Help with trying to add a note to the player via a script please

[PuceMooose]

Hello,

 

I'm working on a mod that I'd like to kick off by having the player find a note (regardless of their current position). I'm trying to get a script/quest that runs which will add a note to the player's inventory if that note has not been added already.

 

I've made a quest (yourQuest) with 'start game enabled' checked and a priority of 70. It is set to call my script. Here's the script code:

 

Scn yourQuestAddItemsScr

Begin gameMode

if player.gethasnote PMTigerQuestStart1 == 0
player.addnote PMTigerQuestStart1
      stopquest yourQuest
endif

End

 

I don't get any errors, but nothing happens; no note is added.

Thanks for ideas.

 

Edit: Whoops, this should have been in Troubleshooting most likely. Sorry.

[Cipscis]

That script looks just fine, so it's probably not running at all. Make sure that it's correctly attached to a quest and, most importantly, that the quest is running. To set the quest to run by default, tick the "Start Game Enabled" checkbox.

 

Cipscis

[PuceMooose]

Thanks for the reply Cipscis. I thought it looked okay too; I just can't seem to get it to run or well.. do anything.

 

Here's a shot of pretty much the entire quest; please note that I added nothing at all to the Quest Stages, Quest Objectives, Topics, Conversation, Combat, Detection, Service, Radio, Misc, or Dialogue Tree sections. I wonder if there's something in one of those tabs I need to flag?

 

http://www.pucemoose.com/pics/m1.jpg

[sumoftwosins]

You can add: ShowMessage "Whatever" in your script at different places to see if it is running. You can add an else to your if to send a message if you note variable fails.

 

Also try it without the "player." part. Just use AddNote NotesRef. I think the function is an automatic for the player. Same with getHasNote.

[Cipscis]

Actually, come to think of it, that's probably the issue. AddNote is not a reference function, it's a player function, so treating it as one by using reference syntax probably isn't the best idea. Try doing what sumoftwosins has suggested and remove the reference syntax from AddNote.

 

Cipscis

[PuceMooose]

Hmm, I wonder if my GECK/Fallout installation is corrupt. The GECK was acting a bit slow, so I closed it down and reopened it. After re-launching it, I noticed that I can't scroll past the R's in the scripts option. I can still see all of the scripts if I go to the Scripts section, but I can't select them in the Quest section. Reinstalling GECK has proven to be no help. I can still see all of the scripts below R if I go into the Scripts section.

 

http://www.pucemoose.com/pics/aaaa.jpg

 

Should I try to reinstall Fallout?

[Cipscis]

Only scripts of type "Quest" will appear there. There aren't any Quest Scripts in Fallout3.esm that start with a letter later than "R" in the alphabet.

 

Cipscis

[PuceMooose]

Ah, I jumped the gun a bit there. I saw that it ended in 'R' and not 'Z' and panicked. I'll keep playing around with it and see if I can get it to function properly.

 

Also try it without the "player." part. Just use AddNote NotesRef. I think the function is an automatic for the player. Same with getHasNote.

 

HOT DOG! I think that was it. It seems to be working now.

 

Thanks again for the help! Kudos!

 

It's been a good Fallout 3 modding night for me. Got this script working (thanks to the help) and got my texture mod to work for a new poster I made. Fun!

 

http://www.pucemoose.com/pics/ccc1.jpg

[sumoftwosins]

Fantastic.