Fallout 4 Simple Fetch Quest Tutorial Chapter 8: Quest Setup
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Note: This tutorial is written in Action-Reaction style — Headers are the action you have to do, and the pictures that follow depict the reaction (or result) of the Creation Kit.
Start up the GECK by running the Bethesda.Net Launcher and Open up your Mod (as in Tutorial 3)Edit
Note: This is only if the GECK isn’t running.
Active that Object WindowEdit
Expand Character > Quest in the left index Find your quest (AshSkow) in the right window and double click to open
Click on the Quest Data tabEdit
Previously we set the ID and Quest Name. The ID is used by code while the Quest Name is what shows up in Fallout when the player begins the quest. Set the Priority textbox to 60
Set the Quest Completion XP dropdown to XPRadiantEdit
If there are competing quests that could be started at the same time, the priority determines which quest goes first.
Important! You must set Quest Completion XP the quest completed message will not display when the player completes the quest in-game. The Quest Completion Xp is how much XP the player gets for completing the Quest.
Click on the Quest Stages tabEdit
Note: If you clicked hastily on the OK button in the previous step; the Quest window will have been saved and closed, and you will need to repoen it., that saves & closes out the Quest window and you will have to reopen. Clicking on another tab also saves your progress, but it doesn’t close the window.
Quest Stages is where you add code that controls the labels the players sees as sees when s he or she progressinges in the game.
For a simple quest you need four stages.
Right-Click over the Index windowEdit
Click NewEdit
Important! Keep index 0. Index 0 means the quest has not been initiated. When the game starts, you can think of your Quest as being at Index 0
Type [Enter] to keep Index 0. Use the right-click New procedure to Add four more indices labeled 10, 20, 30, 40.Edit
I’ll show you how to add code to the indices later, but for now you can think of the indices as corresponding to the following events: 0: Start of game, Quest Idle 10: Meeting the NPC 20: Accepting the NPC’s Quest 30: Completed the NPC’s Quest 40: End Quest
Click on the Quest Objectives TabEdit
This is where you set the labels the player sees as he or she progresses through the game
Right-click over the Objective IndexEdit
Select NewEdit
Enter an Index and a Display Text in the corresponding boxes underneath Quest Objective DataEdit
For example: 10 and Meet Ash Skow
Follow this procedure and add two more objectives for retrieving the object and returning the object to the NPCEdit
For example: 20 Retrieve object for Ash 30 Return object to Ash
That’s it for setting up the quest. Now we need to write code to link player actions to quest stages.
But first we need to add Aliases. Aliases create markers on the map that guide the player
Click the Quest Aliases tabEdit
Right-click over the Alias Name columnEdit
Click New Reference AliasEdit
Enter a label for the Target Object into the Alias Name boxEdit
For Example: TeddyBearAlias
Click on the Radio Button, Specific Reference, then click on the button Select Forced Reference buttonEdit
Set the Cell dropdown to your test cell. Set the Ref dropdown to your target objectEdit
Remember we are working inside the BoSHoldingCellTut, so I added that to the dropdown
TeddyBear was our target object. Iignore the numbers after the label..
Click OKEdit
Click NoEdit
Click OKEdit
That’s it! We’re ready to add code.