How do I make a message display on game startup?

[SirIdiot]

I want the game to display a message as soon as you load. Is this the script?

 

scn messagedisplay

Short DoOnce

Begin GameMode
  if (DoOnce != 1)
     ShowMessage StartupMessage
     Set DoOnce to 1
  endif
end

 

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[Xaranth]

Make a new quest, mark it start game enabled, use that as your questscript, and add StopQuest in the doOnce block to be a GOOD modder.

[SirIdiot]

Thanks. You really help a lot

[rickerhk]

If its a message box and you want to make it less annoying and not interupt the character generation for a new game, you can simply add a timer and a condition that you've left the Doc's house.

scn messagedisplay

Short DoOnce
float fTimer

Begin GameMode

if (fTimer > 0)
    set fTimer to fTimer - GetSecondsPassed
else
    if (DoOnce == 0)
        if (Player.GetInWorldSpace WastelandNV == 1)
            set fTimer to 15
            set DoOnce to 1
        endif
    elseif (DoOnce == 1)
        ShowMessage StartupMessage
        StopQuest TheQuestThatThisScriptBelongsTo    ;optional - the quest can do other stuff too.
        Set DoOnce to 2
    endif
    
endif
    
end

 

 

 

[SirIdiot]

It won't be on a new start up. The quest I'm making is a sequel to my quest mod. People will only download it if they've finished the first one. Which means, they won't have started a new game. But thanks anyway

[luthienanarion]

The start-game-enabled flag just means that the quest (and thus its script) will run without the quest having to be explicitly started; essentially, it defaults to "on" instead of "off." You don't have to start a new game to start the quest.

Edited February 16, 2013 by luthienanarion