Difference between revisions of "Quest Alias Tab"
→Fill Type:: Research has shown, that specific reference is safe to use, and aliases are persistent til the quest is stopped. Thus added info under Specific Reference.
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There are 6 ways that an alias can be filled during the process of starting the quest. | There are 6 ways that an alias can be filled during the process of starting the quest. | ||
;Specific Reference: A specific reference is assigned to this alias. Note that this makes that reference '''permanently''' persistent (always loaded in memory), even when this quest is not running. This can eventually cause performance issues, particularly with actors. | ;Specific Reference: A specific reference is assigned to this alias. Note that this makes that reference '''permanently''' persistent (always loaded in memory), even when this quest is not running. This can eventually cause performance issues, particularly with actors. | ||
**Contrary to the above, all aliases are persistent for as long as the quest is running. | |||
;Unique Actor: Pick a Unique actor to fill the alias. Note that this will only work if the specified actor's reference has been assigned a Persist Location. (see [[Object Reference]]) | ;Unique Actor: Pick a Unique actor to fill the alias. Note that this will only work if the specified actor's reference has been assigned a Persist Location. (see [[Object Reference]]) | ||
;Location Alias Reference: Pick a Location Alias from this quest (must be higher in the list than this alias), and pick a [[Location Ref Type]]. When the quest starts, the Story Manager will attempt to find a matching loc ref type from that location to fill this alias. | ;Location Alias Reference: Pick a Location Alias from this quest (must be higher in the list than this alias), and pick a [[Location Ref Type]]. When the quest starts, the Story Manager will attempt to find a matching loc ref type from that location to fill this alias. | ||