G.E.C.K - Creating Quest to Kill X

[maccyjam]

Hi,

I have been looking for a tutorial and I have also looked at other quests in the core game files in the G.E.C.K to find how to create a quest script where you must kill X amount of Y to complete it.

Unfortuantly I couldn't find anything, so can anyone link me to a tutorial that shows me how to do this?

Thanks in advance,

[rjhelms84]

if you have specific creature refs the player has to kill, then you can script that pretty easily.

 

You just start a script that has a condition that it only triggers the effect, when all refs are dead.

 

You can say "if Creature1REF.getdead == 1", etc, for the condition.

 

Then say "MyQuest.setstage 100" or something like that. Assuming you've set the quest up.

[maccyjam]

Oh, I see, seems easy enough.

Thanks for your reply. :)

[mastar891]

I'm trying to do this as well, but I can't get it to work. What I think I need to do is set something that checks if the creature/actor is dead. Because if you just do "Creature1REF.getdead == 1" it's going to check if the actor is dead at the moment it processes, and then it realizes that the creature/actor isn't dead so it just keeps going on.

 

I'm thinking about setting a timer that checks every 10-20 seconds, but I have no idea. Anyone have an idea?

[EsvDefcon]

I'm trying to do this as well, but I can't get it to work. What I think I need to do is set something that checks if the creature/actor is dead. Because if you just do "Creature1REF.getdead == 1" it's going to check if the actor is dead at the moment it processes, and then it realizes that the creature/actor isn't dead so it just keeps going on.

 

I'm thinking about setting a timer that checks every 10-20 seconds, but I have no idea. Anyone have an idea?

OR you could just make a variable which increases with each kill, and use a GetQuestVariable condition to move the quest onto the next stage, when this variable is equal to a certain number. It would be a whole lot simpler.

[mastar891]

 

I'm trying to do this as well, but I can't get it to work. What I think I need to do is set something that checks if the creature/actor is dead. Because if you just do "Creature1REF.getdead == 1" it's going to check if the actor is dead at the moment it processes, and then it realizes that the creature/actor isn't dead so it just keeps going on.

 

I'm thinking about setting a timer that checks every 10-20 seconds, but I have no idea. Anyone have an idea?

OR you could just make a variable which increases with each kill, and use a GetQuestVariable condition to move the quest onto the next stage, when this variable is equal to a certain number. It would be a whole lot simpler.

 

Hm, I'm a bit new to GECK, do you have an example on how to go about this?

[rjhelms84]

If you simply want code to run when a specific creature dies, you can add a script to the NPC form itself, and begin your code with an "OnDeath" block.

[EsvDefcon]

 

 

I'm trying to do this as well, but I can't get it to work. What I think I need to do is set something that checks if the creature/actor is dead. Because if you just do "Creature1REF.getdead == 1" it's going to check if the actor is dead at the moment it processes, and then it realizes that the creature/actor isn't dead so it just keeps going on.

 

I'm thinking about setting a timer that checks every 10-20 seconds, but I have no idea. Anyone have an idea?

OR you could just make a variable which increases with each kill, and use a GetQuestVariable condition to move the quest onto the next stage, when this variable is equal to a certain number. It would be a whole lot simpler.

 

Hm, I'm a bit new to GECK, do you have an example on how to go about this?

 

Sure, it's really easy to do:

 

Scn KillXScript

 

Short XKills

 

Add this script to your quest. Then, make a new script:

 

Scn TotalXKillsScript

 

Begin onDeath

 

Set KillXQuest.XKills to KillXQuest.XKills +1

 

End

 

Assign this script to whatever you want X to be (a ghoul, for example). The names aren't important, just make sure that where I've put KillXQuest, you put the name of your actual quest.

Edited June 8, 2014 by EsvDefcon

[mastar891]

Ah, I got it to work. Awesome!