Hey guys. As you know I'm creating quests for my hunting mod, and some will involve getting a certain amount of pelts etc for people.

I know I can make a quest, and have Stage 1 say something like "Get 10 wolf pelts", and have the condition set to

GetItemCount WolfPelts >= 10

That should work to complete the quest. My question is, when would I need to use variables? The quests in Skyrim like this, that have variables, (as far as I've seen) seem like just ones that need a count in the quest log. Like:

"5/10 Wolf Pelts collected"

Is this the case though? Should a variable always be used? Or should that quest completion condition mentioned above be enough?

Ok guys I need a little help if you don't mind I have my test room, quest book on the floor, and the floor is littered with wolf pelts.

I have my quest. It starts when I read a book (this works great with the OnRead()). The objective (Stage 10) is "Get 3 wolf pelts". Stage 20 is "Got 3 wolf pelts, take them back to the book" (just a test thing for now, this isn't important). I have a target ref which is the book for stage 20, with the condition that the player has >= 3 wolf pelts. I have the following script in Stage 20 as I should:

SetObjectiveCompleted(10)SetObjectiveDisplayed(20)

Now I can't for the life of me get the actual objective in the Journal to change to 20. Nothing happens.

What I can do, is on the Quest Objectives screen, if I have the book as the target ref for Stage 10 instead of 20, with the condition that the player has >= 3 wolf pelts... When the player has 3, the target goes to the book, which is great, but the actual objective doesn't change from "Get 3 wolf pelts"

I've tried setting the Stage 20 condition that the player has >= 3 wolf pelts, but it doesn't make a difference. As there aren't any tutorials on exactly what I'm trying to do it's difficult to know if I'm missing something simple somewhere.

Can anybody show me the light please?

Anyone? Really could use a nudge in the right direction