[LE] Quest help... How do I make a quest where you have to collect "x amount" of items?

[Sankese]

I am trying to make a quest for this mod I have made.

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/45438/

I want to make the player collect 12 copies of the book scattered around Whiterun. I want them to recieve 1 gold when they have completed it.

I want it to say "1/12" collected "5/12" collected, etc. like it does in skyrim with other quests when you need to collect a certain amount of items.

I have been following a guide, but it is not working. I have zero idea what the hell half of the things they are saying and honestly i am getting kinda frustrated with it.

Can somebody please walk me through how to make this quest? I don't understand why it is so hard. This feels like it should be easy.

Maybe i am just bad at modding. IDK.

Please help ;-;

[Sankese]

Edit: Here are all my scripts and just the entire project in general. Idk what i am doing wrong.

https://imgur.com/a/6xwZyLJ

 

I am following this guide, obviously not exactly the same because what im doing is slightly different than what he is: i am trying to make a treasure hunt, hes trying to make a "get these items for me"

http://skyrimmw.weebly.com/skyrim-modding/making-a-basic-quest-ii-skyrim-modding-tutorial

[dylbill]

I briefly explained how to do this here: https://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/9414563-helpscript-to-count-npcs-killedhelp/?hl=%2Bdylbill#entry88203668

Hope it helps :). There's also some more good tutorials on the CK wiki: https://www.creationkit.com/index.php?title=Bethesda_Tutorial_Planning_the_Quest

[Sankese]

Thank

 

I briefly explained how to do this here: https://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/9414563-helpscript-to-count-npcs-killedhelp/?hl=%2Bdylbill#entry88203668

Hope it helps :smile:. There's also some more good tutorials on the CK wiki: https://www.creationkit.com/index.php?title=Bethesda_Tutorial_Planning_the_Quest

Thank you so much :D

[Sankese]

Actually, sorry to bother you again but I am not sure how to translate that script into what I need (Count books being picked up)

I'm still relatively new to the CK ;-;

[Sankese]

Okay, i set up your script, replacing Skulls with HSiV1 (my book model title)

However, the quest is not appearing in my log. When I do sqv a4009501 (my quest ID) it says its running, and on stage 10 (the stage that should activate when you pick up a single book, which starts the treasure hunt)

I'm not sure what's happening.

[Sankese]

And I just checked SQV again, now its just saying stopped, even if i do setstage it doesn't change stage, or start running. When I pick up a book nothing happens.

[Shadeybladey]

There are similar quests in Skyrim where you have to collect 20 Nirnroot, 20 Nightshade etc for the Alchemists in Riften. Looking at that is bound to help.

 

The other important thing is you have to test your mod on a save that has never seen your mod. Otherwise scripts get baked in and even when you a re-write a script so that it is correct, it won't work in a saved game where you already loaded the older version.

 

:)