Hi all. Apologies in advance if this has already been answered elsewhere but I'm struggling to find a definitive answer. When a quest is marked as "completed," does this then discharge any actors from their reference aliases for that quest? Or does the quest have to be ended by calling "myquest.stop()" in papyrus? Thanks

Stop releases all aliases. Completed is not the same as stopping.

All Completed does is change a quest in the log from active to 'inactive'(in the second column with the other completed quests).

Always stick a Stop() at the end of your final stage fragment anyway, it's good practice. You don't need to call the quest either as Stop() in the stage fragment box (and any other quest functions like SetStage()) call that quest anyway.

Thanks guys. And calling Stop() wont prevent the player from seeing the quest as completed in the journal?

Nope it just stops the quest from running

Ah fantastic, cheers. Now I can get on with my (much less script heavy) mod

Quest manipulation is a subject many of us are proficient in so if you get stuck again let us know