. DefaultOnReadSetQuestStageNotAlias does not pertain to aliases. DefaultOnReadSetQuestStage, however. does. All you had to do was glue the existing, prewritten script to your BOOK and set its properties accordingly. :shrug:

One of the coolest things about Papyrus is that one script can be used a number of different ways according to how its properties are set up.

» Mon Nov 19, 2012 8:22 am

Mine was a little more complex than that but yes.