Quest / Dialogue

[Ingot]

As the topic description says, I can't get Trudy in Good Springs to add my line that I want for starting a simple quest.

I tried adding the topic in the quest and then putting it in the add topics box under her "thristy" greeting, and also under

"Tell me more about NCR", but it still does not show in the list of discussion topics. Anyone have experience with this

and willing to give me a hand?

[llamaRCA]

Did you add, in the conditions of your new dialogue topic, GetIsID == Trudy's Ref ID?

 

Also, when you say you added it, did you add it as a choice to an existing topic of hers or as a new topic? And if it's a new topic did you tick Top Level?

 

:) llama

 

 

Edit: Also, when you do the GetIsID in the conditions, Trudy should be the Subject if you've messed with that.

 

Edit #2: Sorry, I just reread what you wrote. You put it in Add Topics. Can you explain why? It might be there for a very good reason, and can work that way, but I can't help you figure out why it's not working unless I know how you are getting it to work in the Add Topics box.

[davidlallen]

Have you tried the quest and dialog tutorials at geck.bethsoft.com? That is how I learned. BTW if you use an existing NPC to start a quest, it will be a little odd for the player. You will not be able to match Trudy's voice when you record the line. You may consider using a note, or terminal, or a new NPC, rather than adding a line to an existing one.

[Ingot]

Yes llamaRCA, I did add the GetisID set to Trudy == 1 thanks for asking.

When I added the topic, I created it in the topics tab under the quest.

Then, I right clicked on the add topics section under trudy's "looks like yer thirsty"

greeting in the NPC list and added that topic. (which is FreeformGoodspringsGSTrudyTopic050).

 

David, I did go through the tutorials extensively and can't find why it's not working. I understand

what you are saying about the voice acting, but I'll cope with that since this particular quest would

best be suited to being initiated by conversation.

Edited January 8, 2011 by Ingot

[llamaRCA]

Yes llamaRCA, I did add the GetisID set to Trudy == 1 thanks for asking.

When I added the topic, I created it in the topics tab under the quest.

Then, I right clicked on the add topics section under trudy's "looks like yer thirsty"

greeting in the NPC list and added that topic. (which is FreeformGoodspringsGSTrudyTopic050).

 

 

Okay, try taking it out of the Add Topics box and put it into the Choices box. That should put your dialogue line where you want it. You may need to tick the Goodbye box if you need to exit dialogue with her so that you can enter her other, regular dialogue with her. It's unclear from what I can see where her dialogue goes from there.

 

:) llama

[Ingot]

Yes llamaRCA, I did add the GetisID set to Trudy == 1 thanks for asking.

When I added the topic, I created it in the topics tab under the quest.

Then, I right clicked on the add topics section under trudy's "looks like yer thirsty"

greeting in the NPC list and added that topic. (which is FreeformGoodspringsGSTrudyTopic050).

 

 

Okay, try taking it out of the Add Topics box and put it into the Choices box. That should put your dialogue line where you want it. You may need to tick the Goodbye box if you need to exit dialogue with her so that you can enter her other, regular dialogue with her. It's unclear from what I can see where her dialogue goes from there.

 

:) llama

 

 

Ok, moved that to the choices for the "looks like your thirsty greeting", but now after she says that line, the conversation ends.

In other words, I an unable to converse with her from the choice list. It simply says that greeting, then closes coms.

[llamaRCA]

Are you testing it from a clean save (save without your mod active and in another cell)?

[Ingot]

No, I'm reloading a previous save from adjacent to the NPC, but the mod was active during the save.

 

Ok, I discovered why the line wasn't showing in the topics. I didn't have the start game enabled for the quest.

However, now I need to find out how to get that topic to start the quest. I'm trying StartQuest questName01

in the begin scripts to start the quest, and ShowMap questLocationMarker to show the map marker. Those

don't seem to work right now, but I'll continue experimenting.

Edited January 8, 2011 by Ingot

[Ingot]

Well.. I got everything figured out.

Now, just need a good spot to post my mod.