Original script:



My copied script:



My question is, why won't my script work? I have the journal entry, I have the topic, but when I activate Tarhiel's body there's no journal update.

Edit: I checked to see if the topic was added to Seyda Neen, and it wasn't, so it probably isn't anything wrong with the journal but the actual activation.

I think they wrote their script a bit oddly, but this should generally work:

Begin TarhielScriptif ( onactivate )    if ( GetJournalIndex "TQ_1" < 10 )        Journal "TQ_1" 10        AddTopic "Tarhiel"    endifendifActivateEnd

Make sure:
- the journal topic exists
- the topic exists and NPCs have something to say about it
- the journal index is in fact < 10 (try setting a variable to the index, then use a messagebox to check it)

Actually, this:

Begin TarhielScriptif ( onactivate )    if ( GetJournalIndex "TQ_1" < 10 )        Journal "TQ_1" 10        AddTopic "Tarhiel";       MessageBox "Debug: Topic added"    ; <== easy way to find out    endif    Activate     ; <== Should be inside OnActivate, not outside.endifEnd

Other than that, recommendations to check the topic are sensible.

Thanks for the help, people.

Edit: Yeah... So neither of these scripts works. I've got the topic assigned to the Seyda Neen cells, I've got the required journal entry, it just doesn't work. This doesn't have to do with the book's script, does it?

begin fallingScriptshort felloncefloat timerif ( "agronian guy"->OnDeath == 1 )	set fellonce to -1	returnendifif ( fellonce == -1 )	returnendifif ( fellonce == 2 )	set timer to ( timer + Getsecondspassed )	if ( timer >= 4 )			"player"->Say "Vo\w\m\Fle_WM005.mp3" "WAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAGGGHHHHHH!!!!!"		"agronian guy"->Fall		set fellonce to -1	endifendifif ( fellonce == 0 )	if ( GetDistance Player <= 2000 )		"agronian guy"->enable		;"agronian guy"->AiWander 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0		;PlayGroup WalkForward 1		"agronian guy"->Fall		set fellonce to 1	endifendifif ( fellonce == 1 )	set timer to ( timer + Getsecondspassed )	if ( timer >= 2 )			"fallguy_collision_unique"->Disable		;"agronian guy"->AiWander 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0		;"agronian guy"->PlayGroup WalkForward 1		"agronian guy"->Fall		"player"->Say "Vo\w\m\Hit_WM006.mp3" "AAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!"		set fellonce to 2	endifendifendifend fallingScript

Did you also assigned the script to Tarhiel?

He already has a script but it's just the noLore script so it's not essential (might just want to add "short NoLore" to the beginning of your script just for the sake of it).

Yeah, I took off his other script and assigned this one.

I apologize in advance, but the expression "topic assigned to the Seyda Neen cells" raises a suspicion that you did something that you don't really understand. Would you please select in CS "File->Export Data->Dialogue->New Dialogue", save the file, open it, and post all lines for the topic "Tarhiel".

Ok... Can you tell me what I did? I've never had to do that with dialogue before.

All I did was take three different topic options (they're all the same thing) and applied them to cells Seyda Neen, Arrille's Tradehouse, and the Census and Excise Office.

That's exactly what I'm trying to find out.

Are you starting a new game, or using one with Fargoth already in it?

Slap this on him and test:

Begin TarhielScriptshort stateif ( onactivate )    MessageBox "Debug: I'm Fargoth!"    Set state To GetJournalIndex "TQ_1"    MessageBox "Debug: Journal %f", state    Activate     ; <== Should be inside onactivate, not outside.endifEnd

If that doesn't work, you probably have an old version of Fargoth in your save.

Starting a new game. And this has nothing to do with Fargoth. It's Tarhiel, the dude who falls from the sky.

Eh, they're both idiots.
Anyway, does that script do anything at all?

You'll learn in my quest that Tarhiel isn't an idiot. He wouldn't have died if someone hadn't tampered with his scrolls.

That is... you would learn that if the script was working.

Nope, the script doesn't do anything.

Then something is wrong with your game. Are you sure your mod is activate? Is it loading? Is it saved properly? Are you getting any errors?

There's no reason that script shouldn't work, so... It's very likely something else.

No error messages, and yes, it's active, and as far as I know it's saved properly. Can anyone else test it and see if it works for him?

If you use the script I posted earlier, uncomment the MessageBox command and see what happens. If the message is visible when you click on the body, the problem is within your dialogue. If it's not, the script for some strange reason doesn't work.

UPD: Try to replace "if ( onactivate )" with "if ( onactivate == 1 )"