So I've been working on a mod for a while now, and have been repeatedly frustrated by a certain problem. There is a quest to fix up a ruined house. Theoretically, I want the house to update every twenty-four hours to the next stage of renovation. I get the quest to start (kind of; more on that later), but it won't update paste that initial stage (stage 30). Here's my scripting thus far:

ScN KDBAbandonedHouseQuestScript

ref KDBSecretCandle
ref KDBSecretLever
ref KDBAbandonedHouseMarkerRef
short DoOnce
short StartDay
short GameDaysPassed

Begin GameMode
set DoOnce to 0
StartQuest KDBAbandonedHouseQuest
if Player.GetDistance KDBAbandonedHouseMarkerRef < 500
SetStage KDBAbandonedHouseQuest 1
endif

if GetStage Dark10Sanctuary == 20
if GetStage KDBAbandonedHouseQuest >= 30
Setstage KDBAbandonedHouseQuest 17
Set DoOnce to 0
endif
endif

if GetStage KDBAbandonedHouseQuest == 17
if GetStage Dark19Whispers == 10
SetStage KDBAbandonedHouseQuest 25
Set DoOnce to 0
endif
endif

if GetStage KDBAbandonedHouseQuest == 15
if GetStage Dark19Whispers == 10
SetStage KDBAbandonedHouseQuest 25
Set DoOnce to 0
endif
endif

if GetStage KDBAbandonedHouseQuest == 30
if DoOnce == 0
set StartDay to GameDaysPassed
set DoOnce to 1
endif
endif

if GameDaysPassed == ( StartDay + 1 )
if DoOnce == 1
SetStage KDBAbandonedHouseQuest 35
endif
endif

if GetStage KDBAbandonedHouseQuest == 35
if GameDaysPassed == ( StartDay + 2 )
SetStage KDBAbandonedHouseQuest 37
endif
endif

if GetStage KDBAbandonedHouseQuest == 37
if GameDaysPassed == ( StartDay + 3 )
SetStage KDBAbandonedHouseQuest 40
endif
endif


if GetStage KDBAbandonedHouseQuest == 40
KDBSecretCandle.enable
KDBSecretLever.enable
endif

Probably messy at the moment but that's because I keep going back in and revising things, trying to make it work. Also, I can't get the quest to update to stage 1, which is what gives the player the initial entry and the topic to continue the quest. I go near the Xmarker, but no update. So, any thoughts?

Doonce will never equal 1, as you set it to zero every frame.

Are you sure? I thought it only did it on 17 and 25?

1. You probably should not be doing a 'startquest' every single execution frame. I am not sure if that restarts the quest since I am not a quest builder, just a scripter.

2. Anytime the player is within 500 units of the abandoned house reference, it constantly sets the quest to stage 1. No matter what. Every single execution frame.

3. You set DoOnce to 0 every single execution frame, right at the beginning of your GameMode block. No matter what, its reset so its useless for a switch.

There's more, but these probably need to be addressed first.

But if 2 is true, why do I never get the journal entry for quest stage 1? Regardless, I'll implement the changes and see how it works after that.

Perhaps because of #1? That might reset it to 0.

Its also possible the script is not running at all?

So I tried changing that first block to this:
Begin GameMode
if Started == 0
if Player.GetDistance KDBAbandonedHouseMarkerRef < 500
SetStage KDBAbandonedHouseQuest 1
Set Started to 1
endif
endif

No dice. Quest still never updates to stage 1, and still doesn't update from 30 to any of the further stages.

post your current script.

ScN KDBAbandonedHouseQuestScript

ref KDBSecretCandle
ref KDBSecretLever
ref KDBAbandonedHouseMarkerRef
short DoOnce
short StartDay
short GameDaysPassed
short Started

Begin GameMode
if Started == 0
if Player.GetDistance KDBAbandonedHouseMarkerRef < 500
SetStage KDBAbandonedHouseQuest 1
Set Started to 1
endif
endif

if GetStage Dark10Sanctuary == 20
if GetStage KDBAbandonedHouseQuest >= 30
Setstage KDBAbandonedHouseQuest 17
Set DoOnce to 0
endif
endif

if GetStage KDBAbandonedHouseQuest == 17
if GetStage Dark19Whispers == 10
SetStage KDBAbandonedHouseQuest 25
Set DoOnce to 0
endif
endif

if GetStage KDBAbandonedHouseQuest == 15
if GetStage Dark19Whispers == 10
SetStage KDBAbandonedHouseQuest 25
Set DoOnce to 0
endif
endif

if GetStage KDBAbandonedHouseQuest == 30
if DoOnce == 0
set StartDay to GameDaysPassed
set DoOnce to 1
endif
endif

if GameDaysPassed == ( StartDay + 1 )
if DoOnce == 1
SetStage KDBAbandonedHouseQuest 35
endif
endif

if GetStage KDBAbandonedHouseQuest == 35
if GameDaysPassed == ( StartDay + 2 )
SetStage KDBAbandonedHouseQuest 37
endif
endif

if GetStage KDBAbandonedHouseQuest == 37
if GameDaysPassed == ( StartDay + 3 )
SetStage KDBAbandonedHouseQuest 40
endif
endif


if GetStage KDBAbandonedHouseQuest == 40
KDBSecretCandle.enable
KDBSecretLever.enable
endif

Is your quest listed as a Start quest"? If it isn't, the script isn't even running.

You can put a messagebox in there to verify your script is running.

So I did a messagebox, just

Begin GameMode

MessageBox "Your quest is running!"

End

And loaded a saved game. MessageBox came up fine. Still no update for going within 500 of the marker. I checked the box for "Start Game Enabled" on the Quest menu as well.

Need to see some of the other quest scripts that are running as well. You check some variables, but, we have no clue what the values are going to be, or, when they change.....

This is the whole quest script, and the only quest I have added. Am I misunderstanding you?

What about this one?

if GetStage Dark19Whispers == 10