Hi,

I'm currently working on a mod for Morrowind which adds a new quest to the game. But i'm totally new to scripting and i've got a question.

I have created the NPC rd_nochilus_agona. He is part of my quest, but the goal of the quest is to kill him. So when i kill him my journal has to be updated to index #40. But i've got totally no idea how to script it. Can somebody help me?

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You will find this invaluable as you progress in modding.

This would be a generic "death notice" as a local attached to the actor;

Begin DeathScriptShort DoneIf (Done == 1)   returnendifif (MenuMode == 1)   returnendifif (OnDeath == 1)    Journal, My_Journal_Index 40    set done to 1endifend

There are many more options for this script, but this is just a basic.

Thanks! This will help me for sure.

I also followed some other tutorials and used a script from the tutorial to check if i got a specific item. I used this:

begin rd_lost_bookshort doneif ( done == 1 )     returnendifif (GetItemCount rd_destruction = 1)     Journal rd_lostbook 20     set done to 1     activateendifend rd_lost_book

But it didn't work, someone know why?

I see two issues with that script, but I'm tired... if anyone else comes along I'm sure they can do a better job.

Both of them are tied to the same line. Instead of "if (GetItemCount rd_destruction = 1)", try the following line:

if ( Player -> GetItemCount "rd_destruction" == 1 )



Post back whether it works or not. The two issues my changed line should resolve are that you need a double equals sign for equivalence comparisons, and that (presumably) you are trying to check how many of rd_destruction the player has, not the book the script is attached to. When you don't specify a fix (the ID to the left of the ->), the scripting language assumes you are using the operation upon the object the script attaches to -- in this case I assume it is a book based on your labels. By specifying the player, you check the player's inventory for rd_destruction instead.

And welcome to the wonderful world of scripting; Morrowind's scripting engine is sometimes frustratingly limited, and wasn't meant to be taken to the extremes that some people use it for, but once you get the hang of it scripting can feel very rewarding.

Thanks, it worked. But when I pick up the book I get like 3 text boxes with ''journal updated''. In my journal itself there's one update message.