Difference between revisions of "Quest Alias Tab"

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Further clarification of "Allow Reserved"
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(Start Game Enabled quests do NOT always consider aliases "allow reserved" (see discussion at http://forums.bethsoft.com/topic/1471485-defining-alias-breaks-entire-mod/ and also the thread linked in post 6))
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*Allow Disabled: Allows the alias to be filled with a disabled reference.
*Allow Disabled: Allows the alias to be filled with a disabled reference.
*Allow Reserved: Allows the alias to be filled with a reference which is already in a Reserved alias on another quest. Checking this will resolve some issues with quests failing to initialize because aliases could not be filled.
*Allow Reserved: Allows the alias to be filled with a reference which is already in a Reserved alias on another quest. Checking this will resolve some issues with quests failing to initialize because aliases could not be filled.
**This option will automatically be greyed out on Start Game Enabled quests. However, ticking it may still be required to avoid problems in some cases. To do so, close the specific alias's window and highlight the alias's line in the main alias list for the quest, then press CTRL-SHIFT-R to set this flag.
**This option is greyed out for Start Game Enabled quests, which consider their aliases to "Allow Reserved" by default when initialized at the beginning of a new game. However, ticking "Allow Reserved" may be required to avoid problems if the Start Game Enabled quest is added to a pre-existing save. To select this option on a Start Game Enabled quest:
***Highlight the alias's line in the main alias list for the quest, then press CTRL-SHIFT-R to set this flag, OR
***Temporarily disable the quest's Start Game Enabled status until you've ticked the box in the alias.
*Allow Destroyed: Allows the alias to be filled with a Destroyed reference. (see [[SetDestroyed]])
*Allow Destroyed: Allows the alias to be filled with a Destroyed reference. (see [[SetDestroyed]])
*Uses Stored Text: Check this if the alias requires text replacement (for example, a book with text replacement tags, or an alias which uses text replacement in an alternate Display Name).
*Uses Stored Text: Check this if the alias requires text replacement (for example, a book with text replacement tags, or an alias which uses text replacement in an alternate Display Name).
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