dizietemblesssma Posted October 18, 2024 Share Posted October 18, 2024 In the quest stages tab of a quest in the CK there is a check box for "run on start". What does this do compared to "start game enabled". I'm trying to work out how in FOLON there is a quest called "Pictures On Walls" (FOLON_SQIslington101) that is "start game enabled" and is running, but you only see the swf file and the message about starting the quest when you speak to the quest giver, doing so then sets the quest stage to its first stage, which I notice does _not_ have the "run on start" box checked, whereas a lot of other quests do. I have assumed that the "run on start" was to start a stage at the quest start without needing a trigger but maybe I'm wrong, since I can see no way for this FOLON quest to be running but not displayed in the journal or the starting message yet to be shown on screen. diziet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKKmods Posted October 19, 2024 Share Posted October 19, 2024 Start game enabled runs the quest when it first loads into a game. Otherwise another script must start it via StartQuest or SetStage. Run on start automatically runs that quest stage script fragment after the quest starts and all aliases fill. Exactly the same as a quest attached script OnQuetInit() event. If a quest is starting and you are not seeing a startup SWF, likely it doesnt have one and its dialog is triggering another quest via a setstage fragment that does have SWF UI. This is often done by the Dialogue* quests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorkaz Posted October 19, 2024 Share Posted October 19, 2024 Basically you can only see the quest if you show a quest objective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dizietemblesssma Posted October 19, 2024 Author Share Posted October 19, 2024 So does that mean that even though it is start game enabled, since there is no 'run on start' stage that the first stage (or indeed any stage), when started will trigger the swf? Here are some screenshots of the quest in question:) The swf that is in that box is the one that is shown when the quest giver gives the quest, that is done by this: https://i.imgur.com/H1I9QXI.png where the stage 10 of the parent quest is: https://i.imgur.com/ckInBDO.png I had a look at the other dialogue and there doesn't seem to be any other triggers except for the end of the quest upon returning to the quest giver. It's not that this is very important, but I would like to understand what is going on here. diziet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorkaz Posted October 20, 2024 Share Posted October 20, 2024 In this quest case it will start on stage 10. Stage 10 isn't set to run on start automatically so it is set remotely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dizietemblesssma Posted October 20, 2024 Author Share Posted October 20, 2024 Thankyou:) Just wanted to understand things! diziet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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