How to make in-world target marker invisible?

[n000dlz]

Hi guys,

 

A bit of a difficult one to explain; I don't want the objective's target marker to show up in the real world but I can't find any checkboxes for this option in the quest's "Objectives" tab and I can't find any help on the topic. I know this happens quite often in-game but I can't think of any particular quest in which it happens.

 

Picture this objective:

"Search the location to find the object"

The player has to search, say, Parson's Creamery for an object. You want the target marker to show up on the map and in the HUD so the player knows the target area, but you don't want the target marker to show up in the real-world.

 

I could create an 'X marker' target and lower it below the landscape to hide the target marker but this doesn't seem like a good idea, more of a 'quick fix'.

 

Thanks! :happy: :pirate: :cool:

[DiodeLadder]

Hi there n000dlz,

 

One thing you can do is, attach a condition so that the target will show only when the player is far from the destination. You know how the Cappy quest in Nuka World is handled - you get close and the marker would disappear?

 

How you can set this up is :

 

1) Create a new condition for the target ref

 

2) Condition Function will be "Get Distance"

 

3) Put in the target in the middle

 

4) Comparison will be ">" (greater than)

 

5) Put in the distance. Say, if you want the distance to be 40m, the value will be 4000

 

...This will make the target to show only if you are more than 40m away from the target.

 

I'm using this in one of my quests to indicate the boss, because having a marker floating over the guy using a stealth boy is kinda stupid isn't it? :tongue:

[n000dlz]

Hi DiodeLadder! Thanks for the help!

 

That's a great way of doing it; I actually didn't know the quest target conditions constantly update like that.

 

If I can't find an example of this 'invisible marker' thing to look into (which I'm currently breaking my brain trying to remember - it gave me some ficticious information earlier which wasted an hour), I'll def use that method. It's actually really handy.

 

Thanks DiodeLadder :geek: :cool:

Edited November 14, 2018 by n000dlz