Creation Kit Follower avoiding conflicts

[bojanni]

Follow back :)

 

One thing about the quest script. This line:

 

If FollowerActor.GetRelationshipRank(Game.GetPlayer()) &&-60; 3 && FollowerActor.GetRelationshipRank(Game.GetPlayer()) &--#62;= 0
FollowerActor.SetRelationshipRank(Game.GetPlayer(), 3)

 

I think something went wrong when it was posted on Mathias' blog. I think it should be:

 

If FollowerActor.GetRelationshipRank(Game.GetPlayer()) < 3 && FollowerActor.GetRelationshipRank(Game.GetPlayer()) >= 0

FollowerActor.SetRelationshipRank(Game.GetPlayer(), 3)

I copied this from the vanilla script. I got suspicious because of the ';' in the middle of the line and the weird line as a whole. Then I though what are the ASCII codes for < and > and it s #60 and #62 :)

[skinnytecboy]

The game is a foot Watson. That makes perfect sense.

[skinnytecboy]

Okay. Have completely moved Ben's dialogue over to the new follower quest and removed every trace of relation to the Genericfavor and follower quest. It took some time because there was a heck of a lot of audio to transpose. The new quest works and alias is filled, but it doesn't work smoothly.

 

I get the "Follow me, I need your help" option, and clicking it, he does follow. However, when I click on him after, he spouts out random responses without displaying text options. But if I continually mash the E key, all the follower dialogue options eventually appear... it's very odd.

 

I am now going to try playing around with the quest priority and see if that helps.

 

Even as I write this, I am also wondering about factions and dialogue conditions. Perhaps I will create my own factions. Clearly in my case it could be something to do with how the dialogue is being called.

 

(Yes I did usual Seq and recompiled scripts (to be safe I adjusted as you previously suggested))

 

"As he stared at the biscuit in hand, in a sudden epiphany he realised the futility of it all. No matter how much he allowed himself to procrastinate, eventually he would need to buy more biscuits".

[bojanni]

I keep staring at the scripts, running over the tutorial, compared my scripts to yours... I must be missing something very obvious but can't find it. My conceited follower won't follow me...

 

Guess in your case the conditions are the issue (GetInFaction?)

 

"...so what are these biscuits called? Poor Tea?"

[Mattiewagg]

I keep staring at the scripts, running over the tutorial, compared my scripts to yours... I must be missing something very obvious but can't find it. My conceited follower won't follow me...

 

Guess in your case the conditions are the issue (GetInFaction?)

 

"...so what are these biscuits called? Poor Tea?"

I do need to fix that script. I know Jac over at the Creation Kit Forums got it working all right, so here's a link that might help you:

http://forums.bethsoft.com/topic/1507265-papyrus-to-followers-how-can-i-make-them/?fromsearch=1

And I should get around to completely revamping that tutorial sometime this week.

[bojanni]

Thanks for the link! So if I understand correctly the recruit script should look like this?:

 

 

 

;BEGIN FRAGMENT CODE - Do not edit anything between this and the end comment

;NEXT FRAGMENT INDEX 1

Scriptname BO_TIF__04028FED Extends TopicInfo Hidden

;BEGIN FRAGMENT Fragment_0

Function Fragment_0(ObjectReference akSpeakerRef)

Actor akSpeaker = akSpeakerRef as Actor

;BEGIN CODE

(BO_FollowerControlQuest as BO_FollowerControlQuestScript).SetFollower(akSpeaker)

;END CODE

EndFunction

;END FRAGMENT

;END FRAGMENT CODE - Do not edit anything between this and the begin comment

Quest Property Bo_FollowerControlQuest Auto

[skinnytecboy]

Just biding my time until I can get home to check out the link.

 

"Unbeknownst to him, at that very same moment, a cartel of powerful business people sat eagerly around a board table awaiting the unveiling of their latest endeavor. Not content with controlling the market for crackers, they turned their greedy eyes towards the large image of a biscuit that the head of marketing now presented them with..."

[Mattiewagg]

 

Thanks for the link! So if I understand correctly the recruit script should look like this?:

 

 

 

;BEGIN FRAGMENT CODE - Do not edit anything between this and the end comment

;NEXT FRAGMENT INDEX 1

Scriptname BO_TIF__04028FED Extends TopicInfo Hidden

;BEGIN FRAGMENT Fragment_0

Function Fragment_0(ObjectReference akSpeakerRef)

Actor akSpeaker = akSpeakerRef as Actor

;BEGIN CODE

(BO_FollowerControlQuest as BO_FollowerControlQuestScript).SetFollower(akSpeaker)

;END CODE

EndFunction

;END FRAGMENT

;END FRAGMENT CODE - Do not edit anything between this and the begin comment

Quest Property Bo_FollowerControlQuest Auto

 

Looks right to me.

[bojanni]

*silently weeps*... He still won't come along on my adventures....

 

Still get his error:

 

[10/17/2014 - 08:07:09PM] Error: Cannot call SetFollower() on a None object, aborting function call

stack:

.BO_TIF__04028FED.Fragment_0() - "BO_TIF__04028FED.psc" Line 9

 

"...Behold the Middle-Class Biscuit, the head of Marketing spoke enthusiastically towards the now baffled men. "no iCookie?"

Edited October 17, 2014 by bojanni

[Mattiewagg]

*silently weeps*... He still won't come along on my adventures....

 

Still get his error:

 

[10/17/2014 - 08:07:09PM] Error: Cannot call SetFollower() on a None object, aborting function call

stack:

.BO_TIF__04028FED.Fragment_0() - "BO_TIF__04028FED.psc" Line 9

 

"...Behold the Middle-Class Biscuit, the head of Marketing spoke enthusiastically towards the now baffled men. "no iCookie?"

If it's a none object, that means that your alias is not filling properly - what SetFollower is referring to is an "empty" object. So make sure all your aliases are filling correctly, and if they aren't, find out why and try to fix it.